4"^ -ob - of 1862 - 3 . VICTORIA. f r ( ■ -V. •J ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT BOTANIST BOTANIC AND DIRECTOR OF THE GARDEN. PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY’S COMMAND. , Sb aiitJoiilB : JOHN FERRES, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNE. No. 61 , REPO R T . Melbouene Botanic Gabdbn, 15tli April, 1863. SlE, I have the honor of submitting to you a succinct report on the progress of the labors in the Botanic Garden during the past year ; and simultaneously I beg to oifer some brief remarks on the intended work of the coming season. The extensive ground under cultivation absorbs already for its maintenance and improvements a proportion of labor so large as to render measures for any considerable new access to the flower borders undesirable, especially since hitherto no means for obtaining an adequate supply of water are available. But, as new works of the jiast season, I may instance the extension of the Pineta, both in the eastern and western part of the garden ; the formation of the western lower main walk, edged with basalt boulders along the base of the declmty above ; the interplantation of elms in the Eucalyptus avenue leading from the city bridge to the Botanic Garden, and the formation of pineries in the latter locality, on the slopes along the Yarra. The latter plantation was commenced last season, and is at present under progress of extension. The total effect of masses of Deodoras, Wellingtonias, Italian firs, and of superior Californian pines, which, with the quickly grovdng cluster pines, are mainly selected and reared for this localitjq cannot he otherwise than grand, when at a future period viewed from the city; and we may anticipate that, by the display of these noble trees, a most picturesque feature aaIU he introduced into the metropolitan landscape. This plantation will afford, after a series of years, also, the means of obtaining large annual supplies of seeds of these pines for forest-culture. An avenue, from the Richmond Park railway station to the foot- bridge of the Yarra, is under process of formation. Another avenue of walnut trees is formed between the office building and the Museum. A considerable A'ariety of roses have been consociated in the rear of the larger conseiwatory. Numerous trees, chiefly of deciduous foliage, haA'e been added to the CA^ergreen ones Avhich line the passage betAveen the lake and Yarra River. A number of select trees from tlie subtropical parts of Eastern Australia haA^c fouiul a permanent place on the sheltered slopes of tlie middle part of the garden. Bj'^ the removal of some of the native trees, the noble forms of the noAV already conspicuous Araucarias, planted on the slope fronting the AA-estern part of the lagoon, haA^e come advan- tageously into A'ieAv. To the variety of hedges, established aa ith a desire that visitors may he able to judge of their respectRe A^alue, and amongst AAdiich the Ceanothus-hedges are deserving of particular attention, one has been added of the eA^'crgreen South European May, a highly ornamental bush, seemingly well adapted for the purpose. A roAV of the sliady West Australian Red Gum trees (Eucalyptus calophylla) has been recently established along the Domain-road, and a short aA'enue of the Abele poplar is under formation. 4 The Superintendent of the Immigrants’ Home, T. Harcourt, Esq., has this year again materially aided in the improvements in the reserve, hy nearly completing, by labor from his establishment, a walk from the city bridge, along the base of the Yarra ridges, to the Botanic Garden. By labor and material, available at the garden, an exterior division has been added to the forcing house. Some substantial shades have been erected in the nurseries, roofed advantageously with densely perforated galvanized iron ; and the extension of the older propagating house in the central portion of the garden, togetlver with the application of an improved heating apparatus, is now under contract. Some arrangements have been made to substitute box edgings in some parts of the garden for those of the chamomile, since the latter are suffering so much from the summer drought, and involve for Ijeing kept in neatness a great amount of labor. The Hniarum, which forms in our highlands dense cushion-like patches of turf of low growth, has been introduced into the garden with a view of testing its adaptability for edgings. Three hundred pulDlic institutions have l)een supplied for the orna- mentation of their ground Avith plants, seeds and cuttings from this establishment. An exact record of these supplies is kept at the office of this garden, alike in this and all former years of my administration, and new supplies are provided for distribution during the current season. On one hundred and twelve occasions supplies of flowers have been granted to public festivals, instituted mainly for ecclesiastic, educational, or charitable j)urposes. Four exhibitions of tlie Horticultural and Gardeners’ Societies were held at tiie gardens within this year. During the coming season it is contemplated to devote the necessary means and labor for carrying a line of water-pipes from the south-east point along the main ridge of the garden to the rise beyond the western U23per entrance, in anticipation of the early extension of the Yan Yean aqueducts to the Dpmain-road, as contemplated by GoA'ernment. This measure will provide, it is hoped, during the next summer, a timely and adequate supply of water for the principal part of the garden, although the further local distribution must remain a gradual work of future years. When water becomes thus, by gravitation, copiously accessible, not only a considerable amount of labor now expended in manual work for the com^mnee of water Avill be saved, but furthermore, irrigation may be ap]3lied to many of the arid jiarts of the garden, and its beneficial effects may l)e demonstrated on our public ground to great advantage, whilst fountains may be established to render our cheerful locality still more attractive, and oj)23ortunities more favorable Avill arise for instituting experiments on the growth and yield of 2)lants calculated to be of utility to this country. On this, amongst new works, and on^ the copious storage of surface water, will, therefore, our energies be mainly concentrated during the coming season. It is further intended to proA’ide a number of boAA'ers, some rockeries, grottoes, and other ornamental Avork ; also, copses for the shelter of Avater- birds on the north lagoon ; and the lake aa ill probably be embellished Avith some floating islands to serve as places of retreat for the increasing variety of Avater-foAvls, until at a subsequent period permanent islands can be formed. The tall Danubian reeds, NeAV Zealand flax, avIHoaa^s, and other conspicuous plants, need to be planted along the margin of the lagoon in the reserve toAvards the city bridge. The slope betAveen flic Avestern Avalk along the lagoon, Avhere the soil is better tlian in most parts of the garden, is to be diAuded into about thirtv exjoerimcntal^ areas for the reception of strictly useful jAlants requirinn- a sheltered position. Probably it Avill be Avithin our