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genus, Tolypliym is closely related to Jcetahtlaria, and I make no 

 doubt of the truly vegetable nature of both. 



King George's Sound is by no means a favourable locality for Algce, 

 Daring the three weeks that I have been here, though I have collected 

 and dried about 2500 specimens, 1 have not more than about 70 

 species, and of many of these only fragments or a few scraps. The 

 Floridem are particularly few, and badly coloured, — those that ought to 

 be rose-red, being oftener dull yellow or "French white." There are 

 very few green ; only three Conferv(jB, and very little even of the com- 

 mon Xlha and JEnteromorplia. The Olive colour is predominant in the 

 masses, but a vast deal of it consists of a slender Didyota,^ There are 

 several Fiicoid plants, but scarcely one of them in a state of maturity; 

 they appear to be all winter fruiters, and are not worth collecting at 

 present; Several English kinds are here, as Asperococcm Tumeric 

 StilopJiora Lyngbycei^ Didyota dicliotoma, etc. On the other hand, 

 many of the most abundant and characteristic Australian types are 

 wanting. Of network Algae, I have yet only got Thuretia^ Halopldeyma^ 

 and Eanowia^ — the latter in very small quantity, and both the others 

 very badly coloured, I hope I may meet better collecting grounds 

 elsewhere, otherwise I shall do badly. 



Here, at King George's Sonnd, I am much too late for the phaeno- 

 gamous botany- October and November are the months for flowering 

 plants; December is also good; but by the end of January, three- 

 quarters are past their bloom. The RestiacecB, which I meant to have 

 studied, are all dry as thatch. There are very few ComposUcB to be 

 seen, at which I wonder much, but am told their great region is at 

 the Leschenault, The scrub here is made up of 'Proteacem^ Legumi- 

 nos^, and small Leptosperme^e and Epacridetje. The EpacridecCy chiefly 

 white Leucopogons and Lysinemas, are so abundant in individuals as to 

 afford the chief mass of flowers in many places ; after them the yel- 

 low Leguminos(B, The purple and blue LeguminostB are now in seed ; 

 their time was December. Trees of Kingia (just coming into blossom) 

 are abundant and very grotesque; they vary from five io twenty 

 feet in height. The XanthorrJiceas here are small, with stems not more 

 than three feet in height, and often much less. The forest-trees arc not 

 of great size; the larger Banksias especially ugly as frees, from their 

 clumsy and distorted branches and rigid brown foliage ; the younger 

 ones may be allowed to pass, especially when in flower, as many now 



