THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 217 



The last-mentioned group embraces a number of widely 

 different plants, which range from timber trees, such as the 

 Native Beech or Myrtle, Fagus cunninghami, down through the 

 Native Mulberry, Hedycarya ctmninghami, to herbs such as the 

 Native Nettle, Urtica incisa, the fleshy-leaved " Pig-face," 

 Mesemhrianthenmm ceqidlaterale, the Swamp " Lily," Limnati- 

 thcmum exaltatum, the Pond Weed, Myriophyllum varii/olium, 

 with the " Liver-wort," Marchaatia polyraorplia — sole representa- 

 tive of the Hepaticae. 



Of the total, 57 orders, embracing 119 genera and 182 species, 

 no species, as far as I am aware, is restricted to this region, but 

 some are becoming more scarce yearly throughout the State, 

 and might well be preserved and increased by the planting, 

 where practicable, of specimens from other parts of the State. 



In the search for plants I was given much assistance by Mrs. 

 Hardy, and in the identification of many of the specimens 

 obtained I was glad to consult Mr. Charles Walter, whose 

 acquaintance with the Promontory flora occurred in a way worth 

 relating. In 1873, when the late Mr. Ernest Giles was preparing 

 for one of his exploring expeditions in Central Australia, the late 

 Baron von Mueller was asked to take in hand, for training, the 

 botanical member of the projected party, the trainee being Mr. 

 W, H. Tietkens. With this object in view the Baron, Mr. Walter, 

 and Mr. Tietkens travelled by boat to the Wilson's Promontory 

 Lighthouse, and, landing there, struck northerly, crossing the 

 ranges into the Oberon-Norgate Valley, and penetrated as far as 

 the Tidal River. Thus the expedition, which was primarily 

 intended to train a collector for a more extensive trip, helped 

 considerably the regional distribution records. Those records, 

 however, were for regions of too great extent and of too indefinite 

 boundary to be precise, and the value of this excursion's work 

 lies in marking off a subdivision of definite extent. 



Systematic List of Plants Collected or Seen. 

 (* = bloom, = fruit, -|- =many seen, - =fe\v seen.) 



Ranunculacea^ — 



Clemaiis aristata, R. Brown 

 o-C. microphylla, Candolle 

 o - Ranunculus aquatilis, Dodoens 



- R. rivularis. Banks and Solander 

 Dilleniacea; — 



*Hibbertia striata, R. Br. 

 *-l-H. acicularis, F. v. Mueller 



Monimiere — 



Hedycarya cunninghami, Labil- 

 lardiere 



Violacese — 



- Viola hederacere, Lab, 



- V. betonicifolia, Smith 



Polygaleffi — 



* - Comesperma volubile, Lab. 

 *-l-C. ericinum, Cand. 



TremandrcK — 

 *— l~etratlieca ciliata, Lindley 

 *-f T. ericinum, Smith 

 Rutacece — 



•Correa speciosa, Andrews 

 Linear — 



Linum marginale, Cunningham 

 Geraniacea; — 



Erodium cygnorum, Nees 



* + Pelargonium australe, Wilidenow 

 .Sterculiacete — 



Thomasia petalocalyx, F. v. M. 



