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two genera, Petrophila and Lambertia, are confined to the west 

 and the east of the colony, and are not found in South 

 Australia or in Victoria. 



Of genera familiar to me, I noticed Hakea piigioniforviis in 

 fruit and Hakea gibhosa or acicularis. The only Grevilleas in 

 bloom were an erect shrub with clusters of dull, red flowers, 

 covered with a white down {G. buxifolia), and a handsome 

 crimson-flowered bush ( G. piinicea), both unknown in Victoria. 

 The pea-flowered plants were Pidtencea elliptica, with terminal 

 orange-coloured clusters, and Bossicea heterophylla, with axillary 

 orange and brown flowers ; the latter was very abundant, and 

 gave a gay appearance to the coast near Botany Bay. Strag- 

 gling over the sand, I noticed a plant with twisted stem, and 

 large, glossy green obovate or lanceolate leaves ; for a long 

 time I could not find any flowers, but at last perseverance was 

 rewarded, and I found two or three large, pale yellow flowers, 

 an inch and a half or two inches across, of the familiar 

 Hibbertia character ; the plant was, in fact, Hihbertia vobibilis, 

 the largest flowered species of the genus, and it must give a 

 very bright appearance to the ground in the spring time. 

 Kenfiedm ruhicimda (not in flower) was also noticed trailing 

 over the ground and climbing up the bushes. Coming to the 

 Epacrids, I was struck by the absence of our familiar native 

 heath ( E. wipressa) ; its place was, however, occupied by Woolsia 

 pungens, cl plant of similar gregarious habits, of about the same 

 height, and with dense terminal racemes of white flowers, but 

 not of the same waxy texture, and more open. The genus 

 Lyeinema, with which this plant is classed by Bentham, is 

 another of those almost peculiar to Western Australia, and not 

 found in the southern colonies. Epacris lotigiflofa is a large, 

 straggling bush, with racemes of tubular red flowers, with 

 greenish tips, which present a lovely appearance against a back- 

 ground of grey sandstone. The most beautiful of the Epacrid 

 family was, however, S. tubiflora, which I saw in bud. It has 

 tubular flowers an inch and a half long of a rich crimson hue. 

 Another plant of the same genus, S. viridis, presented a striking 

 appearance from its clusters of tubular, pale green flowers, with 

 corolla lobes rolled back, and projecting orange brown anthers. 

 At my feet I recognised an old friend in S. hiwiifusa, while a 

 closely allied species, 6". pinifoh'a, was new to me. Of other 

 orders, I noticed at the Manly Beach large bushes closely 

 resembling in growth and colouring the common rosemary 

 of our gardens ; these were W estringia ros7narifolia. Another 

 small, shrubby plant of this order, with pretty lilac flowers, was 

 Hemigenia purpurea. A queer-looking little plant, with rugose 

 leaves and green flowers, Chloanthes stoechadis, represented the 

 indigenous Vei'benacece, while the introduced Laiitana gave a gay 

 appearance to many of the rocky banks with its clusters of red 

 and yellow flowers and black berries. 



