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1. That of the sandstone, or poor country, represented by 



the Proteacece, Epacridece^ and Xanthorrhoea. 



2. Eastern slopes of coast range represented by Urticeo' and 



Palmeoi. 



3. Cold mountain lands represented by Doryphora^ Filices, 



and Myrtacece. 



4. Interior plains represented by Chenopodiacece and Com- 



posited. 



I now proceed to lay before you a tentative scheme for the 

 division of New South Wales into botanical "counties." It will 

 be seen that various considerations have weighed with me in 

 suggesting their limits. I tio not doubt that my map, imperfect 

 as it is, will give definiteness to criticism, and the eventual out- 

 come will be that we shall have a botanical map of scientific and 

 practical value. 



I have used the term botanical "county" because a similar 

 term has been used for somewhat similar botanical areas in 

 Great Britain and Ireland. Most of the areas I have called 

 counties are larger than the European ones. There is, however, 

 the objection to this term, that it is liable to be confused with 

 the political or municipal divisions called " counties." For a 

 similar reason M. Flahault* substitutes " domaine " for the 

 "province" of Engler. It is not likely that names for phy to- 

 geographic divisions will be generally agreed upon except as the 

 result of an international conference. M. Flahault's paper* 

 makes suggestions in regard to the nomenclature of botanical 

 areas, as follows : — 



GROUPE DE REGIONS. 

 REGION (Martius 1831). 

 DOMAINE. 



Secteur. 



District (Bezirk, Engler, 1879). 

 Sous-District. 



Station (Wimmer, 1844). 



* Projet de nomenclature phytogeographique. Proc. Cougr. Int. de 

 Botanique, Paris, 1900. 

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