means to raise Avatcr°for this neAV experimental ground from the adjoining lagoon by a small wind- mill, such as at present provides a constant Aoav of water for the fish-tanks 5 of the garden. The areas may, for the sake of ornamentation, be interspersed with such trees of deciduous foliage as need a place comparatively secure against the blast of our hot winds. Appropriate objects of experiments will be the various fibre plants, including the hitherto little appreciated Lavatera arhorca, the almost unknown Cyperus vaginatus, and -especially the Boehmeria nivea, which latter yields the Chinese grass-cloth or Rheea-fihre, and has, since the invention of Mr. T. Hill Dickson’s patent process, become of such high mercantile value, and is proved to grow here with the utmost luxuriance ; further, various kinds of olives, the hardier varieties of cotton, the Chinese tea, rice, various fodder herbs, and a number of grasses. Amongst the latter the so-called Californian prairie grass (Bromus unioloides of Humboldt) has far surpassed in its yield all other kinds hitherto experimented on in this garden ; and as a perennial species, of broad blade and of nutritive properties, prolific even in dry ground, and capable of enduring the influence of our occasionally scorching summer heat, this grass is entitled to a general introduction on our pastures. The C^modon Dactylon or South European couch-grass, and the densely matted Hemitaphrum glabrum or buffalo-grass appear by their rigid foliage to be well adapted for main- taining a verdure on those parts of our lawns which are most frequently travers^ed by Ausitors. The latter grass was obtained by the favor of Charles Moore, Esq., Director of the Botanic Garden of Sydney. If half the experimental areas remain unirrigated, the effect of application of water to each kind of culture plant experimented upon could be ascertained with precision. Many of the plants intended for this ground had hitherto a temporary place in the experimental orchard, from whence, with the increase of variety of vines and fruit trees, they require now to be removed. The necessary number of plants of the Moreton Bay fig and ot maples is set apart, the former for lining a neAV walk from the Botanical ^kluseum to the city bridge, the latter tree for forming an additional avenue in the northern reserve. Some walks, as Avell in the northern as southern reserve, remain to be completed ; with the final choice of these the opportunity will arise of submitting a perfect plan of the garden for the guidance of visitors. It is furtlier deemed advisable to erect a special structure for the accommodation of epiphytal orchids, and other plants needing a higher deo'ree of humidity and heat than can be applied to the general collections of plants in the conservatory. Erom the latter, in the vicinity of ivhich the new building is to be placed, the means of heating the new structure may be derived with hardly any additional expenditure of fuel. It may not be inappropriate to record on this occasion that during the last International Exhibition the commercial importance of many ot the products and educts of Victorian plants (principally secured by the direct or indirect instrumentality of this office) has been fMly recognised. It has led, for instance, to extensive orders for the volatile oil ot eucalyptus, for the distillation of ivhich a factory on a large scale has recently been erected by Joseph Bosisto, Esq., near Western Fort. The gum-resms ot eucalyptus and tiie bark of our native sassafras have also since become articles of mercantile export. It has also lieen ascertained from specimens transmitted by A. Thozet, of Rockhamiiton, that the “ bitter-bark” of New South Wales and Queens- land, to which recently attention has been drawn as a powerful tonic, is yielded by the Alstonia constricta, a tree ivbieh occurs not only in the but also in the Brigaloiv scrubs of the ivaimei parts of East Australia. A chemical analysis of the l)ark has been furnished by Professor Dr. Wittstein, of Munich. Eor similar investigations into the properties of many of our vegetable products, and other experiments, it No 61. — a. 6 would be needful, in the course of time, to construct a small laboratory on our ground. I further deem it of interest to remark, that the here so vigorously growing New Zealand flax, which could be cultivated in swampy localities hardly available for any other j)urposos, has realised in London sales as raw material £20 per ton, a price remunerative for a more general cultivation of this useful fibre plant. The following plants, of more general interest or utility, have well withstood the influence of the sudden and lasting drought of the last season : — The Argan tree (which flowered for the first time), Amyris terebinthi- folia, the Dye tree of Norfolk Island, the Paper Mulberry, the Red Cedar, the Carob tree, the Karaka, Corypha Australis, the Dammar phies, the Bottle tree, the East Australian Sassafras, Eicus macrophylla and E. syringifolia, the Manna ash, Elindersia Australis, Elindersia Oxleyana (one kind of yellow wood of Queensland), Hovenia dulcis, the Camphor tree, the Totara, Prunus mahaleb, the Valonia oak, the Sumach, the Scotino, Rhamnus erythroxylon and Rhamnus infeetorius, the British bramble, which proves remarkably fruitful, Sophora Japonica, Strelitzia Reginae. The garden enjoyed again during the year the support of many liberal donors, whose names are here subjoined. LIST OF DONOE8 TO THE BOTANIC GAEDEN. Allan, J., Warmambool. Allitt, W., Superintendent of the Portland Botanic Garden. Anderson, Colonel, South Yarra. Backhouse, Eev. Dr., Sandhurst. Baggott, G. D., Emerald Hill. Balfour, Professor, Directorof the Edinburgh i Botanic Garden. ! Bates, — , Saudridge. Bathe, James. Batson, W.. Hernhill. Beveridge, P., Murray Eiver. Birman, P., .lamieson’s Diggings. Black, Dr. Jos. Board of Agriculture. Bajie, Alex., Prahran. Bookey, Inspector, Beechworth. Brewster, George, Sandi-idge. Brooke, J. H., M.L.A. Brown, Capt. W., of the Tom Brown. Brown, .1., Como. Buoknall, Henry, Carisbrook. Bunce, Daniel, Geelong. Burry, Th., Tarrangower. Campbell, Duncan, Lake Lalbert. Cannon, Thos., South Yarra. Carter and Watts, Messrs. Catherwood, F. A., St. Kilda. Chalmers, Eev. G. J., Christchurch, New Zealand. Cobham, Mrs. Mary, Darling Downs, New South Wales. Coghill, Donald. Cole, Commissioner, Murray Eiver. Cole, E. W., Castlemaine. 1 Cole. T. C., Eicbmond. ! Dardcll, .1., Batesford. Delisse, Mous., Bordeaux. ! Devine, Capt., of the barque Lorenzo Saline. } Dobson, A., Prahran. j Douglass, A., Geelong. I Dry, Sir Rich., Tasmania. Eades, Miss. Embling, Dr. Tb., Kew. Evans, Capt. Faulding, J., Adelaide. Gill, Sam. Glass, Hugh. Godfrey, H. i Goodwin, Eev. Th., Darling Eiver. Grooves, Dr. Aug. Guincss, Eev. Mr., South Yarra. Haagc and Smith, Erfurt. Hannaford, Sam., Geelong. Hardy, Mons. W., Algiers. Harrington, H. G., Bath. Head, Alex., Christchurch, New Zealand. Heyne, E. B., Bichmond. Higgs, H. W. Hodgkiuson, J. Hodson, H., South Yarra. Hopwood, H., Echuca. Huber and Co., Hyares. Hugham, Allan, Swan Hill. Hughes, Th. Joachimi, Collingwood. Johnson. B. J., Tliomastown. Judd, W., South Yarra. Kay, Miss, South Yarra. Koehler, Consul, St. Kilda. Kramer, Fr., Sandhurst. Krause, Eev. E., Raratongo. Long and Co., Th.. Ballaarat. Laurie, Capt., of the Formosa. Ledger, Charles, New South Wales. Loader, Thos., JI.L.A. Lord. S. Manyfold, Mrs., South Yarra. Minnett, D. J., Geelong. Moody, .1., Collingwood. Moore, Ch., Sydney. Moore, John, Toorak. Mount, Dr., Ballaarat. Alurray, Andrew . Me Alpine, AV., Tyers River. McGowan, Sam. McKinlaj', J., Adelaide. McMillan, Angus, Gipps Land. McNaughton, A., Hobart Town. Eiall, Rev. P. W., Brighton. Nott, Miss Mary, JIaldon. Oliver, G., New I’lyniouth. Ollard. Capt. .1., of the Bosporus. Oswald, F., Nordhausen. Palmer, Sir James. Pamplin, AV., London. Patter, W. N., Darling. Pavey, Dr., Berkshire. 