838 PLANTS OF NEW SOUTH "WALES, 



ents of plants and vegetable substances, and their cbemieal analyses 

 by Dr. Wittstein, translated from the German by Baron von 

 Mueller. Definition of a new tree from East Australia by Baron 

 Mueller. 



From the Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm, " Pro- 

 ceedings," years 1877 to 1880 and " Minnesord ofver Carl von 

 Linne. 



Southern Science Record No. 13, December 1881. 



Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, August, 1881. 

 From the Entomological Society of London, Transactions, 5 

 volumes, years 1876 to 1880. 



PAPERS READ. 



On the Plants of New South Wales — No. VII. 



By the Rev. Dr. Woolls, D.D., F.L.S., &c. 



Class II. Monocotyledons. 



The Monocotyledonere with ovary superior include three series 

 viz. Coronarice, Nudijlorce, and Glumales, the first having the 

 perianth more or less distinctly in two series, the second with 

 the perianth of small scales or none (except some Alismaccce), 

 and the third with flowers sessile within imbricate bracts or 

 glumes. According to the most recent estimate for the three 

 colonies, the numbers are as follows : 



Orders. 

 Queensland. . 18 



New South Wales. .17 

 Victoria . . 15 



Of the Coronarife, Roxhurghiacem and Pont eder ace & are repre- 

 sented each by a solitary species in Queensland, whilst the 

 Pandanea and Aroidece do not extend to Victoria. The Palms, 

 which are somewhat plentiful in Queensland, are rare in New 

 South Wales and Victoria, four species occurring in the former, 



