168 contributions to the flora of queensland, 



Contributions to the Flora of Queensland. 

 by the Rev. B. Scortechini, F.L.S. 



During a short stay at Stanthorpe, a township situated in Queens- 

 land, near the borders of New South Wales, I happened to make 

 several botanical excursions in its neighbourhood, and being for- 

 tunate in discovering a few plants new to the Queensland Flora, I 

 hasten to communicate to this Society the result of my observations. 

 The inland as well as the littoral south Queensland districts need 

 to be more thoroughly searched before a complete Flora of the 

 colony can be worked out, not to mention that many valuable addi- 

 tions may be expected both from the northern and western regions. 

 In drawing up a list of these plants, I have availed myself of the 

 systematic census of all Australian plants now with great care and 

 much assiduous labour, elaborated by Baron von Mueller, to thegreat 

 advantage of Australian Botany. Thus, it was an easy matter to 

 discard from the present list any species, which other workers in 

 the field might have found about the same locality. Only such 

 plants therefore, are here admitted as the latest data of our know- 

 ledge in geological botany have not hitherto attributed to Queens- 

 land. 



The vicinity of Stanthorpe where these plants were obtained, 

 stands on elevated ground. The elevation from the sea level 

 attains something like 3,000 feet. Snow and frost are not 

 strangers there in the winter season, while the summer months 

 are more enjoyable there, than in any other spot in Queensland. 

 Colonists who to avoid the summer heat, resort to the sea coast, 

 would do well to spend these days on the high elevations of 

 Stanthorpe. It is the lofty region of the Blue Mountains that 

 Sydney affords to its inhabitants when in quest of pure air, and 

 bracing climate. The modest scenery around Stanthorpe cannot 

 be indeed compared with the grand awe-inspiring scenes which 

 are seen amid the Blue Mountains. Still here and there nature 

 displays such sights as are not easily forgotten, and the lover of 

 plants finds here much to gratify his heart. 



