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I shall be unable to contribute much to your collection of Perns, as 

 they are your particular favourites. I have collected Marsilea^ what I 

 consider if. quadnfoUa^ in numerous forms, Scliiz<2a bifida (very rare), 

 £l€cJinum striatum, Nephr odium projpinquumy AcrosticJiuni fraxinlfolium^ 

 Platyzoma microphyllum, GleicJienia micropJiylla^ O. Hermayini, Nolo- 

 cJiltsna vellea, Cheilantlies tenuifolia, Fteris mnbrosa, an Opldoglossum 

 and a Lycopodium, both und escribed in E. Br.'s work. Fungi, at least 

 the larger kinds, are very rare indeed. 



Taking a retrospective view, you will observe that the following 

 Orders of plants, occurring in other parts of Australia, are here either 

 entirely obliterated, or that they can be only very scantily represented, 

 for of none of the following has a single plant been obtained throughout 

 five degrees of longitude and six degrees of latitude : — Ba7iunculacece, 

 MagnoUacece, CrucifercB, Papaveracece, UypericmcB , GeraniacedB^ Line(B, 

 Oxalidea^ TremandrecBy ElatinecE, ScleranthecB^ MesembryanthemefS, Te- 

 tragoniacea, NitrariacecB^ Ceratopliyllem, Cimoniace{B , Rosacea, Caprifo- 

 liacere, AraliacecB, Brunoniacece, Epacride(S^ Olemets, Primulacecs, Oro- 

 banchecB, Plantaginea, Callitrichmefje, AtJierospermece, Castanet, IridecB, 

 Hypoxidece, ApJiyllantJiacea , Smilacinece, Xerotidece^ Juncece, JlydrocM- 



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ridecBy JjemnacedB^ Restiacecs. Several common genera of the South 

 have likewise never been met with ; for instance, Carex^ Lepidosperma, 

 SoncJtus, Senecio, Pultenceay Dillwynia, and most of the allied genera, 

 Pomaderris, Leptospermurn, Stellaria, etc. ; but my list contains, as you 

 may observe, many genera never noticed by any writer on Australian 

 phytology. MelocJiia is in this behalf perhaps most interesting. 



I might have extended this summary much further; but, in the hope 

 that it will convey to you a general idea of the Flora of this part of the 

 globe, I shall close it here, praying you will excuse its hasty compila- 

 tion, as the greater part is written at night-time. I reckon to be able 

 to add, between this and the Gulf of Carpentaria, 100 new species to 

 the collection, although the autumn season is unfavourable. At all 

 events, I shall be able to add to my notes, and to increase the collections 

 of seeds. The greatest harvest I can expect to reap is between the Gulf 

 of Carpentaria and Moreton Bay, provided that Mr. Gregory is able to 

 increase his party to such a number, that I can join again. I believe 

 that we shall require three months to reach the Albert River, and we 

 will start tomon-ow. Our party consists of Mr. A. Gregory, Mr. H. 

 Gregory, Mr. Elsey, three men, and myself. I have for my share to 



