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mitis, Hymenopliyllum, Trichomanes, Lindscea, Adiantum, Todea, &c. f 

 occur, and also some very interesting mosses. On a former 

 occasion, I noticed the truly Australian moss Dawsonia poly- 

 trickoides, but lately my friend Miss Atkinson has been so fortu- 

 nate as to find Polytrichuvn aloides, which I regard as an interest- 

 ing fact in the crpytogamous botany of the Blue Mountains. 

 "When studying the mosses of the Parramatta district, I referred 

 to this country as being unfavourable for the development of 

 mosses. Generally speaking, it is so, but in some of the gullies 

 on the mountains, large patches of moss are to be met with, which 

 are very interesting to the Bryologist. At Tomah, I again 

 noticed the moss which I believe to be Sprengel's Hookeria pen- 

 nata, as well as several species of Hypnum (If. proliferum, If. 

 minutulum, and If. cupressiforme), and a few others, which, being 

 in a sterile state, I was unable to determine. In the secluded 

 spots to which I have alluded, the mosses most attractive were 

 JSryam Gaitdichaudi, B. Billardiei i, Dicranum scoparium, D. glau- 

 cum, and Orthotriclium crispum, as well as several species of Jun- 

 germannia, one of which, probably identical with the European J. 

 tomentella, formed large patches in moist places. The lichens 

 which I saw belonged principally to the genera Cladonia, Collema, 

 and Parmelia, and the fungi to Agaricus and Polyporus, the lat- 

 ter being very abundant in the gullies. 



On the road between the Kurrajong and Tomah, the forest 

 trees are principally of the Myrtaceae, the most remarkable of 

 which are Syncarpia or turpentine ; Anyophora lanceolata, or red 

 gum ; and several species of Eucalyptus. There is great difficulty 

 in fixing the species of the last, but as far as I can determine, the 

 blackbut is E. pilularis ; the bloodwood, E. corymbosa ; stringy 

 bark, E. 'obliqua ; peppermint, E. piperita ; mountain blue gum, 

 E. eugenioides ; forest mahogany, E. resinifera ; and the grey gum, 

 E. tereticornis. Beyond the line, two more species of Eucalyptus 

 are met with, which are certainly the trees mentioned by Cun- 

 ningham, as E. microp'kylla and E. pulvigera ; the former is said 

 to form brushes on the more elevated parts of the mountains, and 

 the latter agrees with specimens sent to me from the neighbour- 

 hood of Goulburn under the name of peppermint. The flowers 

 and seed vessels of the mountain blue gum, closely resemble 

 those of the gum frequent at the North Shore, near Sydney, and 



