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include such genera as CoUema, Cladonia, Usnea, Farmelia, 

 Fhyscia, Lecidea, &c. 



As this is the first census of tlie vegetation of New England, I 

 hope it will be found useful to Australian botanists and botanical 

 students, and that it will stimulate others to attempt similar 

 productions in different portions of this Continent where the 

 indigenous vegetation shows a character distinct from that of the 

 surrounding districts. So far back as 1891 I suggested to the 

 Government of New South Wales the advisabilit}^ of mapping 

 out the State into sections and publishing the indigenous and 

 acclimatised flora of each section for general information. I 

 instanced what the Rev. Dr. W. Woolls, F.L.S., had done with 

 regard to the Parramatta and Sydney floras, and pointed out 

 their value to botanists and botanical students. 



All the indigenous plants included in this census that I did 

 not know at sight I have worked out by the diagnosis given in 

 Bentham's ' Flora Australiensis,' and I have followed the same 

 classification and nomenclature as have been adopted in that 

 incomparable work. 



The plants marked with an asterisk are exotic, but many of 

 them have become thoroughly acclimatised in New England. 



The plants marked with a dagger have been figured and 

 described, as to their economic value, by me. 



The localities of the rarer species are given in the accompany- 

 ing census. 



Several persons have, at one time and another, botanised in New 

 England, but those who appear to have made the largest collec- 

 tions of plants prior to 1890 were Mr. C. Stuart and Dr. H. 

 Beckler. 



My thanks are due to a number of pastoralists, especially the 

 late Mr. W. H. Walker, of Tenterfield Station, and settlers in 

 New England for forwarding me botanical specimens for identi- 

 fication during the last fifteen years. 



An exceptionally busy life has hitherto prevented me from 

 doing full justice to my collections and memoranda, but, as time 

 permits, I purpose publishing accounts of my botanical excur- 



