BY R. H. CAMBAGK. 711 



As an evidence of considerable similarity in climate, it is 

 pointed out that, in the whole of tlie Federal Capital Temtoiy, 

 '^>C) 1 native species were noticed, of which 233, or 65%, are also 

 indigenous in Tasmania. 



T wish to express my indebtedness to Mr. J. H. Maiden, 

 F.R.8., the late Mr. E. Betche, and Mr. E. Cheel for assistance 

 and corrolwi^ation in the identification of plants. To Mr. C. R. 

 Scrivener, I.S.O., Director of Commonwealth Lands and Sur- 

 veys, 1 am grateful foi- having afforded me the opportunity and 

 facilities for visiting the various points witliin the Fedei'al Ter- 

 ritory; while to Messrs. Charles H. McKeachnie, of Booroomba, 

 and Marmaduke W. Lee, of Gudgenby, my thanks are due foi- 

 hospitality and personal guidance to the summit of Tidbinbilla, 

 and the head of the Cotter River respectively; also to Mr. John 

 Blundell for his escort to the summit of Mount Coree. T have 

 also to thank Mr." A. J. Hare, Under Secretary for Lands, and 

 Mr. E. B. Harkness, Under Secretary, Chief Secretary's Depart- 

 ment, for information concerning the early records of settlement 

 in the locality. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES LXXI.-LXXIV. 



Plate Ixxi. 

 Ca/^iiarina Lnthmanni R. T. Baker; growing under shelter of bank on 

 Molonglo River. 



Plate Ixxii. 

 Grej'illea jitnipe:nn(( R.Br.; near Cotter and Murrumbidgee Rivers. 



Plate Ixxiii. 

 Baiiksia marguKita Cav. ; in open forest granite-country at Booroomba. 



Plate Ixxiv. 

 iSwanipy plain, with Kniizta Muelleri, Aciphylla mmp/lcifo/ia, Epacris 

 pa/udoi^a, J uncus falcafus, and Eucalyptus coriacea; between Gud- 

 genby and Cotter River, at about 4,500 feet level. 



