BY THE REV. DR. WOOLLS, D.D., F.L.S. 717 



which is regarded as a troublesome weed, not only in the county 

 of Cumberland, but beyond the Dividing Eange, seems to be a 

 plant of foreign origin. 



In concluding this brief notice of the Monopetalee, it may be 

 seen that the species in New South "Wales are far more numerous 

 than those of the Thalamiflorse or Disciflorae, whilst they exceed 

 the recorded species of Calyciflorre by more than 100. The whole 

 amount of these grand divisions will probably be more than 

 1,200, whilst that of the introduced plants is upwards of 100. 



On the occurrence of Pseudophycis breviusculus, Richardson, 



in Port Jackson. 



By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S., &c. 



During a recent dredging excursion in Port Jackson I obtained 

 from the interior of a large shell of Lolium variegatum, a fine 

 specimen of a Pseudophycis, which appears to belong to the Lota 

 breviusculus of Richardson ; when alive this fish was of an olive 

 brown tint, slightly greenish about the head, and of a pinkish 

 hue on the belly ; the whole of the fish was covered by a thick 

 mucous. In length it is about 6 inches, greatest height 2 inches. 

 There are nine (9) rays in the first dorsal, and from 47-48 in the 

 second, the pectoral fin is as long as the distance from its base to 

 the centre of the orbit, the maxillary reaches to the posterior 

 margin of the orbit, the longest ventral ray equals the distance 

 between the anterior margin and the extremity of the operculum ; 

 the height of the body between the vent and the last (ninth) ray 

 of the first dorsal, equals the distance between the lower margin 

 of the base of the pectoral, and the end of the snout. In all other 

 respects this specimen agrees with the description of Lota 

 breviuscula of Richardson, under which species I prefer to retain 

 it for the present. 



