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Athrotaxis laxifolia ; Hook, icon-plant, t. 573. Among 

 boulders on the descent from Mt. Field East to Lake Fenton. 

 Nearer the following than the preceding species. 



Athrotaxis selaginoides ; Don. L. P. 172, t. 14. At Mt. Field 

 East, from 3000' to 4000'. 



Podocarpus alpina, E. Br. in Mirb. mem. du mus. xiii., 75. 

 Creeping over boulders on the summit of Mt. Field East. 



Microcachrys tetragona, J. Hook, in Lond. Journ. Highest 

 alpine valleys of Mt. Field East. The whole fruit becomes in 

 maturity beautifully crimson. 



Plierosphaera Hooheriana (W. Archer in Hook. Lond. Journ. 

 of Botany ii. 52 in part. ; J. Hook. 'Fl. Tasm. i. 355, t. I C). 

 On the highest springs of Mt. Field East. An erect shrub, 

 2-4' high. Mr. W. Archer, F.L.S., of Cheshunt, who many 

 years ago defined the genus Pherosphaera and more recently 

 aided Dr. Hooker in the elucidation of the Alpine Coniferse 

 of Tasmania, has shown me the kindness, while on a visit 

 to Melbourne, to examine this plant with me. We established 

 from remnants of the male amenta the identity of one of the 

 dwarf, but erect, Coniferse of Mt. Field with his Pherosphaera, 

 fruit not being found, although I searched long for it. It is 

 however not improbable, that Diselma exists also there, and 

 it seems even contained in my collection, as it is not easy to 

 distinguish these bushes, except when in flower or fruit. That 

 Pherosphaera much differs in habit from Microcachrys, is now 

 for the first time rendered known. The absence of the genera 

 Microcachrys, Diselma, Pherosphaera, and Athrotaxis in the 

 Australian and New Zealand Alps, and indeed, in any other 

 part of the globe, remains a remarkable phytographic fact. 



* Potamogeton Qnarinus L. Sp. 184. In marshes between 

 Bridgewater and New Norfolk ; F. Abbott. 



Hewardia Tasmanica, Hook. ic. pi., t. 858. Lake Fenton. 



JJncinia compacta, Br. pr. 241. On alpine brooks at Mt. 

 Field East. 



Oreololus Pumilio, E. Br. pr. 236. Alpine regions of Mt. 

 Field East. 



Herpolirion Novae Zelandiw, J. Hook, Fl. N. Zeal. i. 258 ; 

 H. Tasmanise, J. Hook, Fl. Tasm. ii. 54, tab. cxxxii. B. 

 Found very many years ago by Mn Milligan on the summits 

 of the Hampshire Hills. 



Lycopodiuin Selago, L. sp., pL, 1565. Mt. Field East. 



Isoetes Gunnii, Al Braun in denMonat's berichten der Keen, 

 Akad., der "Wissensch. zu Berlin, 13 Aug., 1868. On the 

 shallow marginal bottom of Lake Fenton I observed tufts 

 fully half a foot in diameter. The leaves are so rigid, that 

 my companions bestowed jocularly the name " Water Porcu- 

 i)ine" on this plant. 



