rely confined to Australia. 
ny of the plants have a very peculiar habit or physiogno- 
m ) glving in some cases a character to the forest scenery (as 
_ Buealypti, Acacie, Proteacee, Casuarine, Conifere), or are them- 
_ Selves of anomalous or grotesque appearance (as Xanthorrhea, 
a Kingia, Delabechea, Casuarina, Banksia, Dryandra, etc.). 
_A great many of the species have anomalous organs, as the 
Pitchers of Cephalotus, the deciduous bark and remarkable verti- 
leaves of the Hucalypti, the phyllodia of Acacia, the fleshy 
peduncle . ren the inflorescence and ragged foliage of 
0 ce, 
Many genera and species display singular structural peculiari- 
I salgetin of Lucalyptus, “i of 
von staminal column of Stylidium, irritable labellum of 
udece - 
fora, 1 compare its elements with those of the floras of similarly 
find that there j it j 
a: e is so great an agreement between these, that it is 
posible to regar ‘Aiea vegetation in any other light 
ce forming a peculiar, but not an aberrant or anomalous, 
'anical province of the existing Vegetable pcre I find :— 
asses 
ons, of genera to orders, and of species to 
one are the same wr oor which prevail in other floras of 
extent, ; 
nent the subclasses distinguished by a greater or less com- 
®xity of the floral envelops, or their absence, as miflore, 
, maior _ ws re ete., are also in the same relative pro- 
- Pottions as prevail in other floras. 
