BY W. MACLEAT, F.L.S. 7J. 



5. Synaptttea Selheimt, n. sp. 

 D. -f C. + A. 155. p. G. L. lat. 81. 

 Height of body one third of the total length, eyes small, nearly 

 on the same plane, and nearly two diameters apart. Scales small, 

 strongly ciliated or toothed on both sides ; vertical fins low, 

 lengthening gradually to the tail, which is rather pointed ; 

 ventral fins small, opposite, the right one longest ; pectoral fins 

 very small, the right one longest. Colour brown mottled all over 

 with black. 



Several specimens averaging four inches in length. 



This is the first instance I have come across in this country of 

 a fresh water sole. Both this and the last described Fish — 

 Aristeus cavifrons — were captured by a very small hook baited 

 with a fragment of a blade of grass. 



6. Neosilueus Hyetlii, Steind. 



Proc. Linn. Soc, N. S. Wales, Vol. 6, p. 208. 



This species seems to be found in most of the rivers of Northern 

 Queensland. The sj^ecimen from the Palmer Eiver is only half 

 grown. 



7. Ch^toessus Eeebi, Eichards. 



Proc. Linn. Soc, N. S. Wales, Vol. 4, p. 368. 



One specimen of small size. It is found all over the North 

 and West Coasts of Australia both in fresh and salt water. 



On the Plants of New South Wales. — No. VIII. 



By the Eet. De. Woolls, D.D., F.L.S., &c. 



Class III. Acotyledones. 



The only Cryptogams described in the Flo7^a Australiensis are 

 the higher Vascular orders, as Mr. Bentham did not think it 



