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land for his future guidance. On the 16th of November, 
however, these instructions reached him, and they were to 
the effect, that he was peremptorily directed to return to 
England by the Ist of April, 1831, a date impossible for him 
to comply with, as it would have entirely precluded his mak- 
ing up such a collection to bring with him as his lengthened 
sojourn in the colony demanded. He immediately acknow- 
ledged the receipt of his recal, and stated the impracticability 
of fulfilling it to the letter, owing to the length of time the 
Treasury minute had been reaching him, (viz.: from 30th of 
March to 16th of November), a term of nearly eight months. 
In the latter end of December, he paid a farewell visit to 
his favourite botanizing ground, Illawarra, from whence he 
returned richly laden with its valuable stores, as well of living 
plants as of seeds and bulbs. A journey was also made to 
the vicinity of Broken Bay, the habitat of the very beautiful 
Grevillea Caleyi, R. Br. (G. blechnifolia, A. Cunn. MSS.) 
which is there found in considerable abundance. The seeds 
appeared to be a favourite food for the black cockatoo. On 
the 6th of January, 1831, a journey was undertaken across 
the Blue Mountains to Cox’s River, which employed 3 
week, at the end of which, he returned with a collection of 
seeds and plants of most of the interesting varieties of that 
istrict. ) 
Mr. Cunningham’s residence in New South Wales, was at 
length drawing to a close, and I feel confident that the. 
(Coprosma lucida, Forst., Endl., Prod. p.60. ‘I am by no means clear 
that this plant is not distinct from Forster's plant which I gathered af 
New Zealand in 4826, in having broader emarginated leaves," A. 
Cunn. MSS.) 
ymenanthera oblongifolia, A. Cunn. MSS. (nov. sp.) foliis oblongis, basi 
attenuatis petiolatis, margine calloso-denticulatis. A slender shrub bearing 
fruit in July, on the skirts of woods at Long Ridge, at the junction of the 
old cross road leading to Cascade Road. 
Nasturtium sylvestre, R. Br. in Hort. Kew. v. 4. p. 110., Ed. 2. Eng. 
lematis indivisa, Dec., Prod. v, 1. pb, G integrifolia, Forst. non 
