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with rich velvety down. At the same spot I gathered a fifth species 
of my Grevillea-like genus, with flowers deep yellow, and a new black- 
flowered Grevillea. This latter immense genus must soon be split into 
many; but I am of Mr. Brown’s opinion, that it is better to retain the 
sectional divisions of Grevillea, till this vast country shall be better ex- 
plored. A beautiful Diuris, which I call D. picta, was among my dis- 
coveries at this time: the flower is large and white, the lip margined 
with purple, and all the divisions of the perianth more or less marked 
with the same colour: it grew in considerable quantities in a dry 
watercourse. 
I shall start again for the North in a few days; but I mean, before I 
go, to take up all the roots I can find of the bulbous Droseras, and send 
them packed in a small box of dry earth. The stationary character of 
these bulbs is very different from the Droseras of Europe. If, for in- 
stance, a very small plant of D. macrophylla be carefully removed, it is 
easy to see, by the relics in the same spot, that these bulbs have oc- 
cupied the same patch of ground perhaps for fifty years, the remains 
Of the old flower-stalks and coverings of the roots which have been 
annually given off appearing mixed with the soil. I shall put in, with 
the Droseras, some roots and seeds of the Phascum like serratum, and 
some other minute Mosses; and I have no doubt, if the soil be care- 
fully spread over the pots in the greenhouses of the Kew Gardens, you 
will see these curious little Oryptogamie make their appearance, and 
they will afford a rare treat for muscologists. I have observed three 
species of a curious Curvicollum genus of naked-mouthed Mosses, or 
rather the capsules may be said to be cut across the middle. ` I enclose 
a few specimens of a very small kind; but small though it be, this- 
Moss is not annual: the plants which spring up this year do not pro- 
duce capsules till the next; but you must observe that there are only 
two or three months annually in this country when anything like life 
appears in these plants. There is a remarkable ferruginous stain on 
that part of the seta which is included in the sheathing bases of the 
leaves. The extraordinary little Moss with the ribbed veil, I consider 
' a peculiar genus of naked-mouthed Mosses.: The veil in the specimen 
now sent is curiously laciniated at the edges. 
(To be continued.) 
