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The abundance of this singular order at Swan River is most remarkable. Judging from the specimens hitherto received they must be among the most common plants; indeed this Colony seems to produce a greater proportion of species than any other country yet examined. In Brown's prodromus forty-six species only are named for all New Holland, if ten are added for those of other countries, we shall have only fifty-six; but I possess from Swan River alone at least forty well marked species, and there are some of Baron Hugel's with which I am unacquainted. By far the larger part of these are plants that it would be desirable to introduce into cultivation; for, independently of the singular irritability of their column, they have in most cases beautiful gaily coloured flowers, the abundance of which compensates for their smallness; and from what we know of the very few yet in gardens, no difficulty has to be anticipated in their cultivation. Their tints are by no means confined to pink, as it would seem from those already seen in a living

 (121) (I. A.) leptostachyum; scapo simplici glaberrimo discolore, foliis obovatis acutis longè petiolatis, racemo simplici elongato, rachi ovariis pedicellisque glandulosis.—Flowers small, apparently white. Stem 1½ to 2 feet high, very slender, deep purple.

 (122) Stylidium (I. A.) scabridum; scapo glanduloso-piloso decurnbente foliis linearibus reduplicatis pubescenti-scabris æquali, racemo laxo subcorymboso glanduloso-hirsuto.

 (123) Stylidium (I. A.) caricifolium; scapo stricto glanduloso-piloso foliis lineari-ensiformibus reduplicatis pubescenti-scabris longiore, racemo sub-ramoso, rachi ovariis pedunculisque glandulosis.—Near the last, but the flowers are much larger, and the rachis &e. destitute of the shagginess of that species.

 (124) Stylidium (I. C.) saxifragoides; foliis lineari-lanceolatis apice piliferis margine scabriusculis, scapo glabro, racemo subramoso, rachi ovario corollâque glanduloso-pilosis.

 (125) Stylidium (I. C.) striatum; foliis obovato-lanceolatis acutissimis flabellatim venosis glabris, scapo glaberrimo glauco foliis quibusdum lincaribus prope medium approximatis et quasi verticillatis, racemo simplici, floribus eglandulosis.—Perhaps this plant should be rather stationed in Brown's section I.D., for the small leaves of the scape are almost verticillate; the leaves however are remarkably different from those of any other species. The scape is 1½ foot high; the flowers seem to be white.

 (126) Stylidium (I. C.) bicolor; foliis linearibus mucronatis margine scabris, scapo glaberrimo aphyllo, racemo laxo subramoso, ovario rachi corollâque glandulosis.—Flowers apparently white, with a deep purple spot in the middle of the lobes of the corolla.

 (127) Stylidium (I. C.) ciliatum; foliis linearibus ciliatis apice piliferis, scapo floribusque pilis luteis glandulosis vestitis, rachi villosissimâ, paniculâ pyramidatâ.—Flowers apparently white.