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probability the broad flattened roots of this plant, are after 

 all, but a modification of the stem. I am in hopes of being 

 able to watch the growth of this curious plant, as there are 

 at present fine growing specimens at Bowen Park, the grounds 

 of The Queensland Acclimatization Society, whose President, 

 L. A. Bernays, Esq., F.L.S. takes a very deep interest in 

 Phytology. 



Brisbane, November 22nd, 1877. 



