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although very numerous in some parts of the interior, are ex- 

 ceedingly limited in this district. On the mud flats near the 

 Parramatta Kiver, Salicornia Indica, or, as it is sometimes termed, 

 " the marsh samphire," is very abundant, and Ckenopodium Aus- 

 trale is generally associated with it. Both of the plants are use- 

 ful for pickling, although inferior to the European samphire. C. 

 triangulare is a very common plant, and Rhagodia linifolia occurs 

 sparingly. The introduced weeds of this order, are G. ambro- 

 sioides, C. murale, and Blitum glandulosum, which now occur fre- 

 quently in cultivated ground, as well as in waste places. On the 

 banks of the Hunter, the order is much more plentiful than 

 it is here. 



In concluding these remarks, I would remind those gentlemen 

 who are visiting distant stations, or who have opportunities of 

 procuring new or rare plants from the interior, that the Presi- 

 dent of the Linnean Society, assisted by Dr. F. Mueller, is now 

 engaged in preparing the " Flora Australiensis," and that any 

 specimens of uncommon and interesting shrubs and trees, will be 

 most acceptable to those distinguished botanists. Labouring as 

 they are for the good of these colonies, by endeavouring to deve- 

 lop the vegetable resources of this vast continent, and make them 

 known throughout the civilised world, the learned editors of our 

 " Flora" have every claim upon the sympathy and co-operation of 

 the colonists ; and perhaps I may be permitted to mention from 

 personal experience, with a view of exciting the energies of others, 

 that any little assistance which is rendered to these indefatigable 

 labourers, will be promptly and politely acknowledged. 



PLANTS INTRODUCED ACCIDENTALLY, 



(1866.) 



A T the present time, when so much useful information is being 



laid before the public, by the Acclimatisation Society, with a 



view of encouraging the introduction of those plants which are 



suitable for our climate, it may not be unprofitable to take a 



glance at some of the vegetable productions which are finding 



