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VII., p. 52) and remitted specimens of flowers and fruit to the 

 great authority, Baron P. v. Mueller, who established its 

 specific rank. It is suspected of occurring on the continent 

 in various localities, but the doubt appears not yet cleared up. 



From specimens gathered in my last excursion, Baron Sir 

 Ferdinand described three species as new, and the additions 

 therefore stand thus — 



XantJiorrTiisa Tateana, ~E. y. M. 

 Lliofzhya Smeatoniana, P. v. M. 

 Hydrocotyle coonocarpa, P. v. M. 

 CandoUea Tepperiana, P. v. M. 

 These raise the total of the endemic plants of Kangaroo Island 

 to 14. 



A considerable number of species have yet to be named by the 

 eminent botanist to whom they were submitted, as he has not 

 yet had the time to spare required for critical examination, and 

 only a few (of which the specific rank is undoubted) have been 

 included in the list under the generic term alone, while some 

 others, apparently agreeing with Bentham's descriptions in his 

 "Plora Australiensis," have been marked by a query in 

 brackets. 



A few remarks about soma plants and natural features may 

 not be out of place here. 



Under the specific name of Correct speciosa a number of 

 varieties are included, which one may well consider are of so 

 nearly a specific rank as to deserve it, for, as far as has been 

 ascertained by the experiment of cultivation from seed, they 

 show no tendency to run into each other. Those observed at 

 Kangaroo Island are : — 



Correa speciosa, Andrews, typical form. 

 " var., carclinalis. 



" " viridiflora. 



" glabra. 

 " jmlchella. 

 All which differ considerably in habit, foliage, and size and 

 colour of flower, though all agree more or less in structure and 

 form of calyx. 



The interesting monotypic Composite AcTinopJiora Taiei was 

 found in great profusion and in full flower in the swampy flats 

 formed by the river and its meandering tributaries. It is an 

 annual, with long fasciculate roots and rather large white- 

 rayed flower-heads raised only two to four inches above the 

 ground. 



Mt. Taylor, the locality of many interesting species, is an 

 isolated hill a few hundred feet above the general surface ; it is 

 distant some eight miles in a north-westerly direction from 



