BY BARON VOlf MUSLLEK, K.C.M.G., M.D., l^.R.S. 28? 



the bulk of the peculiar vegetation of the Blue Mountains and 

 the Illawarra District really reached its most southern termination 

 until last autumn. Mr. Edward Keader, a resident near Mount 

 Dromedary, became induced to gather the plants of his vicinity 

 with a view of tracing the southern limits of the more northern 

 Plants of New South Wales. This he did with a disinterested 

 zeal and energetic toil, which are beyond all praise. The series 

 of species never before found so far south, is already sufficiently 

 advanced to offer it for publication ; though during the spring 

 months many other, particularly herbaceous Plants, would likely 

 be added, if search in his district coidd be continued. 



Mr. Eeader, who was formerly in scientific correspondence with 

 the Eev. W. B. Clarke, defines the geologic formations of the 

 Mount Dromedary country as consisting of granite, coarse grits, 

 and conglomerate of comparatively recent date, resting on 

 Silurian slates, intersected with dikes of porphyry. The moun- 

 tainous nature of the district, as well as the multitude of water- 

 courses which flow through it, must render the Flora there 

 eminently rich, especially as also some tracts of heathy land exist 

 there ; and we thus derive much additional information particularly 

 of geographic interest concerning the flora of the district. 



The species, for which already far more southern localities can 

 be recorded, are the following : — 



Citriohatus paucifloruSf Cunning- Kelichrymmglutinomm, Bentham 



ham. Ehretia acuminata, E. Brown. 



Ahutilon oxycarpicm, F.v.M. Solanum stelligerum, Smith. 



Hibiscus triomim, Linne. Marsdeiiia Jlavescens, Cunning- 

 Seringea platyphylla, Gay. ham. 



Acrony cilia Baueri, Schott. Macrozamia spiralis, Migual. 



Ficus ruhiginosa, Desfontaines. Bendrohium pugioniforme, Cun- 

 Malaisia tortiwsa, Blanco. ningham. 



Laportea gigas, AVeddell. Pterostylis grand iflora, E. Brown. 



Baloghia hicida, Eudlicher. Coniiaelyna cyanca, E. Brown. 

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