7 Perry, Dr., Lord Bishop. Perry, R. D., London. Ploes, Mark, Heathcote. Politz, Bichmond. Pollard, N. Bamcl, P., Paris. Bamsay, E., New South Wales. Eaven, Studley Park. Eeynolds, J. N. Bidden, J., M.L.A. Bied, Capt., B.N. Bobertson, Andr. Bobertson, W., Hexham. Bogers, J., Sandstone Island. Boss, W., Murray Biver. Bostron, L. Buie, J., Bichmond. Saunders, Consul, Alexandria. Scardon, W. Schaefer, Dr., Dutch ship liver dine Elizaheth. Schaefer, Edw., Collingwood. Scott, J., Hawthorn. Smith, James, South Australia. Smith, J. H., Captain of Mary Anne Wilson. Smith, Bcv. James, Castlemaine. Smith, M'm. Snowball, Joshua, South Yarra. Stanway, W. Sutherland, Alex., Glasgow. Thomson, Wm., Airly, Gipps Land. Thomson, Wm., Ipswich, England. Thozet, A., Bockhampton. Tripp, Mrs., Prahran. Turner, D. A. Tyler, J. Ch., South Yarra. Vernon, W., Sydney. Vilmorin, Andricux and Co., Paris. Wade, Th., Launceston. Walker, W. C. Watts, W. Webster, A.. Richmond. Weidenbach, Max., Glen Osmond, South Australia. Westall, W. F. Wilhelmi, C., South Yarra. Wilkinson, Bev. G., Williamstown. Wilson, Wilfr., Dunedin. Winterstein, E., Alexandria. Wood, .1. B., Queensland. Wood, Bev. W., Hawthorn. Wright, A. J., South Yarra. Wright, Geo. Wright, Horatio, Ballaarat. Wright, W. Young, D., Geelong. Young, John. As worthy of special record, I feel it incumbent on me to enumerate — Various consignments of seeds of useful plants from the Imperial Acclimation Society of France. An extensive collection of vines from I’ecole de Luxembourg, trans- mitted through M. Pr. Hamel, of Paris. Large collections of herbaceous seeds from Sir William Hooker, Director of the Royal Gardens of Kew. Extensive collections of seeds from the Imperial Botanic Gardens of Petersburg and Vienne. Collections of valuable pine seeds from the Horticultural Society of Petersburg. Acorns of Mediterranean oaks from Consul Saunders, of Alexandria, and Mons. Hardy, of Algiers. Seeds of Sumach and other Mediterranean plants from Professor Dr. Planchon, Director of the Botanic Garden of Montpellier. Chinese and Japanese seeds from G. W. Rusden, Esq. Seeds of Californian pines from C. Walker, Esq., of San Francisco. Seeds of Himalaian pines from Professor Dr. Th. Anderson, Director of the Botanic Garden of Calcutta. Oriental planes from Edw. Wilson, Esq. Seeds of South African, especially esculent, plants from His Excellency Sir George Grey, Governor of New Zealand. Miscellaneous select seeds from Messrs. Vilmorin, Andrieux and Co., of Paris. Valuable bulbs from J. P. Rothwell, Esq., of Port Natal. Epiphytal orchids of the Madras Presidency from His Excellency Sir William Denison, Governor of Madras. Wardian cases with miscellaneous plants from the Botanic Gardens of Amsterdam, Hobart Town, Adelaide, Buitenzorg, Brisbane, Hong Kong, from the Horticultural Society of Calcutta, T. H. Hulke, Esq., of New Plymouth,. T. Butler, Esq., of Calcutta, W. Butler, Esq., of Manilla. Various collections of seeds from Messrs. Handasyde, McMillan and Co. Seeds from the Botanic Garden of Cape Town, Natal, Giessen, Darmstadt, Munich, Mauritius, Edinburgh, Marseilles, Ceylon, Copenhagen. 8 In the ti’ansit of many of tliese consignments we are indebted to the disinterested aid of the gentlemen of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com])any, and many of our mercantile firms. The Botanical Museum — comprising now 1139 arranged fascicles of dried plants, lodged in demy printing paper (irrespective ot a herbarium ot Victorian plants and considerable supplemental collections as yet unarranged) — has not less experienced the generosity of many contributors, as will be perceived from the subjoined list of donors : — Abel. A., Ballaarat. Atkinson. Miss L., Fernburst, New South Wales. Beckler, Dr. PTerni. Bowman, Eflwd , Walloon, Queensland. Burkitt, J., Lachlan. Davenport, Honorable Sam., Glen Osmond, South Australia. Fisher, M., Dunkeld. Krefft. G., Sydney. McHaffie, J., Phillip Island. Panton, Sandhurst. Paulson, Mrs. H., Castlemaine. Eamsey, E. J., Sydney. Eamsey, W., Syndey. Seolt, Miss Heleua, Hunter Elver. Stuard. Ch.. Clifton. Sutherland, E., Suttor Elver. Thozet, A., Eockampton. Travers, Barrister, Christchurch, New Zealand. Ward, Dr. N. B., London. Wehl, Mrs. Dr.. Mount Gambler. Williams, Dr., Queenscliff. Woolls, W., Parramatta. Deserving of special record are — Ferns collected in Jamaica and Essequibo, and presented by His Excellency Sir Henry Barldy, K.C.B. Plants collected by Dr. Traill Green, Dr. 0. C. Parry, D. C, Eaton, Esq., J. W. Chickering, Esq., and others, in various parts of North America, and presented by Professor Dr. Asa Gray, of Boston. Plants illustrative of the flora of France, and an extensive collec- tion of AlgjB, from the Mediterranean and South African shores, presented by M Bene Lenormand, Vire, Calvados. Alpine plants from the province of Canterbury, New Zealand, col- , lected during his expeditions by Dr. Jul. Haast. Ceylon plants presented by G. Thwaites, Esq., Director of the Botanic Garden of Paradenia. Plants collected on the Gulf of Carpentaria during his expedition and presented by W. Landsborough, Esq., an index of which accompanies his journal. Plants of Queensland, collected and presented by Jos. Nernst, Esq., of Ipswich. Extensive collection of Indian plants, especially from the Himalaian Mountains, collected and presented by Drs. Hooker and Thom- son, of Kew. The Museum also acquired during the year — Additional collections of Abyssinian plants formed by Doctor Schimper. Plants from the Island of Bourbon, collected by Mr. Bowin. Guiana plants from Sir Bobert Schomburgk’s expedition. Indian plants from the collections of Heyne and Boxburgh. Fiji plants gathered by Dr. Berth. Seemann. Plants collected on the western extremity of the Great Bight, by Mr. George Maxwell. Further collections for our Herbarium were formed by Mr. Diedrich Henne during the voyage of the Victoria to the Gult of Carpentaria ; and Mr. J. Dallacby continues collecting in the northern districts of Queens- land. A series of all the plants collected diiring Mr. J. M. Stuart’s last expedition was presented by the lion. H. Strangeways, Commissioner of Crown Lands of South Australia, and those of the former expeditions of 9 that highly distinguished explorer, by the late J. Chambers, Esq., of North Adelaide ; whilst the plants obtained by Dr. J. Murray, during Mr. A. Howitt’s expeditions, were placed by the latter gentleman at my disposal for the Botanical