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specimens in the case of some of my own records, Mr. Lucas's 

 notes may be accepted as corroborative evidence, even though I 

 think he should have written Exocarpus stricta^ R. Br., instead of 

 E. cupressijormis. On reading their account of the trip it will be 

 seen that Messrs. Gregory and Lucas did not attempt a complete 

 list of the plants encountered. "We had first," he says, " at the 

 entrance of the Derby, to fight our way through tall and thick-set 

 bushes of Slyphelia Ricliea and Kxocarpus cupressijormis, which 

 were in berry." E. cupressijormis is the common so-called 

 Native Cherry, and grows into a small, handsome tree, whilst 

 E. stricta is shrubby and has fruit slightly different from the other. 

 ". . . Stout bushes o{ Aster glutescens, Cryptandra Hookeri, 

 and Alyxia buxijolia also barred the way." He refers also to 

 Sioainsona lessertijolia (which, I may mention in passing, some 

 folk charge with that trouble to stock known as coast-disease), 

 Lotus aicstralis, and Sccevola pallida, these being then in bloom 

 about the Derby River. Traversing the route to the lighthouse 

 and near Mt. Bishop he noted Correa speciosa, red variety, while 

 " bushes of Calycothrix tetragona, covered, some with white, 

 others with pink blooms, made the slopes gay between the 

 gigantic bosses." On Mt. Oberon '* . . . . black stumps of 

 Xanthorrhoea major were prominent objects and obstacles to fully 

 1,500 feet above the sea. At the very top grew freely Kunzea 

 corifolia and Callistewon salignus, which also occurred at the 

 very tip of the lighthouse spur. . . . Aster stellulatus show &(\ 

 its variability of form." Near the lighthouse, "on the brow of 

 the hill, G ompholobium Huegelii and G. minus grew together in 

 abundance." Also near the lighthouse were Helichrysumlucidum, 

 11. obtusijolium, and H. dealbatu7n. 



Mr. Lucas also mentions the occurrence of the interesting fern, 

 Asplenium marhium, watered by sea spray on vertical cliffs. 

 Though on the same route, this was not seen by either the 

 Herbarium or the Club excursionists. 



The following species collected in 1905-6 were doubted, but 

 specimens have since been kindly checked by the National 

 Herbarium. Of course, as the Herbarium excursionists did not 

 follow the whole of the route of the F.N.C. party, it is only 

 reasonable to suppose that many plants which were found by the 

 latter were not seen by the former. This applies more particularly 

 to the area south of Corner Basin, which was not visited by 

 Messrs. Gregory and Lucas or by the Herbarium officers : — 



Avicennia ojfficinalis, L., spurious mangrove. A specimen of 

 this was long ago sent to the Herbarium, but was 

 apparently mislaid or overlooked. It is common on the 

 shores of Corner Basin and its tidal creeks. 



Cryptandra Hookeri, F. v. M. This is not uncommon on the 

 western side of the Promontory. 



