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little doubt that the numbers for Queensland will be increased, 

 as the scrubs are more carefully examined. 



It appears, so far as yet observed, that the Paronychiacecc and 

 Cupuliferce do not extend to Queensland, no do the Myristicecc, 

 Elcagnacecc, Ncpenthacm, and Balanophorece to New South Wales, 

 whilst Victoria is not only deficient of the last mentioned orders, 

 but also of the Piper acece, Aristolochiacea and Cycadece. The 

 species of Proteacecs attain their maximum in New South Wales, 

 being more than double the number recorded for Queensland or 

 Victoria respectively ; but the AmarantacecB, Monimiacece, BaurinecB 

 Thy melees, Euphorbiacece, and TJrticem are far more plentiful in 

 Queensland, than in New South Wales or Victoria. One of the 

 most important orders of this division is that of the Chenopodiacece, 

 so highly prized in many parts of the interior for the plants 

 called " Salt-bushes," including species of Rhagodia, Atriplex, 

 Kocliia, &c. The genera are nearly equal in the Eastern colonies 

 but the species are more numerous in New South Wales. In his 

 recent work on the " Native Plants of Victoria" Baron F. von 

 Mueller, has described 49 species as indigenous in Victoria, whilst 

 those of New South Wales are supposed to be nearly 70. Of 

 the nine Australian genera of AmarantacecB, 8 are represented in 

 Queensland, 6 in New South Wales, and 4 in Victoria, whilst 

 the species of Polygonacece are nearly equal in the three colonies. 

 The Nutmeg family is limited to a solitary species in Queensland. 

 Of the Monimiacece, Boryphora sassafras is peculiar to New South 

 Wales ; Atherosperma moschatum is common to New South Wales, 

 Victoria, and Tasmania ; and the species of Mollinedia and Kibara 

 are for the most part limited to Queensland. Since the publica- 

 tion of Vol. V, of our Flora, flowering specimens of Palmeria 