Museum. Of both these collections I have the honor to append a systematic enumeration. Of the plants gathered by Messrs. Pemberton Walcott and Maitland Brown, during Mr. Erancis Gregory’s expedition into the tropical tracts of Western Australia, a full account has been furnished for the New Philo- sophical Journal of Edinburgh in the course of this year. Many of the novelties acquired for our Museum found, during the year, their first elucidation in the Eragmenta Phytographise Australise, of which the third volume has recently been issued. A series of lithographed octavo plates, Avith analytical illustrations, of indigenous mosses has also been completed during the year. The plates for the Corolliflorte and the remainder of the Calyciflorse of “ The Plants Indigenous to Victoria” have been completed, as well as some new, although as yet unpublished, portions of the text of this Avork. Eor the Universal Elora of Australia, now under elaboration by George Bcntham, Esq., the President of the linnean Society of London, all our normal coUections, corresponding to the text of the first A^olume of the work, have been transmitted for comparison to London, and have been already partially returned ; for the same pAxrpose the fascicles comprising the extensive orders of Myrtacege and Leguminosse, as part of the material for the second A'olume, are noAV placed in order, and Avill be despatched successively for Mr. Bentham’s perusal. It is pleasing to observe, that thus our young establishment is already able to afibrd some material aid towards a great Avork, by Avhich one of the most learned, experienced, and laborious naturalists of this age is now crowning his phytological labors, commenced more than forty years ago. Whilst Professor Dr. Harvey, of Dublin, is bringing his important and beautifully iUustrated work on the Algse of Australia rapidly to a close, I have recently endeavored by the formation of further collections of sea- Aveeds, on the shores of Phillip Island, to add to his material. The botanical investigation of the territory of our colony, now nearly completed, has during the last summer been extended from the Bunyip Biver to the sources of the Tarwan, Tyers and La Trobe River, and thence along the Upper Yarra Ranges to the sources of the Thomson River and Mount Useful. Accompanied by Messrs. Alfred W^alker and George Johnson, 1 succeeded also in traversing the alpine elevations of the Barkly Ranges, which front the western tributaries of the Macallister River, although we experienced mucli difiiculty in penetrating the dense scrubs of the surrounding ranges, through part of AARicli we had to cut our Ainy tor the sake of connecting existing tracks. ,. . . ,, It is not improbable that many of the gullies adjoining the ranges over AA hich I passed Avill prove auriferous ; and, for the exploration of their mineral AA^ealth, no measure would be more stimulating than the cutting of tracks along the main ranges, for the purpose of enabling the miners to advance Avith pack-horses to those positions from which the valleys can be readily explored. I have the honor to be. Sir, Your most obedient and humble servant, EERD. MUELLER, Government Botanist and Director of the Botanic Garden. The Honorable the Chief Secretary, &c., &c., &c. No. 61.-6. 11 ENUMERATION '^yOO .^pec/e^ , ^ /7fyv' i^b // OF THE PLANTS COLLECTED DURING MR. J. MACD. STUART’S EXPEDITIONS ACROSS THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT IN 1860, 1861 and 1862. Bt FERDINAND MUELLER, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S. Dilieniace*. yiQAf. ni/c/. Pac hyn ema macrum, P. M. Purdie’s Ponds. Waterhouse. '' Hibhertia glaherrima, F. M. Fragmenta Phyt. Austr. iii. 1. Brinkley’s Bluff, McDonnell’s Banges. J. M. Stuart. Nymph.® ACE*. hma gigantea, Hook. Bot. Mag. 4647. trangeway’s Biver. Nelumbium speciosum, W. Sp. PI. ii. 1258. Arn- hem’s Land. Cappakide*. Capparis nummularia, Cand. Prodr. i. 246. Central Austraha. Capparis lasiantha, R. Br. in Cand. Prodr. i. 247. Near Central Mount Stuart. Busbeckea umbonata (Capparis umbonata,Lindl. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 257). Near New- castle’s Waters and Attack Creek. Flowers similar to those of B. Mitchellii. Dbosebace*. Brosera Indica, Linn. Sp. PI. 403. On the Bonney and Finke Bivers and Attack Creek, also in Central Australia. ViOLACE.®. lonidium enneaspermum, Vent. Mahnais. p. 27. Burke’s Creek. An allied species with a blue labellum occurs in the collection, gathered at Purdie’s Ponds. lonidium auraniiacum, F. M. Forster’s Range, Purdie’s Ponds. Fbankekiace*. Frankonia lams, Linn. Sp. 473 var. Finke’s Biver. Ztgophtlle®. Zygophyllum apiculatum, F. M. in Linnsea, 1862, p. 373. Stevenson’s Biver. Trihulus terrestris, Linn. Sp. 554. Mount Mor- phett. A large flowering variety with petals 1" long ; at Merchant’s Springs, Burke’s Biver and Attack Creek. Malvace*. Mibiscus brachgsiphonius, F. M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. i. 67. Near the Strangeway’s Bange. Hibiscus pentaphvllus, F. M. Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ii. 13. Newcastle’s Waters and Daly’s Waters. Hibiscus radiatus, Cav. Diss. iii. 160, t. 54, fig. 2. Purdie’s Ponds, N ewcastle’s W aters, Attack Creek. Mibiscus SUirtii, Hook, in Mitch. Trop. Austr. p. 363. North of McDonnell’s Ranges. Mibiscus solanifolius, F. M. Fragm. ii. 116. Mount Denison. Mibiscus panduriformis, Bnrm. FI. Ind. p. 161, t. 47, f. 2. Burke’s Biver. Gossypium Ausirale, F. M. Fragm. i. 46. New- castle’s Waters. Waterhouse. Between Mount Woodcock and the Davenport Banges. Gossypium Sturtii, F. M. Fragm. iii. 6. As far north as the Stevenson Biver. Abutilon tubulosum, All. Cunn. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 390. Burke’s Biver. ^ic-iAbutilon leucopetalum, F. M. Fragm. iii. 12. Daly’s Waters. Abutilon diplotrichum, F. M. in Linnsea, 1862, 381. Attack Creek. J. M. Stuart. Sida corrugata, Lindl. in Mitch. Three Expedit. ii. 12. Var. (ilipoda. Attack Creek. J. M. Stuart. Sida cryphiopetala, F. M. Fragm.iii. 4. Brink- %/ ley’s Bluff, McDonneU’s Ranges. J. M. Stuart. Tiiiace*. Corchorus sidoides, F. M. Fragm. iii. 9. McDon- nell’s Banges. J. M. Stuart. Triumfetta plumigera, F. M. Fragm. i. 69. Purdie’s Ponds. F. Waterhouse. Buettneei.ace*. Keraudn'cnia neplirosperma, Benth. in Proceed. Lin. Soc.; Seringea nephrosperma, F. M. in Hook. Kew Miscell. 1857, 16. Towards Arnhem’s Land. Keraudrenia Mookeri, Walp. Annal. Bot. Syst. ii. 164. Near the Roper River. Bulingia loxophylla, F. M. Fragm. i. 68. Towards Arnhem’s Land. Melhania incana, Heyne in Wall. List. 1200. Burke’s River and Purdie’s Ponds. Stebouliace*. Brachyckiton ramijlorum, B.Br. in Horsf. Plant. Savan. rarior. 234. From Burke’s Creek onward to Arnhem’s Land. CoCHtOSPERME*. Cochlospermum Oregorii, F. M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. i. 71. Strangeway’s Biver. Cochlospermum heteronemum, F. M. in Hook. Kew Miscell. 1857, 16. Strangeway’s Biver, Meliacb®. Owenia acidula, F. M. in Hook. Kew MisceU. ix. 304. Central Mount Stuart. 