INTERIOR or WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 117 



pedicellis fasciculatis, perigonii ampll extus villosi tubo cucullato-re- 

 fracto, labio late rotundato trilobo. — Fndex pedalis v. pauUo altior, 

 trunco crasso nodose cortice griseo loevigato, ramulis laxis, junioribus 

 petiolis pedicellisque pube ferrugineo dense vestitis. Folia alterna, 

 8 poll, longa, 8-10 lin. v. rarius poUieem lata, apice acutata, basi 

 rotundata v. subcordata/ supra vix pube tenuissiraa secus costam 

 scabriuscula, subtus pilis adpressis serieeo-villosa, reticulato-peaniner- 

 via, costa prominente ; petiolo semipQlHcari v. pauUo longlore. Flores 

 ad basin ramorum hornotinorum fasciculati, ampli, speciosL Pedi- 

 celli circa pollicem longi, recurvi, apice paullulum incrassati. Ova- 

 rium 5-6 lin. longum, anguste turbinatum, dense villosum. Perigo- 

 nium extus pilosum, sordide albo-fuscescens, venis roseis reticula- 

 tum, intus atro-purpureum ; pars tubi recta sesquipollicaris, dein fere 

 usque ad basin refractum labio iterum surrecto, fere 2^ poll, lato, 



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lobis 3 late rotundatis brevibus. 



A very rare plant, growing in the clefts of rocks in ravines of Mount 

 Victoria. Major Champion only twice saw it in flower, in April 1848, 

 and in May 1849. It is the handsomest of all the East Indian Aris- 

 tolocMcey and remarkable as well for its broad labellum as for its long 



narrow 

 Arum. 



emit 



{To be continued,) 



Report of a Journey of Discovery into the Interior of Western 

 Australia, between St/i September, 1848, and 5rd February/, 1849; 

 b^ J. S, EoE, Esq., Surveyor-General, 



{Continued from p. 88.) 



faU 



with a smaU pool of fresh water, and six mUea further on our famished 

 animals were revelling in a beautiful patch of excellent though some- 

 what dry grass, growng amongst yeit-trees in a circular flat 300 yards 



havin^ 



steerin 



one miles We haUed tHs additional change in the features of the 

 country with much satisfaction, good grass being invariably found 

 among the yeit, in a better description of soil. Although the day was 



