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calyx ; they consist of five petals, which expand in a star-like form ; 
they are of a greyish-green colour outside and pure white inside; they 
soon fall off and leave only the two-celled capsules ; the cells are placed 
opposite, with lengthened recurved points ; they each contain a single 
seed; this plant grows sparingly by the side of a watercourse on the 
east side of Mount Lesueur. The other plant, which I suppose belongs 
to a new genus of this Order, is a stiff upright-growing shrub, about 
two feet high; the flowers are borne in corymbs from nine inches to a 
foot in diameter; they are not very conspicuous, but are accompanied 
by numerous large bracts of a golden yellow colour, which render this 
one of the most showy of our native plants; it appears on sand-plains 
to the east and west of the southern branch of the Hill River, and 
in other similar situations to the south of the Irwin River. 
A new Euphorbia is found among the warren-holes on the Irwin ; the 
leaves are linear, about an inch long; the stems grow from eighteen 
inches to two feet in height. 
(To be continued.) 
BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
The VEGETATION OF NORTH GREENLAND ; translated (by Miss 
Gurney) from ‘ The Danish Districts in North Greenland, their Geo- 
graphy, Produce,’ ete., by H. Rink. Copenhagen, 1852. 
We have mentioned the ridge along the south-west side of Omenak’s ` 
Fiord, the plateau of which is at the height of nearly 6000 feet, as in- 
structingly displaying the gradual decline of vegetation in the same 
ratio with the increase of snow and ice. From Karsok-ness a regular 
slope, with two distinct prominent terraces, leads up from the strand 
to the ice-covered plateau, to a height of about 5000 feet, the whole 
distance being a mile and a quarter. The small quantity of snow which - 
falls here compared with that on the other side of the peninsula, and 
the long time the ground is therefore uncovered, allows the vegetation 
to reach higher limits than in other places, and the land here rises to 
fully the usual height. We will therefore shortly describe how we 
found this tract on the 30th of July, 1851, in a summer of very cold 