3 12 Sapindace*. Thouima variifolia, Fragm. Phyt. Auatr. i. 45. Crawford’s Eange. DiplopeUis Stuariii, F. M. Fragm. iii. 12. Between Mount Morphett and the Bonney Biver. J. 51. Stuart. IHstiehostemon phyllopterus, F. M. in Hook. Xcw Miscell. ix. 306. Purdie’s Ponds. Var. serrulatus ; leaves tender, lanceolate, acute, serrulated : stamens about 44. Burke’s Eiver. Bodonaa lanceolata, F. M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. i. 73. Purdie’s Ponds, Waterhouse ; Mount Woodcock, Stuart. Dodonaa platyptera, F. M. Fragm. i. 73. Strangeway’s Eiver. Dodoncea physocarpa, F. M. Fragm. i. 74. Daly’s Waters. Dodonisa microzyga, F. M. Somewhat viscid, almost glabrous ; leaves with 1-2 pairs of small obovate - cuneate leaflets, in front rounded or truncate or retuse or sometimes 3-toothed, flat at the margin; rachis dilated; fruit-bearing pedicels solitary; capsules 3-4- celled ; valves cymbeo - scmiorbicular, all aro\ind broadly winged ; the wing rounded- blunt on botu extremities ; dissepiments persistent with the columella. On the Eiver Weales. .f. M. Stuart. A shrub with spreading and rigid branches. Most leaves about long; leaflets 1-2" long; flowers unknown ; caspule with the wings added about J'long, shining, reddish; valves ceding from the septa ; ripe seeds unknown. The fruit of this species is almost alike to that of D. viscosa. Molltjgine.®. Mollugo trigaslroilieca, F. M. Plants Indig. to Victoria, i. 201. Arnhem’s Land. Caetophvlles!. Polyearpaia corymhosa, Lam. Mount Samuel. J. M. Stuart. PoETULACEJ!. Portulaea oleracea, Linn. Sp. PI. 638. Common in the interior and in North Australia. Calandrinia Balonnensis, Lindl. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. p. 148. Eiver Finke. Phytolacce.®. Codunocarpns cotinifolivs, F. M. Plants of Vic- toria, i. 200. From 300 to 800 miles north a’ of Adelaide, F. Waterhouse; Central Mount Stuart, J. M. Stuart. Cyrostemon ramulo-ms, Desf. in Memoir, du Museum, vi. 17. Finke’s Eiver. J. M. Stuart. Bidymotheca pleiocoeea, F. M. Plants ludig. to Victor, i. 198. Between the Eiver Bonney and Mount Morphett. J. M. Stuart, LEGtTMINOSiE, Aeacia retivenea, F. M. Fragm. iii. 128. Short’s Eange. Acacia diclmpldeha, F. M. Fragm. iii. 128. Mount Humphries. Acacia aneura, F. M. in Linnsea, xxvi. 627. “ Mulga.” Over the whole of Central Aus- tralia. F. Waterhouse. Acacia tmnida, F. M. in Proceed. Linn. Soc. iii. 144. Attack Creek. Acacia impressa, F. M. in Proceed. Linn. Soc, iii. 133, Short’s Eange. Acacia lycopodifoUa, A. Cunn. in Hook. Icon, ii. t. 172. Towards Arnhem’s Land. Acacia umbellaia, AU. Cunn. in Hook. Lend. Jour, of Bot. i. 378. Eobinson’s Eiver. Stuart. Acacia holoserieea, All. Cunn. in Don. Gen. Syst. ii. 4i07. Near Newcastle’s Waters. Pithecolobium moniliferum, Benth. in Hook. Jour, of Bot. iii. 211. Arnhem’s Land. Neptania spicata, F. M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. iii. 151. Arnhem’s Land. Erythrophlaium lahoucherii, Laboucheria chTo- rostachya, F. M. in Proceedings of Linn. Soc. iii. 169. Newcastle's Waters, Stuart; Strangeway’s Eiver, Waterhouse. Cassia vemisla, F. M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. i, 165. Newcastle’s Waters and Mount Free- ling. J. M. Stuart. Cassia notahilis, F. M. Fragm.SL 28. Between the Eiver Bonney and Mount Morphett, Cassia Absus, Linn. Spec. Plant. 537. Arnhem’s Land. Cassia oligoclada, F.M. Fragm. iii, 49. Attack Creek. Camas (Zeselata, F. M. in Linnaea, 1852. Central Australia. Cassia eremopMla, A. Cunn. in Sturt’s Centr. I Austr. Append, ii. 77. Central Australia. I Petalogyne labicheoides, F. M. in Hook. Kew I Miscell. 1856. From hit. 30° S. to lat. 17° 58' S. J. M. Stuart. P; cassioides forms merely a variety of this species. Erythrina biloba, F. M. in Hook. Kew Miscell. 1857, p. 21. Common to most creeks from lat. ^° to 19° S, Wood soft, corky. J. M. Stuart. Stuart’s Bean- tree is a species of Ery thriua. Bauhinia BeiclihardHi, F. M. in Transact. Phil. Inst. Viet. iii. 60. Hay word’s Creek. J. M. Stuart. Gastrolobium grandiflorum, F.if. Fragm. Phyt. Austr.iii. 17. Withrington Eange, J.M. Stuart ; Purdie’s Ponds, where it attains a height of 8', Waterhouse. Gompolobiwni polyzygum, F'. M. Fragm. iii. 29. n/ Between Mount Morphett and the Bonney Eiver. Jaclcsonia odontoclada, F. M. Between New- castle’s Water’s and Attack Creek. J. M. Stuart. Isotropis atrapiirpurea. F. M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr.iii. 16. Attack Creek and between Mount Morphett and the Bonney Eiver, J. M. Stuart. Leptosema Cltamhersii, F. M. Essay on the Plants of the Burdekin Exped. p. 8. Near Davenport’s Eange, and between the Eivers Finke and Stevenson. Crotalaria medicaginea, Lam. Diet. ii. 201. Newcastle’s Waters. J. M. Stuart. Crotalaria diasitiflora, Benth. in Mitdi, Trop. ; Austr. 386. Newcastle’s Waters and i McDonnell’s Eanges. Stuart. ,, ! Crotalaria Mifchellii, Benth. J. c. 120. Central j Australia. 1 Crotalaria Cunninghami, E. Br. in Sturt’s I Central Austr. Append. 71. Burke’s Creek, Waterhouse; Jlount Humphries, Stuart. Indigofera hirsuta, L. Sp. PI. 1862. Arnhem's Land. Indigofera viscosa, Lam. Encycl. Menth. iii. 247. Brinkley’s Blulf. Stuart. Indigofera oxycarpa, F. M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. iii. 103. Burke’s Creek. Waterhouse.- Indigofera brevidens, Benth. in Miteh. Trop, Austr. 385. Central Australia. 13 Indipqfera lamanlka, F. M. Eoport on Gregory’s Plants from Cooper’s Creek, p. 6. Denison’s Kange. J. M. Stuart. f^wainsona pliacoides, Bentli. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 3G3. Eivcr Neales. J. M. Stuart. Sioaiiisona campylantlm, P. M. Eeport on Greg. Plan ts from Cooper’s Creek. Bagot’s Eange. .J. M. Stuart. Psoralea patens, Lindl. in Mitch. Three Exped. ii. 8. Attack Creek. Var. cinerea. Mount Kingstone. Psoralea hahamioa, F. M. in Proceed. PhU. Inst. Viet. iii. 55. Attack Creek and McDon- nell’s Ranges. J. M. Stuart. Psoralea leucantha, F. M. I. e. iii. 64. Attack Creek. CUanthus Dampierii, All. Cunn. in Transact. Horticult. See. ii. Ser., vol. i. 522. Near Mount Ilumphries. Onaghe-e. Jnssitea suffruticosa, Linn. Sp. PI. 555. Attack Creek and Strangeway ’s Eiver. Ehamnace.e. Alphitonia excelsa, Eeiss. in Endl. Gen. Plant, p. 1098. Daly’s Waters. Edphoebiaceji. ■ jEiyj/torJia Linn. Sp. Plant? Attack Creek. Fhieggea leucopyris, W. 1^. Plant. McDouall’s Eanges and Eoper’s Eiver. Petalostignia quadriloculare, F. M. in Hook. Zew Misoell. ix. 17. Near Mount Blyth. CoilBEETACEX. Maeroptei'anthes Kehieiohii, F. M. Fragm. iii. 151. N e wcastle’s W aters, near Ashburton’s Eange. Terminalia cireumalata, F. M. Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. iii. 91. Attack Creek. IWminalia bursarina, F. M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. ii. 149. Newcastle’s Waters. EHizoPHOBEa:. Carallia integerrima, Cand. Prodr. iii. 33. Eoper’s Eiver. Waterhouse. CUCUBBITACB*. Cuev/nis jucunda, F. M. in Transact. Phil. Inst. Viet. iii. 45. Central Australia. Mebastomacea!. Osheckia Australiana, Naudin in Anna!, des Scienc. Naturell. Ser. iii. xiv. 59. Arnhem’s Land. Melastoma Novib Sollandia, Naud. 1. c. xiii. 290. Adelaide Eiver. MYBTACEiE. Careya arborea, Eoxb. Coromand. iii. t. 218. Bilhart’s Springs. Waterhouse. Melaleuca Peucadendron, L. Maut. 105. Attack Creek, Eoper’s Eiver. y Melaleuca dissitiflora, F. M. Fragm. iii. 153. Between the Bonney Eiver and Mount Mori)hett. Eucalyptus setosa, Schauer in Walp. E^ort, ii. 926. Sandy scrub near the Eiver Bonney. Calycothrix micropliylla. All. Cunn. in Bot. Mag. 3323. Sources of the Eiver Eoper. Becckea polystemonea, F. M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr.ii. 124. Brinkley’s Bluff, McDonnell’s Eanges, No. 61. — c. Umbellipeej!. Bidiscus glaueifoUus, P. M. in Linnsca, 1852, p. 395. Var. cyanopetalus. Finke’s Eiver. .1. M. Stuart. The color of the petals varies likewise blue and white in D. coeruleus and in one species of Dimetopia. Eubiacese. Canthium oleifolium. Hook, in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 397. Var. latifolium. Central Australia, in Mulga scrubs. J. M. Stuart. Co.MPOSITE. P’O/*!