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district I have found only one plant of it, and that was not far 

 from General Macarthur's garden. 



(5.) OnagracecK The species of Epilobium (E. roseum) which 

 flourishes here, is of European origin. The down of this plant, 

 as well as of others belonging to the same genus, has sometimes 

 been mixed with cotton and manufactured into stockings, and, 

 mingled with the fur of the beaver, has served for hats and other 

 articles of clothing. There are two species of (Enotliera (evening 

 primrose), originally garden flowers, which seem likely to grow 

 wild here in most places. 



(6.) Hosacece Of this family the sweet brier (Rosa ruHginosa) , 

 is complained of by some settlers, but I think that most English 

 people will be pleasingly reminded of the old country by the sight 

 of the eglantine, or sweet brier ; and the fruit, which in some 

 countries is made into a conserve, furnishes food for small birds. 

 Although this shrub was brought to the colony in the first instance 

 designedly, yet it is worthy of mention, as it has spread very 

 widely. 



(7.) Sanguisorlaccaz There are two species of Accena found in 

 this neighbourhood A. ovina and A. sanguisorlce. The former 

 seems to have been brought into this district from Bathurst, 

 many years since, and it may still be seen growing luxuriantly in 

 St. John's Churchyard. It seems probable that in the early days 

 of the colony some sheep may have occasionally been kept in the 

 church-yard, and that they conveyed the seeds to this locality. 

 A friend of mine assures me that this plant was cultivated in for- 

 mer years for sheep, but Dr. Mueller inclines to the opinion that 

 both of them are indigenous. 



(8.) Umbellifjera. A species of the American Oreomyrrhis, has 

 found its way into some parts of the colony, and also Slum lati- 

 folium generally deemed poisonous, and the common fennel 

 (Fceniculum vulgare). The fruit of the last is aromatic, hot, and 

 carminative, the roots opening, and the leaves diuretic. It is 

 used in England as seasoning to fish. To these umbelliferous 

 plants a few species of suspicious ones might be added which 

 seem to find their way hither with English seeds, but as they sel- 

 dom extend beyond the garden in which they are sown, they do 

 not fall within the limits of my present communication. 



In the third division of the vegetable kingdom, viz., the Cor- 



