HOOKER'S 



JOURNAL OP BOTANY 



ANB 



KEW GARDEN MISCELLANY. 



Definitiom of Rare or hitherto Undescrihed Australian Plants, 

 chiefly collected within the boundaries of the Colony of Victoria ; hy 

 Dr. Peubinand Mueller, Government Botanist for the Colony 

 of Victoria. 



At the moment of Dr. Mueller's departure on the Exploring Expe- 

 dition to North-west Australia, we have the pleasure to receive from 

 him the following descriptive characters of some of his many interest- 

 ing discoveries. These have indeed appeared in the 'Transactions of 

 the Victoria Institute and of the Philosophical Society of Victoria, 

 1854-5/ but as that work is likely to fall into the hands of few 

 European botanists, we are anxious to do all in our power to make 

 these discoveries known to them. It is more than probable that when 

 the plants here defined come to be compared with the collections in 

 our extensive Herbaria in this country, some of them will be found 

 to be already described \ but that must be a work of time. In the 

 meanwhile, we give the account in the Author's own words. — Ed. 



I. Eanunculace^. 



1. Ranunculus Millani, F. Muell, ; dwarf, stemless; root fasciculate- 

 fibrous ; scape simple, one- flowered, solitary, spreading-downy, of the 

 length of or shorter than the petioles ; leaves pinnatisect, glabrous or. 



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