- -'dCalotis Waierhousii, F. M. Purdie’s Ponds. Waterhouse. Eurybia Ferresii, F. M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. iii. 18, t. xviii. Brinkley’s Bluff, McDonnell’s Eanges. J. M. Stuart. Pluchea Ugulala, F. M. Euumerat. of Plants of Babbage’s Exped. p. 12. Strangeway’s Eiver. 'Waterliousc. Monenteles globifer, Cand. Prodr. v. 455. McDonnell’s Eanges, J. M. Stuart ; Attack Creek, M'^aterhouse. Meliclirysum Bavenportii, F. M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. iii. 32. (Sect. Acroclinium.) On the Eiver Neales. Jleliclirysum stipitatum, F. M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. iii. 133. Eiver Finke. Helichryswn Cassinianum, Gaudichaud Voyage Fpycenet. p. 466, t. 87. (Sect. Pteropogon.) Eiver Finke. J. M. Stuart. The capital a are rather smaller than those figured by Gaudichaud ; but in Mr. Oldfield’s collection from the Murchison Eiver we observe analogous specimens, with inter- mediate gradations. The involucre-scales are sometimes delicately rose-colored. Senecio Greqoni, F. M. Eeport on Gregory’s Plants from Cooper’s Creek, p. 7. Finke’s Eiver. J. M. Stuart. Goodeniacea!. Ooodenia grandifloi-a, Sims Bot. Mag. 890. Mount Freeling. Stuart. Ooodenia hirsuta, F. M. Fragm. iii. 35. Central Australia. Ooodenia heterochila, F. M. Fragm. iii. 142. Newcastle’s Waters. Ooodenia Pilmorinia, F. M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. iii. 19. Between the Eiver Bonney and Mount Morphett. J. M. Stuart. Ooodenia Eamelii, F. M. Fragm. iii. 20. Attack Creek. Stuart. Velleya connala, F. M. Transact. Phil. Soc. i. 18. Between the Eiver Bonney and Mount Morphett. Stuart. Sccevola microcarpa, Cavan. Icon. vi. 6, t. 509. Towards Central Australia. Lobeliace.®. Isotoma peircea, F. M. in Linnsea, 1852, p. 420. James Eange and Hugh Eiver, Asclefiadex. Leichhardtia Australia, E. Br. in Sturt’s Central Austr. ii. Append, p. 81. Daly’s Waters. ApocTNEa:. Carissa lanceolata, E. Br. Prodr. 468. Strange- way’s Eiver. v/ a/' 14 ACANTHACEiE. Dipteracanthus Amtraladcus, F. M. Report on Gregory’s Plants from Cooper’s Creek, p. 8. Near Anna’s Reservoir. Bostellularia proenmbens, Nees in Wall. Plant. Asiat. rarior. iii. 101 . Purdie’s Ponds. SOLANEJE. Solatium pulekellum, P, M. Transact. PhO. Soc. Viet. i. 18. Purdie’s Ponds. Solatium chenopodinum, F. M. Fragm. ii. 165. On Stuart’s Creek, and between Mount Blyth and Mount Fisher. J. M. Stuart. SCBOrHTILAEINEa;. Buchnera linearis, R. Br. Prodr. 437. Ring’s Ponds. VaiidelUa jriantaginea, F. M. in Trans. Viet. Inst. ill. 62. Arnhem’s Land. Morgania floribunda, Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. Var. glandulosa. Central Australia. /to't.nuil MhatnpMcatpa adetiopliora,T^.M.. Near Attack Creek. Bignokiace®. Spathodea heterophylla, R. Br. Prodr. 470. Ring’s chain of* ponds. Tecoma Australis, R. Br. Prodr. 471. Var. an- gustifolia. McDonnell’s Ranges, and dis- tributed over a wide range of latitude in the interior, according to Mr. Stuart. T. Oxleyi, T. floribunda and T. diversi- folia are mere varieties of T. Australis. AsPEEIFOtl.®. Malgania solanacea, F. M. in Hook. Rew Miscell. 1857, p. 21. Between Bonney’s River and Mount Morphett. Halgmiia strigosa, Sehlecht. Linnaea, xx. 640. Brinkley’s Blufif, McDonnell’s Ranges. Trichodesma Zeilatiicum, R. Br. Prodr. 496. Newcastle’s Waters. Labiate:. ' Prostantkera striatijlora, F. M. in Linn. 1852, p. 376. Mount Morphett. CoNVOLVUlACEa). jEvolvulus Utiifolius, Linn. Sp. PI. 392. Brink- ley’s Blufir. Ipomcea reptans, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. iii. 460. A white-flowering variety. Purdie’s Ponds. Jpomtea pannosa, R. Br. Prodr. 487. New- castle’s Waters, Attack Creek and Strange- way ’s River. Jasminije. Jasminum ealcariwm, F. M. Fragm. i. 212. Common to most creeks of the interior. Stuart. The lobes of the calyx are narrower than in the speciraina from the Murchison River ; the lobes of the corolla likewise narrower, and occasionally augmented to nine. The leaflets are sometimes ovate. Transient forms are sent from Champion Bav bv Mr. Walcott. ^ ^ ^ Myopoein*. Avice'tinia oMcinalis, L. Sp. PI. p. HO. Var. an- gustifoUa. Daly Waters. Eremophila Goodwinii, F. M. Report on Babb. Plants, p. 17. Mount Frceling, Attack Creek and Mount Samuel. Stuart. Var. an^stifolia ; leaves linear ; calyx and pedicel glabrous ; corolla outside glabrous or scantily hairy. Merchant’s Springs. Another variety occurs in the collection, with an almost glandless corolla of double the length of the calyx. Eremophila MacdotinelUi, F. M. Rep. on the Plants of Babbage’s Exped. p. 18. Var. glabra. Valley of the Elizabeth River. Eremophila Latrohei, F. M. in Papers of the Royal Soc. of Tasm. 1858. Arnhem’s Land and near Anna’s Reservoir. J. M. Stuart. Eremophila Brownii, F. M. in Papers of Roy, Soc. of Tasm. 1858. McDonnell’s Ranges. Stuai't. Eremophila Willsii, F. M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. iii. 21, t. XX. River Finke. J. M. Stuart. Eremophila Sturtii, R. Br. in Sturt’s Centr. Austr. App. p. 85. Daly’s Waters. Eremophila longifoUa, F. M. in Papers of Roy. Soc. of Tasmania, 1858. Strangeway’s Ranges, Stuart ; Billiart’s Springs, Water- house. Eremophila maeulata, F. M. in Papers of Roy. Soc. of Tasmania, 1858. Sandy scrub country from the south through Central Australia to Attack Creek. Waterhouse. Veebexac.®. Clerodendron cardiopvhllum, F. M. Fragm. iii. v/ 144. Mulga scrub, Stuart; Daly’s Waters, Waterhouse. Newcastlia spodiotricha, F. M. Frag. Phyt. Austr. iii. 21. Between the Victoria River and the Gulf of Carpentaria, from the 17“ to the 19° S. latitude. Lentibulaei®. Ultrieularia fulva, F. M. in Trans. Phil. Inst, iii. 63. Strangeway’s River. Laueixe®. Gyrocarpus sphenopterus, R. Br, Prodr. p. 405. Short’s Range. Thymele®. Pimelea sanguinea, F. M. Frag. Phyt. Austr. i. 84. Purdie’s Ponds. Pbotkace®. Grevillea mimosoides, R. Br. Prodr. p. 380. Roper River. Grevillea agrifoUa, All. Cunn. in R. Br. Suppl. p. 24. McDonnell’s Ranges, Short’s Ranges. Var. lancifolia. Central Australia. Grevillea Sturtii, R. Br. in Sturt’s Central Austr. Append, p. 24. Central Mount Stuart. Var. pinnatisecta, segments usually five. Scrub near Forster’s Range. J. M. Stuart. Grevillea lineata, R. Br. in Sturt’s Centr. Austr. Append, p. 24. Scrub, near Forster’s Range. Grevillea chrysodendron. R. Br. 379. Billiart’s Springs. Waterhouse. Grevillea ref r acta, R. Br. Prodr. 