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them yet in the appendix of his monograph,* I did the same with 

 a new Pimelea, which, with a blood-red species, perhaps P. pimicea, re- 

 present alone Thymelece. Laurine<B are reduced to 1 species of Gyro- 

 carpus and Cassytha ; Olacinece^ to 0, aphylla. Santalacece contain ^S*. 

 lanceolatuniy which has black fruits, Exocarpus latifolia^ and Anthobolus 

 Jilifolins. Chenopodiem are much rarer, as I expected, even in the saline 



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parts of the desert ; but some of the species are new, as of Anisacantha 

 and Kentropm, a remarkable little Bliiur/i. I saw further SaUola 

 Australisy of which S. 'macropJiylla seems to me a var., Ealocnemm 

 Australe^ H, Indicum ?^^ Arihrocnemum Arhuscula^ the IVIitchellian Ko- 

 chias, Enchyloma tofnentosUy Rhagodia hastatay Chenopodium auricomnm 

 Rliagodia sp. Of ihe Amaranthacets I have been unable to determine 

 all, not having Moquin's excellent memoir at hand. There are several ; 

 Eitxohis species, Trichinium incanuMy T. nobile, T. graciUy T, distans, 

 T, Freissily Ptilotus corymhosuSy and two other species, of which one is 

 remarkable for opposite leaves ; Gomphrenaj several species, Alteman- 

 Uiera denticulata^ which I think is not to be distinguished from A. no- 

 diflor'a ; also a little, erect species, AchyrantJtes AustraUs, which passes 

 gradually into A, canescens. Polygonum CunningJutmi is very common 

 on the half-saline banks of the Yictoria lliver, as also in many places 

 of the interior, besides which, only another species of Polygonum oc- 



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curs. Nyctaginem reckon only one Boerhaaviay but this so polymor- 

 phous, that I should not be surprised to see it under six names in the 

 collections; it is often pentandrous. 



Of Cycas, I saw C. media ; of Conifer<B, 1 Callitris, 1 of Casuarina ; 



of Ficiis, 5 species. But is it not extraordinary that in all my travels 

 here I met with only 2 species of OrchidecB^ — Cymhidiiim canalicula- 

 tum, and a Bipodium, distinct from D. punctatum ? Equally startling 

 it must appear, that even on the shady moist banks of this noble river, 

 or on its fine cataracts well overhung with Ferns, hardly any Mosses 

 or Lichens exist ! I saw only one Hypnurn, allied to S. cupressi- 

 forme, and ff. Mnelleri, in fruit ! and the sterile species do not amount 

 to more than five or six. With the exception of Grasses all Mono- 

 cotvledonous Orders are comparatively limited. I have Seafortlua 

 eleganSy Liviatonia ine^^mis, Cceda gilva, n. sp., CJdoropJiytum xeroUr 

 rium-y n. sp., Tliysanotus chrysanthmtSy n. sp., Asparagus fasciculatuSy 



* The monograph nf Professor Mcisncr, to which Dr. Mueller alludes, has very 

 rerentlv appearca in the volume of Dc Caudoilc's ' Prodroiiuis.' 



