Miscellanea. 
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central siphon surrounded by seven large tubes, without any 
external cellular periphery; the stem is consequently furrowed.— 
This has a good deal the habit of the European P . fruticulosa 
(whence the specific name), and several of the characters of P. 
subulifera ; but it is distinct from both. 
(To be continued.) 
PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY IN AUSTRALIA. 
Captain Sturt’s Last Expedition. 
Colonial Secretary’s Office, (Adelaide,) Sept. 5, 1845.— 
His Excellency the Governor has directed the publication of the 
following despatches from Captain Sturt, reporting the progress 
of the expedition under his charge; and announcing the death 
of Mr. James Poole, second in command of the expedition.—By 
His Excellency’s command, 
A. M. Munday, Colonial Secretary . 
At the Depot , in Longitude 141° 30', East , 
Latitude 29° 40' 12", South . 
June 5th , 1845. 
Sir, —Circumstances which I shall presently detail to you for 
His Excellency’s information, having rendered it necessary for 
me to send a third of my men back to Adelaide,—I avail myself 
of the opportunity thus afforded me, of forwarding to the Right 
Honorable the Secretary of State, through His Excellency, a 
copy of my Journal up to the end of March, together with the 
map and an explanatory despatch. I also forward collections of 
the different seeds, birds, and geological specimens, that have 
been secured by the expedition to this date. Not having the 
means of packing these things as they should be packed, I shall 
feel obliged if His Excellency will give the necessary orders for 
their being examined and secured, prior to transmission to 
England. 
My despatch to Lord Stanley having been written with a view 
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