or NEW SOUTH WALES. 389 



self to be still in a very unsatisfactory condition. And I am 

 informed by Dr. Woolls that no Zoster a is recorded from New 

 South Wales, though our bays and saltwater rivers abound in (at 

 least) two genera. Several other aquatic and marsh plants are 

 noted from Victoria and Queensland without reference to the 

 intervening district in which they are equally common. It will 

 be, however, a comparatively easy task to correct and supplement 

 the work. The principal portion of the labour is effectually done, 

 and the details may now be left to inferior hands. 



The tenth volume of Baron von Miiller's Fragmenta Phyto- 

 graphle Australia is nearly complete. Most of the matter 

 contained in the preceding parts has been incorporated with the 

 descriptions given in the Flora Australiensis ; but the present 

 volume contains, in addition to a vast amount of information 

 respecting the geographical distribution of plants, descriptions of 

 many new and interesting species of the following genera, viz. : — 

 Eucalyptus, Swainsonia, Cassia, Goodenia, Prostanthera, Wehlia, 

 Acacia, Galandrinia, Helipterum, &c. The author has been 

 exposed to much foolish ridicule on the ground that his work is 

 in Latin. But it may be safely asserted that the Fragmenta have 

 done more to make Australian plants known throughout conti- 

 nental Europe than any work which, has appeared since the days 

 of R. Brown. 



In»the middle of last year a pamphlet of 48 pp. was published 

 on " Timbers of Victoria," — being a descriptive catalogue of the 

 specimens in the Industrial and Technological Museum of 

 Melbourne, revised by Baron von Miiller. This little book 

 contains much useful information, but must be regarded as 

 only an instalment. 



In 1874, a volume was published by the same author, under 

 the direction of the Geological Survey of Victoria, entitled 

 " Observations on the Vegetable Fossils of the Auriferous Drifts." 

 The work has been continued from time to time as fresh dis- 

 coveries have occurred, throwing much light upon the^ tertiary 

 flora of this country. The last plate (No. 13), published in 1877, 

 is that of Wilhinsonia bilaminata, which may have been the fruit 

 of some species of Sapindacece. 



