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BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 



^ Mora Vectemis.' 



It is with great pleasure we are enabled to announce the appearance, 

 long looked for, of the posthumous work of Dr. Bromfield, the " Flora 

 Vectensis : being a Systematic Description of the Phsenogamous or 

 Flowering Plants aud Ferns indigenous to the Isle of Wight. London : 

 William Pamplin. 1856." One vol. 8vo, 678 pages, with portrait of 

 the Author and an excellent Map of the Island^ prepared expressly for 

 this work. A future notice on our part will explain something of the 

 nature of this very important Flora; and we can only at present say 

 that, though limited to the vegetation of a small island, yet that island 

 is so rich itself, and Dr. Bromfield not only devoted so many years to 

 the preparation of the work, but possessed so much talent for careful / 

 discrimination and accuracy of description, that it must ever be con- 

 sidered a standard volume in botanical literature, and from which every 

 European botanist may derive information and instruction. 



Bunya-Bunya. 



Hook 



Joum. of Bot. vol. ii. p. 498, tab. xviii. and xix.) that has perhaps 

 ever been sent to Europe, formed part of the collection of the Austra- 

 lian products in the Exposition Universclle at Paris, 1855, and was 

 exhibited by Chas. F. D, Parkinson, Esq., of Moreton Bay, son of Col. 

 Parkinson. Through the medium of Col. J. Sidney North, M.P., this 

 has been presented to the Museum of the Royal Gardens of Kew,* and 



particulars 



Mr 



" This tree is deserving of more notice than any other growing in 

 the northern districts of New South Wales ; not perhaps because the 

 quality of the wood may be superior to the other kinds of Pine, but 

 because each tree belongs to some one individual of the Aborigines. 



" The Bunya^Bunya is of the Pine kind, and grows in scrubs, or 



this 



- jLiiesc uaraens, as is wcii kuuhu^ ^^v^^^^^- — "--- - -- . ..- 



Araucaria, to which the above name was assigned ; and it is now one of the most 

 striking and ornamental trees in the collection, requuing however protection dunng 



the winter months. 



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