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applies still more forcibly to portions of the Funieaux Group 

 and to King's Island. Indeed the three genera recorded on 

 this occasion for the first time as Tasraanian — viz., Elseo- 

 rarpus, Pseudanthus, and Lecuwenhoekia — came from the 

 islands of Bass Straits. The freshwater plants of all Tasmania 

 need yet largely renewed investigation. Again, any tide may 

 cast ashore additions to the 300 Algae which, through the 

 glorious labours of Professor Harvey and his co-adjutors, 

 rendered Tasmania famed as one of the richest and most 

 remarkable phycolagii stations of the globe. Since Flinder's 

 voyage in the beginning of this century, hardly any new 

 searches after marine plants have been instituted at Kent's 

 Group, yet Turner obtained, for his large work, from there some 

 ot his rarest treasures. Under any circumstances, we have still 

 much to learn in reference to the range of the species over the 

 main island and all the islets which stand under Tasmanian 

 dominion. To Wilson's Promontory, Queenscliff, or Cape 

 Otway, on the extremes of the Victorian coast, numerous 

 plants extend, of the existence of which on the islands of Bass's' 

 Straits we are as yet not aware, however likely such may be. 

 We may be thus reminded of the probability that such plants 

 as Cakile maritima, Erodium cygnorum, Drosera, Whitakiri, 

 Viminaria denudata. Acacia oxycedrus, Myriophyllum, 

 Muelleri, Leptospermum myrsinoides, Eclipta platyglossa, 

 Lobelia platycalyx, Banksia integrifolia, Hakea nodosa, 

 Triglochin muconata, Lemna oligorrhiza, Aspidium decom- 

 positum, Blechnum cartilagineum, &c., would likely not in 

 in vain be searched for on the Straits' islands, not to mention 

 many other species. Enough has been explained to demon- 

 strate the desirability of carrying phytological investigations 

 into many new directions within Tasmanian territory ; and 

 that this end may early be attained is all the more to be 

 desired, while yet the volumes of the universal work on Aus- 

 tralian plants are under elaboration. The writer of this brief 

 record, should life and health be spared him, will always 

 experience delight in the elucidation of plants from any of the 

 localities indicated, or of places otherwise remarkable ; and 

 this would afford him also the privilege of continuing this 

 series of essays for the meetings and literary notices of the 

 Tasmanian Eoyal Society, 

 Melbourne Botanical Garden, 

 New Year's Eve, 1869. 



CaltJia introlola, F. M. in transact, Phil. See. Vict. i. 98. 

 On alpine brooks of Mount Field East, at an elevation of 

 4000'. 



Lepidiumfoliosumj desv. Journ. Bot. iii. 164. King's Island. 



