78 JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY INTO 



in F. Roxburghii minora, globosa nee urceolata, minus dense et ri- 

 gidius setosa. Flores masculi sub ore plurimi, plerique breviter sti- 

 pitati, perigonio fusco 3-4-partito. Stamen saepius solitare, filamen- 

 to brevi, anthera oblonga ; adest interdum alterum minus v, sub- 

 sequale, Flores foemmei numerosi, sessiles v. stipitati, perigonio fusco 

 4-5-phyllo, phyllis exterioribus nonnunquam basi connatis. Stylus 

 lateralis brevis, apice truncatus, primum erectus, demum horizon- 

 taliter patens. Nee villi nee bractese intra receptaculum adsunt, nisi 

 pro bracteis haberes squamas tripartitas bine inde inter flores sitas, 

 qnce mibi potius flores abortivos videntur. 



Common in ravines. Tbe entire and divided leaves are, as in all 

 allied species, sometimes on the same brancb, sometimes on different 

 individuals. The species is near F, Roxhurgliii on the one hand, and 

 F. Mrta on the other, but in many points very distinct from both. 



12. Ficus (Eriosycea) /^^Wa, Vahl — IVIiq, in Lond. Journ. Bot. vol, 

 vii. p- 456. 



Hongkong. 



There are likewise specimens of two species, apparently of FicuSy and 



both very different from any of the foregoing, but not being in fruc- 

 tification I am imable to determine them. 



{To he continued,) 



of a Journey of Discovery into the Interior of 



and 



by J. S. Roe, Esq., Surveyor-General. 



[Continued from j^' 48.) 



Mess 



afterwards, having 



traced the salt lakes and their connecting channels dowmrards, to the 

 one I had passed near, and found the country about tLem scrubby and 

 worthless. Ascending Mount Madden, we found it a mass of solid 

 red granite half a mile in length, and from its summit caught a view 

 of East Mount Barren, bearing N. 172° 15' E., nearly 50 miles distant, 

 and again saw an intermediate range, apparently granite, which we had 

 first observed in the morning. Its summit was now 15 miles distant 

 in the S.E., and received the name of Mount Short, in honour of the 

 excellent Bishop of South and Western Australia, who was expected at 

 that time tp be making his first pastoral visit to Perth- The country 



