^*^'-' 1 Sutton, Notes on the Sandrimiham b'lora. 2,% 



In the "Jottings" we read: — " A short walk through this 

 noble forest of Eucalypti and Banksias (Honeysuckles, with 

 bottle-brush-shaped Howers) and Casuarina; (Sheoaks) brings 

 us to St. Kilda " — presumably from Melbourne ; and in de- 

 scribing his walk along the sea-shore there and " aside through 

 a beautiful scrub of Ricinocarpus sidcBJoymia " {R. pinifolius, 

 Desf.), " a useful purgative," as he incidentally remarks — he 

 mentions, among others, as occurring in the locality, " the 

 graceful lilac Dwpogoii leimonophilus" — obviously a misprint 

 for Dichopogon leinionophilus, Ferd. Mueller, given in the cata- 

 logue at the end of the book, and which, doubtless, is D. 

 strictus, Baker [Arthropodmm strictum, R. Brown) ; Dwarf 

 Aphelia, Aphclia pumilio, A. cyperoides (a Western Australian 

 species not occurring in Victoria — probably A. gracilis was 

 meant), Dcsvauxia tenuior, R. Brown, Hairy Centrolepis, 

 Centrolcpis strigosa, R. and S., var. temiior, Small-flowered 

 Buttercup, Ranunculus scssiliflorus {R. parviflorus L., var. 

 sessiliflorus. Slender Pennywort, Hydrocotyle tripartita, and 

 Dwarf Bog-rush, Chcetospora axillaris (Schcenus axillaris. 

 Hook., f.) Brachycome angustijolia, D. C, " marshy places near 

 Brighton" ("Jottings"). This name could not be traced. 

 It is not likely to be B. angustijolia, A. Cunn., and very 

 probably is what we now know as B. cardiocarpa, F. v. M. 

 Lobelia alata, R. Br., " in the lagoon near Liardet's, &c.," is 

 also mentioned in the " Jottings," and is almost certainly 

 L. alata, Labill. (L. anceps, Thunb.) 



In the "Jottings" are also Goodenia lanata, R. Br., hab. 

 "Brighton" — evidently the woolly var. primidacea of G. 

 gcniculata, R. Br., and TetrachcBta perennis, Ferd. Mueller, hab. 

 " near St. Kilda," a composite, which is also not found else- 

 where mentioned ; Duviesia corynibosa, hab. " Hawthorn " : 

 Piinelea curviflora, R. Br., " hilly pastures near Hawthorn " ; 

 and Eurybia ciliata, Benth. (Olcaria ciliata, F. Mueller = Aster 

 huegelii, F. Mueller), at Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. 



Several other names might have been added with sonic 

 reason — e.g., among others, Comespenna dcfoliatuvi, F. v. M., 

 " scattered over sandy ridges from Port PhiUip " (" PI. Indig."), 

 and Zygophyllum Billardieri, found " on coast rocks or drift 

 sand from Port Phillip" ("PI. Indig."); but they have l)cen 

 left out, as the locality is not sufficiently dehnitc. 



In thf course of many visits to various parts of the tlistrici 

 in the autumn and winter just past, it has been possible to 

 verify many of Mr. Hart's records. These visits, mainly for 

 the purpose of locating the vegetation still e.xisting and of 

 marking out the boundary of the formation, and, though not 

 taken in the flowering-time of the majority of the plants, have 

 yet enabled me to add to the list the considerable number ol 



