NOTES ON THE I\DIGENOUS PLANTS OF MELBOURNE. 169 



Lomaria proeera, (Sprengcl,) (Stegania of R. Br.,) and Aspidium proUfenim. 

 Amongst the rocky plac3s near the water under Richmond, occasionally, G1i£- 

 ihmthus tenuifolia, (Swartz;) Asplenium flabelUfoliwn; and very abundantly in 

 the Surrey Paddock, Adiantum assimile, somewhat similar in appearance to 

 A . Capillus Veneris, which is preserved so carefully at home in the few localities 

 where it flourishes. 



Many of our English plants are common here, but it is probable almost all 

 have been introduced, perhaps excepting those mentioned by Brown, ("that most 

 illustrious of living Botanists, and the man who first opened out to science 

 the richness and singularity of the Australian Flora,"*) in his "Prodromus 

 Flora} Nova) HoUandia?," 1805. 



Scirpm maritimus, (Prod. p. 80.) — In swamps near the Yarra. 



Oxalis corniculata. ) _ i j. Oi. t^-u j t • j j.' t, -u 



, ' y Common aboat St. Kilda and Liardets beach. 



" microphylla, j 



Melilotits officinalis, One specimen found at the end of William Street. 



Uriica dioica, ' Common round Melbourne, but with much more 



lanceolate leaves than in English specimens, even of var, B. angustlfolia. — Bab : 

 Man: 286. 



Anagallis phoenicea, (Lamarck.) — This and A. ccerulea are common. 



Lotus corniculatus, Surrey Paddock, Richmond. 



Verbena officinalis, (Prod. p. 370.) — Common in waste places. 



Gnaphalium luteo-album. Banks of the Yarra, etc., abundantly. 

 This is a very rare plant in England. — Bab: Man: 175. 



Cerastiwn glomeratum, (Thuil.) — Banks of the Yarra. 



Prunella vulgaris, (Prod. p. 363.) — Surrey Paddock. 



Lythrum salicaria. Very common on the Yarra. 



Arundo phragmiles, (Prod. p. 39.) — Do. 



Potamogeton nutans, (Prod. p. 199.) — Common in swamps and the Yarra. 



Alisma Plantago, (Prod. p. 198.) — Occasionally in marshy places. 



It would be impossible for me to enter into any lengthened description of the 

 plants which I have met with here, but I may briefly mention some few. On 

 Christmas Day I explored the scrub between Melbourne and Liardet's beach, 

 and gathered Pelargonium Australe and P. erodioides, (Hooker,) both emitting 

 a very delicious perfume; Wahlenbergia gracilis, (De Cand,) common everywhere 

 in the vicinity of Melbourne. On the banks of a Lagoon on the beach, 

 Epilohium ranescens; Lobelia alata, (R. Br. Prod. 418;) Rhagodia Billardieri, 

 {N. 0. Gkenopodice,) trailing on sandy soil near the sea, with entire linear-oblong 

 or lanceolate leaves, pulverescent flowers in spikes, green. There is also another 

 species common in dry places — R. nutans, a prostrate plant with smooth 

 branches and lanceolate hastate acute leaves; flowers, red; Didiscus pilosiis, 

 (Benth,) a rare umbelliferous plant; and a Ranunculus, which is probably 

 pi mjnnellif alius. About St. Kilda, and near Tent town. Convolvulus erubescens 

 and Tricoryne graminifolia. Amongst rushes on the Lagoon, Triglochin 



* Lecture by Edward Forbes, F. R. S., on the knowledge of Australian rocks. 

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