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not happily given to any particular plant of the genus Dro- 
sera, as there are eleven or twelve species here, all exhibiting 
equal tendency to form bulbs with the one so called; and 
stolonifera is still more inapplicable, as the particular indivi- 
dual is not stoloniferous. Three-fourths of our Droseras 
inhabit the most arid spots in this most arid country; and 
even those which are not bulbous, resist the heat and drought 
better than most plants. 
“I send you a species of Melaleuca, named M. Leakei by 
Mr. Preiss, upon which Mr. Leake particularly desires your 
opinion, as to whether it has hitherto been undescribed; 
since Mr. Preiss’s situation in this colony rendered it diffi- 
cult for him to ascertain positively whether a plant was new; 
or had been discovered previously by British botanists.” 
Fairlawn, Vasse District, 
June 13. 
* Having recently mentioned to you a very remarkable 
plant, which is found to the south of the Vasse Inlet, and 
which from the few imperfect specimens I had seen of it 
appeared to me like anew species of Dasypogon, I am anxious 
to inform you, that having had an opportunity of examining 
this plant in a growing state, I find my conjecture to be cor- 
rect. It attains a height of 15 feet, and the circumference of 
its stem, after the leaves have been burnt off by the bush — 
fires, is 9 inches. The leaves are about three feet long and cL 
2 inches broad at their insertion, gradually tapering so as to 
_ be half that width (namely 1 inch) in the middle, and coming 
toa point. The flower-stalks measure nearly a yard longs 
-and are surmounted with heads of flowers smaller than in D. à 
bromeliefolius, and hispid, but not rough, as in that speci — 
They are about twelve or fifteen in number, and produ 
from the axils of the upper leaves. In habit, this plant 
resembles D. bromeliefolius, and creeping at the roots, aos 
pears to grow in groups or patches, the young plants bearmg — — 
so strong a resemblance to a pine-apple, that it would take "a 
an experienced eye to detect the difference. To this highly de 
