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onustum, in stylum brevem paulo curvum subulatum desinens; 

 .3-loculare ; loculis 2-ovulatis ; stigmate simplici. Ovula superposita, 

 horizontalia, globosa, arillata ? ; funiculo breviusculo, crasso. Fructus 

 ignotus. — Frutex Novse-Caledonise, Kcelreuterise affinis, glaberrimus, 

 ramosus ; ramulis cylindraceis y cortice brunneo ; foliis altemis, imparl- 

 pinnatis ; petiolo gracili, strictiusculo , subangulato ; pinnis opposite 

 altemisque^ coriaceis, lineari-oblongis, obtusis, obtuse serratis, basi oblique 

 cuneatis, in petiolum brevem angustatis, superne late viridibus, lucidis y 

 subtus pallidioribuS) nervis divaricatis; panicula terminal^ erecta, tnulti- 

 flora, ramis ramvlisque crassiusculis, pallidis, strictis, angulatis, basi 

 bracteatisj bracteis linearibus, coriaceis; floribus breve pedicellatis, obli- 

 quis, roseis, post anthesin nutantibus. (Nomen e Ao£os, inasqualis, et 



1. Loxodiscus coriaceus, II. f. (Tab. VI.) 



Hab. Prope suiumum montis Insula Pinetorum Novze-Caledoniae : 



legerunt M'Gillivray et Milne itinere Navarchi Denham (Octob. 1853). 

 Frutex 6-8-pedalis. Folia stricta, 6-8-pollicaria ; pinnis 1-2-uncia- 



libus. Panicula spithamaea. Flores |-§ unc. diainetr. 



Plate VI. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Petal. 3. Stamen. 4. Calyx, disc, 

 and germen. 5 and 6. Ovary, cut transversely and longitudinally : 

 all magnified. 



North-Australian Expedition ; Letter from A. C. Gregory, 



Esq., Commander of the Expedition. 



Our Journal will, through the labours and communications of Dr. 

 Mueller, contain so much of the botany of this remarkable and success- 

 ful Expedition, that we are anxious it should contain also the record of 

 the ronte, as narrated by the Commander, iu three Letters, addressed 

 to his Excellency the Governor-General of Australia, and ordered by 

 the Legislative Assembly to be printed. The first letter is as fol 

 lows; 



Victoria River, 14th June, 1856. 



Sir, — Circumstances having arisen which render it necessary that 

 the vessel attached to the North-Australian Expedition should proceed 

 to Timor for supplies, I avail myself of the opportunity to transmit a 



time 



and its prospective movements. 



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