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CONTEIBUTIONS TO THE PHYTOGEAPHY OF 

 TASMANIA. 



By Bauon Feed, von Muellek, C.M.G., M.D., 

 F.R.S., &c. &c. 



(Noveniber, 1877). 



A few years ago I had tlie honour of submitting to the 

 Koyal Society of Tasmania a census of the flowering phints 

 and ferns, then known, from the main island and its depen- 

 dencies. The issue of this index in the Society's volume of 

 1874 has rendered it accessible to collectors of Tasmanian 

 plants ; and as some there have arranged their botanic speci- 

 mens according to the census list, I may feel justified in 

 adding now a few more plants to the previous enumeration, 

 and may also be allowed to effect a few changes in the names 

 and arrangement first adojDted, furnishing simultaneously a 

 few other notes supplemental to my former communications. 



Claytonia ccdy^trata. — Swanport, Dr. Story. 



Drosera sjjatulata. — Southport, C. A.; Arthur's Eiv., F.v.M. 



Polyc7ieinum ]je?itandrum. — 



The Hemichroa pentandra with its congeners can be 

 placed in Polycnemum (L. gen. edit. sec. 21) as indicated 

 first by Moquin. 



Cenarrhenes nitida. — Mount Bishop, Bell. 



Bellis graminea. — 



It was suggested long ago in the frag, phytogr. Austr., 

 that all the Brachvcomes ought to be rendered again to 

 BelUs. 



Helichrysuni Gravesii. — • 



The Rev. W. W. Spicer has recently ascertained that this 

 Helichrysuni has its native localities in Kent's group. 

 From the zealous investigation of Tasmanian plants by 

 the reverend gentleman, many additions to the localities, 

 recorded for various species may be expected. 



Heliclirysum luc idum. — 



This includes, as 8.n Alpine vaA'iety H. Milligani. 



Plantago varia. — 



This and its ordinal plants find best their place near 

 Primulacese and particularly Loganiaceee as shown by 

 the writer in Trimen's Journal for 1877. In the same 

 periodical he has given some of the reasons for the transfer 

 of the Plmnbaginese to the vicinity of Frankeniacea? 

 and Caryophylleee in the class of Amylifirse. It maj 

 here be added incidentally that the discoveries of late 

 years render the ordinal separation of Araliacese from 

 Umbeliiferse not longer possible. 