380. New- castle’s Waters, Billiart’s Springs and Short’s Range. Grevillea dimidiaia, F, M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. v/ iii. 146. Roper River. Waterhouse. Sakea arhorescens, R. Br. Prodr. 386. Arnhem’s Land. Hakea lorea, R. Br. Suppl. p. 25. Central Australia. Bark corky. Amaeanthace®. AUernanthera denticulata, R. Br. Prodr. 417. Burke’s River. AUernanthera nana, R. Br. Pr. 417. Burke’s River. 15 Aom Gom^rena humilis, R. Br. Pr. 416. Attack Creek. The upper pair of leaves stand either next to the flower-heads or remote from them. The same species has been found by the author on the Dawson River, and by Mr. Fitzalan at Port Denison. GompJirena eanescens, R. Br. Pr. 416. Attack Creek, J. M. Stuart. (Victoria River and Sturt’s Creek, P. M. ; Sweer’s Island, Henne; Nickol Bay, WalcOtt.) Capsula usually beautifully pink, some- times purple or white. Peduncles occasion- ally more than 6" long; the staminodia excel sometimes the anthers in length. Ptilotus corymlosus, R. Br. Pr. 415. Var. spi- catus. Attack Creek. Trichinium gracile, R. Br. 415. Tropical Australia. Trichinium nobile, Lindl. in Mitch. Three Exped. ii. 22. Short’s Range. Trichinium hr achy trichum, P. M. Pragm. iii. /6/ ±6f . Central Australia. J. M. Stuart. UKTICEiE. ‘AvJpigng Stuartii, P. M. McDonnell’s Ranges; Brinkley’s Bluff. Several other undescribed species of fig trees occur in the collection, but cannot be satisfactorily characterized from the material extant. Cycade.®. A cycadeous plant, seemingly distinct from the seven Australian species, occurs on McDon- nell’s Range, and is mentioned as a palm in the joumm of the explorers. Only leaves being now submitted for examination, it remains for future researches to throw light on this plant, Amaetllide*. Caloxtemma luleum, Sims in Bot. Mag. 2101. Mount Margaret. Stuart. The edge of the corona is sometimes rather immilated than toothed. Crinwm angustifcliwm, R. Br. 297. Prom lat. 22° to 32° S. J. M. Stuart. Obchideje. Cymhidium canaliculatum, B. Br. Prodr. 331. Strangeway’s River. COMMELYUE^. Commelyna ensifolia, R. Br. Prodr. 269. McDon- nell’s Ranges and near Mount Preeling. J. M. Stuart. ^ Commelyna agrostophylla, P. M., Arnhem’s Band. '^7, '.-y, Liliace^). Bulbine semibarbata, Haw. Revis. 33, Thring River. Stuart. Geamineje, Eriachne obtusa, R. Br. Prodr. 184. Short’s Range. Ectrosia leporina, R. Br. Prodr. 186. Purdie’s Ponds. Perotis rara, R. Br. Prodr. 172. Purdie’s Ponds, Waterhouse ; Short’s Range, Stuart. Andropogon homhycinus, R. Br. Prodr. 202. Central Australia, McDonnell’s Ranges. Chloris ventricosa, R. Br. Prodr. 186. Arnhem's Land. Lappago racemosa, W. Sp. i. 484. Attack Creek. Panicum decompositum, R. Br. Prodr. 191. Stevenson River. Oryza saliva, L. Sp. PI. Newcastle’s Waters. J. M. Stuart. Pappophorum commune, P. M, Enumer. of Greg. Plants from Cooper’s Creek, p. 10. Central Australia. Cypeeaceje. Hypcelyptum microcephalum, R. Br. Prodr. 221. Attack Creek. PllICES. Marsilia quadrifolia, L. Sp. PI. Var. hirsuta. Nardoo. Through Central and North Australia, on localities subject to inunda- tions. Lygodium semibipinnatum, R. Br. Prodr. 162. Roper’s River. Blechnum Orientale, L. Sp. PI. 1535. River Adelaide. This fern was not previously recorded as existing in Australia. Cheilanthes tenuifolia, Swartz Filic. 129. River Roper. Mount Preeling. ENUMERATION or THE PLANTS COLLECTED BY DR. J. MURRAY DURING MR. A. HOWITT’S EXPEDITION INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA IN THE YEAR 1862. Br FERDINAND MUELLER, M.D., Ph.D,, F.R.S., Government Botanist FOR THE COLONT OP VICTORIA. CRUCIPEEiE. Blennodia lasiocarpa, F. M. Transact. Phil. Soc. Vic. i. 100. Cooper’s Creek. Cappaeide.®. Busbeckea Mitchellii, F. M. Plants ludig. to Victoria, i. 63. Cooper’s Creek. Native orange of the travellers. Feankeniac2e. Frankenia Imvis, L. Sp. PI. 473. In multifa- rious varieties widely dispersed over the interior. Malvace*. Sida petropliila, F. M. in Linnssa, 1852, 381. Cooper’s Creek. Sida corrugata, Lindl. in Mitch. Three Exped. ii. 12. Cooper’s Creek. Malva hrachystachya, F. M. in Linneoa, 1852, 378. Cooper’s Creek. Lavatera pleheja, Sims Bot. Mag. 2269. Extends from the Darling River to the vicinity of Wills’s Creek. Meliace.®. Owenia sp. Cooper’s Creek. Collected without fruit. ZvOOPHYLlEiE. ZygopbyUtim Soivittii, F. M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. iii. 150. Sandy country near Wills’s Creek. Tribulus terrestris, L. Sp. 554. In various varieties. Cooper’s Creek. Tribulus Hystrix, R.Br. in Sturt’s Central Austr. ii. App. p. 69. Cooper’s Creek. Sapindaceje. Atalaya hemiglauca, F. M. Fragm. i. 98. Cooper’s Creek. Bodoncea viscosa, L. Suppl. 218. Cooper’s Creek. Elattneaj. Bergia tnpetala, F. M. in Transactions Phil. Inst. Viet. ii. 66. Cooper’s Creek, above Burke’s first ddpOt. The speeimina trans- mitted prove this species to be perennial. Molmjgineje. Qlinus lotoides, Loefl. Iter. Hisp. 145. Exten- sively dispersed over the interior. PoBTULACEiE. Portulaca filifolia, F. M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. i. 169. Cooper’s Creek. Portulaca oleracea, L. Sp. PI. 638. Widely distributed over the interior. Calandrinia Balonnensis, Lindl. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 148. South of Wills’s Creek. Leguminos;e. Acacia Pence , F.M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. iii. 151. Beyond Wills’s Crock, 25° 30'. Acacia spliacelata, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. i. 338. Cooper’s Creek. Acacia honiolophylla, All. Cunn. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 365. Cooper’s Creek. Acacia salicina, Lindl. in Mitch. Three Exped. ii. 20. Cooper’s Creek. Acacia aneura, F.M. in Liumea, 1853, 627. This is the “ Mulga” of the natives, and forms the main constituent of the Mulga scrub. Acacia decora, Reichenb. Icon. Exot. t. 199. Not rare in the desert country, where it forms the favorite food of the camels. Acacia F'arnesiana,'W . Sp. Pl.iv. 1083. Common on Cooper’s Creek. Cassia plalypoda, R. Br. in Sturt’s Centr. Austr. ii. App. 77. With the variety C. phyllo- dinea from the Darling River to Cooper’s Creek. Cassia eremopMla, All. Cunn. in Sturt’s Centr. Austr. App. 77. Desert country up to Cooper’s Creek. Cassia hcteroloba, Lindl. in Mitch. Three Exped. ii. 121. With the preceding species. Cassia desolata, F. M. in Liumea, xxv. 389. From the Darling River to Cooper’s Creek. Bauhinia Idchhardtii, F. M. in Transact. Phil. Inst. Viet. iii. 50. Cooper’s Creek. Psoralea patens, Lindl. in Mitch. Three Exped. ii. 8. Cooper’s Creek. Crotalaria Cuntdnghami, R. Br. in Sturt’s Central Austr. li. Append. 70. Northwards from within fifty^ miles of the Stony Desert. Crotalaria eremma, F. M. Report on Gregory’s Plants from Cooper’s Creek, p. 5. Flooded borders of Wills’s Creek. Lotus Australis, Andr. Bot. Bep. 624. Var. parviflorus. Cooper’s Creek. Tngonella suavissuna, Lindl. in Mitch. Three Exped. i. 255. Depressed ground north of the Stony Desert. Vigna Benthami, F. M. V. lanceolata et Y. suberecla, Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. pp. 350, 388. South of Wills’s Creek. Sesbania Australis, F. M. in Transact. Viet. Inst, i. 36. Cooper’s Creek. Swainsona phacoides, Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 363. On the borders of the depresed ground south of Wills’s Creek. 