14 Williamson, Census of Victorian Plants. [voi'.'^xxxvi. 



is probable that some of these species were actually collected by 

 Mueller in New South Wales and South Australia, since, from 

 remarks he made, verbally and otherwise, he considered that 

 plants gathered within a day's walk across the border should 

 be credited to Victoria. In his first edition of the " Census 

 of Australian Plants" (1882) he says: — "The geographic 

 columns in these pages indicate simply the occurrence of plants 

 within any of the colonial areas, but have been extended even 

 to such species which merely may pass boundary lines." 

 From this it would appear that in compiling his " Key " he 

 had credited Victoria with those plants which, being near the 

 boundary, might reasonably be expected to be met with on 

 this side of it. In the case of some of them this expectation 

 has been realized, while in many others it has not, no Victorian 

 specimen being found in the Herbarium. In Bcntham's 

 " Flora," among Victorian localities are mentioned " Munyang 

 Mt." Under this indefinite and now disused name Mueller, 

 I think, included all those species he gathered on his journey 

 along " the highest summits of the Alps," from the Cobberas 

 (in Victoria) to Kosciusko (N.S.W.) Nungatta Mt., in which 

 the Genoa River takes its rise, is some miles east of the border. 

 Mt. Imlay is in New South Wales, south-west of Twofold Bay. 

 These are, of course, also mentioned as New South Wales 

 localities. " Upper Snowy," " Head of Genoa," are among 

 Victorian localities, though both of these rivers rise in New 

 South Wales. I think that Victoria has also been credited 

 with plants gathered in the Riverina and the " Murray desert " 

 below the South Australian border. Such places as Cudnaka 

 and Lake Victoria are given on the labels of some plants which 

 appear on our Census, of which no other specimens can be 

 found in the parcels. For instance, PuUencea densifoUa is 

 labelled "Lower Murray "; this, I feel sure, means South 

 Australia. Mr. D' Alton sent it in later from " across S.A. 

 border." 



It must be conceded that in those early days definiteness in 

 place names was not easy to get, and, also, it did not seem so 

 necessary, so that writing " Near Murray," or just " Murray," 

 which occurs on so many labels, seemed the best that could 

 be done, especially considering the difficulties of the wayback 

 collector. 



It would appear that no collector has since 1854 travelled 

 along the routes of Mueller in the North- West, and to Cobberas 

 and Kosciusko (Munyang). If he has, he did not record the 

 result. There is a good field for botanists in those two areas 

 alone. Who will undertake them ? 



Regarding the absence of these recorded species from our 

 Herbarium, several reasons may be advanced. Some may 

 have been lost or mislaid, and thus missed getting into their 



