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of Moreton Bay. Of these Dr. Hooker says about 90 are found 

 in Tasmania. The Brisbane flora which we may also oall that of 

 Moreton Bay, is however a littoral, or almost littoral one, and wo 

 should not consider it strictly as tropical as Dr. Hooker himself 

 observes. 



In the Brisbane flora we find about 4A- per cent of species 

 which are peculiar to Queensland. They have not been found 

 even on the confines of N.S. Wales, which it must be remembered 

 is not 200 miles from Brisbane. This is rather a large per 

 centage of endemic plants for such a locality. 



The careful examinations of Mr. Bailey have added nearly 

 50 plants to the Brisbane flora, and about a dozen of these had 

 not previously been found in Queensland. 



It is not necessary for me to say anything about the introduced 

 plants, as they have been ably dealt with in a preceding paper 

 by Mr. Bailey himself. I may observe, however, that he quite 

 agrees with mo in thinking that the evidence of introduction is 

 far from being well established in every case. Verbena 

 bonarieiisis is a case in point. When the unfortunate Dr. 

 Leichhardt started on his overland journey to Port Essington, 

 this plant was so spread over some of the first country he 

 explored, that he named it in consequence Vervain Plains. This 

 may have spread from the settled districts, but only fire or 

 six years had elapsed since the Darling Downs had been 

 inhabited by a very few settlers. 



I should like to be able to add something about the useful 

 qualities, either industrial or medicinal, of the Brisbane flora, 

 but on this subject I have very little information. One of the 

 most painstaking and industrious enquirers -into this subject has 

 been Dr. Bancroft. He has discovered the wonderful therapeutic 

 properties of the Duboisia my op oroides, which bids fair to supersede 

 Belladonna in medicine. The same indefatigable gentleman has 

 made some interesting experiments on the various species of 