17 Ficoide^. Trianthema dccandra. Linn. Mantiss. 70. Be- tween Coopei’’s Creek and Wills’s Creek. IlAL0R.4.0Ea;. Halm'agis glauca, Lindl. in Mitcli. Trop. Austr. 91. Cooper’s Creek. Onaoee.;e. JussicBa repens, Linn. Mantiss. 381. Cooper’s Creek. ClTCUEBITACEa!. Cucumis jneunda, F. M. Transact. I’liil. Inst, iii. 45. Wills’s Creek. Another cuoiirbitaccous plant, probably the Mucdvia nucrantha, was also noticed at Cooper’s Creek, but no specimens occur in the collection. Myetace-tj. JSiicah/ptus microlheca, F. M. in Proceed, of the Linnean Soc. iii. 87. Cooper’s Creek. JSucahiptusrostrata, Schlechtend. Tiinnaia, 1847, C55. Cooper’s Creek, and along some other watercourses. Epphoebiaceje. EupJiorhia Chamcnsyce, L. Sp. PI. fi32. Fre- quent on depressed occasionally humid localities of the interior. Euphorhia deserticola, F. M. in Linnata, 1852, p. 440. Adriana aeertfoUa, Hook, in Mitch. Trop. Austr. p. .371. Cooper’s Creek. Phyllantkus trarhyspermus, F. M. in Transact. Phil. Soc. Viet. i. 14. Cooper’s Creek. LoEANTHACEvE. Jjoranthus peiidulus, Sieb. in Spriugel’s Cur. Poster. 139. Var. minor. Cooper’s Creek. Lorantlius Exocarpi. Behr in Linnaea, xx. 624. With the preceding and following species. Loranthus Preissii, Miq. in Lehin. Plant. Priess. i. 281. Berries eaten by the natives. EtTBIACEAi. Pentella repens, Forst. Gen. 26, t. 13. Cooper’s Creek. CoJIPOSITiE. Calotis plumuUgera, F. M. in Transact. Phil. Inst. iii. 67. Var. porphyroglossa Cooper’s Creek. Calotis hispidula, F. M. (Sect. Cheiroloma.) Extends to the depressed ground north of the Stony Desert. Myriogyne Cimninghami, Cand. Prodr. vi. 139. Cooper’s Creek. SphcBromoiphcsa petiolaris, Cand. Prodr. vi. 140. Cooper’s Creek. Thorogeron iidegerrimus, Cand. Prodr. v. 283. Cooper’s Creek. ElacJmpappus RudalUi, F. M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. lii. 166. Cooper’s Creek. Polycalynima Stuariii, Sond. and Muell. in Linnsea, 1862, p. 494. Sandhills south of Wills’s Creek. Monencyanthes gnapkalcides. As. Gray in Hook. Kew Miscell. 1862, 229. AVilh the fore- going plant. PiUidosis helichrysoides, Cand. Prodr. vi. 169. South of Wills’s Creek very abundant. Ilelijiterum cMonolepis, F. M. in Linnsca. xxv. 416. Flooded ground south of AVills’s Creek. Eo. fil.— d. C krysocephalwH uprcnlatum, Steetz in Lehm. Plant. Preiss. i. p. 473. Cooper’s Creek. Senecio Cunninghami, Cand. Prodr. vi. 371. Cooper’s (.b'eok. Senccio Oregorii, F. M. Beport on Greg. Plants from Cooper’s Ci'eek. p. 7. Depressed ground south of Wills’s Creek. GoODEKrACE.E. Scmvola microcarpa, Cav. Icon. b. t. 509. South of AVills’s Creek. LoscltcnauUia dwaricata, F. AI. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. iii. 33. Cooper’s Creek, at the depot. Campanulace.e. WalUenhergia gracilis, Alph. Cand. Monogr. Camp. 142. Cooper’s Creek. Myopoeinvy:, Eremophila Latrohei, F. AI. in Papers Eoy. Soc. 'Tasm. 1858. Cooper’s Creek. Eremophila macul.aia, F. M. in Papers Eoy. Soc. 'Tasm. 1858. Cooper’s Creek. Eremophila Ercelingii, F. JI. in Papers Rov. Soo. Tasm. 1858. Cooper’s Creek. Eremophila longifolia, F. M. in Papers Eoy. Soc. Tasm. 1858. Cooper’s Creek. Eremophila sooparia, F. JI. in Papers Eoy. Soc. 'lasm. 1858. Cooper’s Creek. Eremophila Maedonnellii. F. JI. Eeport on Plants of Babbage’s Exped. p. 18. Cooper’s Creek and South of Wills’s Creek. Var. parvifolia; leaves only 2-3"' long; flowers about I' long; calyx shorter than the pedicel. South of Wills’s Creek. Myoportim Cutinrnghami. Benth. in Hueg. Enum. 78. Cooper’s Creek. Pedaline-e. Josephinia Eagenice, F. M. in Hook. Kew Miscell. 1857. 370, pi. xi. Near Kyejeron, a north branch of Cooper’s Creek. Aspeeieoli*. Trichodesma Zeilanicum, R. Br. Pr. 496. Cooper’s Creek and Wills’s Creek. Seeds used as food by the natives. Coldenia procumhens, L. Sp. Plant. Cooper’s Creek. LaBIA-TJE. Mentha Australis, E. Br. Prodr. 506. Cooper’s Creek. Teucrium raeemosum, E. Br. Prodr. 604. Cooper’s Creek. Convolvulacei:. Evouulus Utiifolius, L. Sp. PI. 392. Cooper’s Creek. ScKOPHUtAEINE^. Morgania Jlorihunda, Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 384. 'I’emporary flooded plains be- tween Wills’s Creek and the Stony Desert. Sola .NBAS. JSicotiana suaveolens, Lehm. Hist. Nicot. 43. As far north as Wills’s Creek abundant. Solanum lithophilum. F. AI. in Linn»a, 1852, 334. Cooper’s Creek. Solanum Stuartianum, F. M. in Transact. Phil. Soc. Viet. i. 19. Cooper’s Creek. Solanum pulchellum, F. M. in Trans. Phil. Soc. Viet. i. 18. Cooper’s Creek. Solanum chenopodinum, F. M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. ii. 165. South of Wills’s Creek. AjIAltANTAC'ETE, Trirhinium alopecuroideum, Lincll. in Mitch. Three Expecl. i. 13. Cooper’s Creek. Allernanlliera denliculixta, B. Br. Prodr. 417. Cooper's Creek. Ffil.olitu latifafluSjTi. Br. in Start’s Centr. Anstr, ii. Append, p. 88. Sandy country between Cooper’s Creek and the Stony Desert. Ftiloiii.s’ F. Al. Fragni. Phyt. Austr. iii. 145. Beyond the Stony Desert toward.s WTlls’s Creek. Nyctagine.e. Foerliaavia mutahilis, E.. Br. Prodr. 422. Cooper's Creek. PoLYOOXE-JE. Folyffonnm pleJieJum, E. Br. Prodr. 420. Cooper’s Creek. Seeds gathered for food by the natives. Folygoxium aUenuaium, .R. Br. Prodr. 420. Coopci’'s Creek. The plant, baked in ashes, is eaten by the natives. Camels fatten on this plant, ac- cording to Mr. llowitt’s opinion. Santalaoeje. Santalxim lanceolatum, E. Br. Pr. 356. Cooper’s Creek. Saesolace.e. Keniropsis lanaia, Moquin Chenop. Enum. 83. Cooper’s Creek. Rliaifodia nntam, E. Br. Pr. 408. Cooper’s Creek. RJiayodia spinescens, E. Br. Pr. 408. Var. delta- phylla. Cooper’s Creek. Sclorochlamys hraehyptera, F. M. in Trans. Viet. Inst. ii. 76. Cooper’s Creek. Fjiiclylana tomentosa, E. Br. Prodr. 408. Cooper’s Creek. Osteocarpum salxKffhiosKm, F. M. in Transact. Viet. Inst. ii. 77, Cooper’s Creek. Kochia Brotonii, F. M. Eeport on Babbage's Plants, 20. Cooper’s Creek. Salsola Aus/redis, E. Br. Pr. 411. Cooper’s Creek. Ilalocnemum Austr alasi cum, Moq. Chenop. Enum. 110. Cooper’s Creek. JDtjsphatda liloralis, R. Br. Pr. 412. Flooded ground south of Wills’s Creek and north of the Stony Desert. PnOTEACEJE. Grevtllea Ihieata, E. Br. in Sturt’s Central Austr. Ap))cnd. 87. Cooper’s Creek. 'The gum-resln obtained from this plant is called “ Pinta ” by the natives, and is used for fastening tomahawk Xie&ds.—HowUt. GreviUea Sturth, E. Br. 1. c. Sandhills along Cooper’s Creek. Ilalcea stricta, F. M!. in Linn£ca, 1853, 360. Coopjer’s Creek. Amaryllide.e. Caloslemma luteum, Sims Botan. Mag. t. 2101. South of Wills’s Creek. Cypeeaceaj. Cyperus vaginatus, E. Br. Prodr. 213 Cooper’s Creek. The tough fibre of this plant is used by the natives for making nets, &c. Geaminea!. Triraphu mollis, E. Br. Prodr. 185. Cooper’s Creek. Bactyloctenium radulans, Beauv. Agrost. 72. Cooper’s Creek. Fanicum decompositum, E. Br. Pr. 191. Cooper’s Creek. Pa-Pa of the natives, who use the seeds for food. Maesieeace.®. Alarsilea quadrifolia, L. Sp. 1563. Var. hirsuta. “ lHardoo.” Fine specimina with abundant fructification from Wills’s Creek. By Authority : JouN Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne.