320 SPECIMENS OF PLANTS COLLECTED AT KING GEORGE's SOUND, 



HESTIACEiE. 



36. Anarthria scabra, R.Br. 



37. Lepyrodia stricta^ R.Br, f?) 



38. Anarthria prolifera^ R.Br. 



Of the three Epacricls not one of them extends to the Eastern 

 Coast. The genus Andersonia^ containing 20 species, is limited 

 to W. Australia. Some of them approach our Sjyrengelia, 

 but they differ materially in the shape of the corolla and its 

 aestivation. Leucopogon alternifolius, which was collected by 

 Brown during his voyage with Flinders, has some resemblance 

 to our L. am2)lexicaulis, but it is smaller in every part. It 

 seems rare, as Mr. Bentham's only specimen was from Brown's 

 collection. Of the 118 species oi Leiccopogon, 23 only occur in 

 N. S. Wales, but of the genus Epacris, none have been found 

 in W. Australia. 



The plants of Myrtacese belong to four genera, two of 

 which are not represented in N. S. Wales, viz., Ilypocalymma 

 and Agonis, the former with 12 and the latter with 11 species, 

 all in W. Australia. The Rev. B. Scortechini found a 

 species of Agonis on Stradbroke Island (Queensland), and that is 

 described by Baron Mueller as being a remarkable species, extending 

 the limits of the genus to the Eastern Coast. Melaleuca striata is 

 strictly a western species, though resembling some of the eastern 

 ones. Nearly 100 species of the genus are described, but only 17 

 extend to N. S Wales, and of these M. acumiiiata, M. parviflora, 

 M. uncinata, and M. leucadendron are common to W. Australia. 

 It should be considered in studying the distribution of species, 

 that M. leucadendron is widely spread in the Oriental Archipelago 

 and Malayan Peninsula. Eitcalyjitus marginata is the Jarrah of 

 W. Australia, and is reckoned among the forest resources of the 

 west (Baron INlueller's Report). Baron Mueller calculates that 

 of the 150 Eucalypts now pretty well known, 80 are found in W. 

 Australia. It is strange that only E. rostrata and a few of the 

 smaller kinds, designated " Mallee," are common to N. S. Wales 

 and W. Australia. 



