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F. Beiissu, F. WiUsii to F. Jijnx, Cinnamomum jjolymorplioides to C. 

 polymor'plium, C. Leichardtii to C. spectabile, C. Nmjtsii to C. lanceo- 

 latum, Grevillea proxima to G. hceringiana, Banlcsia Laiosoni to B. 

 Deikeana, B. Sovelli to B. hisringiana, B. myriccefolia to B. Ungeri, 

 Dryandra Bentliami to B. acutiloha, CalJicoma primceva to C. panno- 

 nica, Ceratopetalum MacDonaldi to C. bilinicum, Elceocarpus Miielleri 

 to E. AlbrecJiti, Acer siib-productimi to A. trilobatum, A. suh-integri- 

 lobmn to A. integrilobum. 



I have selected tlae folloAving few from among numerous new 

 forms, as possessing greater interest. A remarkable Anomozamites- 

 species, related to an Anomozamites of Greenland, indicates some 

 affinity of the flora to that of the Cretaceous period. HfAerocladiscos, 

 a Cupressinea, shows dimorphous branchlets, the primary ones being 

 cylindrical, their leaves lanceolate, close to one another in spiral 

 order ; the secondary ones being four-edged and their leaves rhom- 

 boidal-ovate, imbricate and set in four rows. Thus this remarkable 

 plant combines the facies of Ghjptostrobus with that of Thiiites 

 Mengeanus, a Cupressinea from the amber. Most remarkable is the 

 appearance of Pseudo-Pinns, a representative genus of Finns, which 

 perhaps might be even a subgenus of Finns. Cones, seeds, leafed 

 branchlets, rachis of branchlets and single leaves have been found at 

 Vegetable Creek. The cones are smaller than those of any living 

 P/nws-species. The size and form of the leaves, as well as their arrange- 

 ment, and the shape of the branchlets, remind us of Pinus canadensis. 

 Besides Phyllocladus two separate genera bearing phyllodes also 

 occur at Vegetable Creek, Falcsocladns, the primary branchlets of 

 which are also phyllodineous, and Ghxkgocladns, a genus common also 

 to the fossil flora of New Zealand, and combining the facies of 

 Phyllocladus with that of Ginlcgo. A Sassa/j-as-species has affinity 

 to Cretaceous species as well as to an Eocene one of the European 

 Tertiary Flora, and points to an ear\j state of the Tertiary Flora to 

 which our flora belongs. The same fact may be admitted respecting 

 some Aralia-s-pecies. Examples regarding the attachment of our 

 (Australian) flora to that of the Cretaceous period appear, however, 

 to be only isolated when we take into consideration its numerous 

 analogies to known Tertiary plants. Diemenia, a peculiar genus of 

 Laurineee, uniting the facies of Cinnamomum with that of other 

 Laurineas {Launis, Persea), occurs in Elsmore, where two species 

 Lave been collected. 



Besides Proteacese showing their Australian type, the appearance 

 of Phopala, a genus of tropical America, is remarkable. It is repre- 

 sented in the beds of Vegetable Creek by two species. Not less 

 worthy of note is the appearance of Uaji/csi'a-types exhibiting leaves 

 which are acuminate at their apex, and thus are closely allied to the 

 BanTcsia-^^QCies of the European Tertiary Flora. Two species of 

 Boronia, an Australian genus, have been found, one of which unites 

 distinctly the characters of two living species. Doubtlessly they 

 have been differentiated from this ancestral species. A calyx in 

 some degree corresponding to those of Getonia of the European 

 Tertiary Flora possesses a special interest. 



