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species of Eucalyptus, Banlcsia, JPhelalium, Acacia, Casuarina, 

 Metrosideros, Leptospermum, StypTielia, Concilium, Diosma^ 

 Hakea, JEmboth^imn'' &c., &e. (op. cit., vol. I., p. 76). From 

 the narrative of the expedition" it is uncertain, if other oppor- 

 tunities were offered for collecting plants than during the long 

 stay in Nepean Bay, unless it were at Hog Bay. Leschenault 

 botanised at other parts of the Australian coasts, but the col- 

 lection as a whole remains unpublished up to the present day. 

 Desfontaines made a few selections from the West Australian 

 plants gathered on this expedition, but with few exceptions 

 not any of the Kangaroo Island plants were described, though 

 doubtless all have been identified, Mr. Bentham examined 

 many of the plants of Baudin's expedition in the Paris her- 

 barium for the "Flora Australiensis," but from that collection 

 only two species are recorded for Kangaroo Island : — Eucalyptus 

 incrassata, erroneously attributed to Labillardiere, who was 

 never on the island, and Acacia dodonceifolia. Leschenault 

 (loc. cit., vol. II., p. 366) cites a few species, which he had ob- 

 served on Kangaroo Island. A species of Nicotiana, which 

 grows on the sands by the sea shore" [is certainly N. 

 suaveolensl. "A Melaleuca, with long filiform leaves" [is 

 doubtlessly M. uncinata], and "another with yellow flowers" 

 [is probably M. sq^uarrosa^. "Many new species of Eucalyptus.^'' 

 "A very pretty species of Anther icu7}i'' [perhaps Arthropodium 

 laxum or Bulbine semiharhata']. "A plant of the order Iridea&" 

 [this is in all probability Sisyrinchium cyaneum, which grows 

 abundantly about Kingscote]. "A new species of Bolanum''' 

 [aS'. simile is the only species excepting the European 8. nigrum 

 known to occur]. "A very pretty and very singular Convolvulus 

 without stem ;" on Leschenault's specimens Choisy founded 

 his C. acaulis, which, according to Baron Mueller, is clearly the 

 minute state of C. erulescens. To the above there should be 

 added Eucalyptus diversifolia, described by Bonpland in 1813 

 from specimens grown from seeds gathered at Kangaroo Island 

 during Baudin's expedition. The specific name, as only ap- 

 plicable to the young state of the plant, has been discarded for 

 that of santalifolia (see F. v. Mueller's "Eucalyptographia, 

 Decade 8"). 



3. For nearly half a century from the date of the visit of 

 the second of the two memorable expeditions. Kangaroo Island 

 was unvisited by any collector or scientific observer. Between 

 the years 1849-51, Messrs. E. G Sealey, Bannier and Henry 

 Heuzenroeder went at different times to Kangaroo Island, and 

 it was on the special solicitations of Baron Sir (then Dr.) F. 

 von Mueller, that they brought back plants. Forty-four 

 species, previously unrecorded, were brought to notice by them, 

 though in the Flora Australiensis the credit is inadvertently 



