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the Bellenger. the Clarence, the Richmond, the Brunswick, 

 and the Tweed. On the banks of some of the Queensland 

 rivers it may occasionally be found. For several weeks 

 during the summer season this tree presents a most gorgeous 

 sight. From the splendour and profuseness of its bloom it 

 derives its common name. At Illawarra the finest speci- 

 mens occur. When in flower one could imagine portions 

 of the landscape to be on fire. The foliage sheds itself to 

 give room for the profuse inflorescence. The Lasiopetalums 

 ( J r elvet-flon>er) belong to this order. One of the tallest grow- 

 ing Lasiopetalum Tepperi — a most beautiful shrub with pink 

 flowers — attains a height of 5 or 6 feet, and is found at 

 Yorke's Peninsula, South Australia. 



Fringe Lilies. 1 — THYSANOTUS and ARTHRO- 

 PODIUM. (Natural Order, Liliace^e.) Pp. 35, 49, 207. 

 — These pretty, purple-flowered, fleshy-rooted perennials 

 are very abundant throughout Victoria and other parts of 

 Australia, imparting a purple tinge to grass lands during 

 spring and the early part of summer. A white-flowered 

 species (Arthropodium cirrhatuni), which is very beautiful 

 when in full bloom, is found in New Zealand. One of the 

 Victorian species {Thysanotus Patersoni) is a slender 

 twiner, and is often found ascending young Gums and 

 Wattles. It is also very plentiful on moist heath grounds. 



Fuchsia. — (Natural Order, Oxagrarie^e.) — This beauti- 

 ful plant, numerous varieties of which are common in 

 Australian gardens, has been fully described in Lesson VI. 

 Pp. 19, 38, 40, 43, 48, 49, 53, 55, 56, Plate V. p. 37. 

 Of the New Zealand Fuchsias, Fuchsia excorticata grows 



1 These genera are often known under the name of Fringe Violet in 

 Victoria, New South Wales, and Tasmania. 



