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 islands'the only timber. This is probably the nearest ap- p.roach of the species to the equinoctial line; 'and although it occupies an area of nine hundred miles, it is very pro- bably limited in Terra Australia to its immediate shoes; and, as appears to be the case with Pandanus, exists only within the influence of the sea air. CalladJure macrorhlzon, Willd., formerly observed by 8it Joseph Banks, at Endearour River, on the East Coast, has- been recently detected in moist woods, in the country off which the Five Islands are situate, extending on that shore to latitude 35 �th; and Schelhemmera multiflora, Br., a delicate plat of Melanthaceee, discovered likewise at Endearour River, abounds in shady forests, i latitude 31 �on the same extensive coast. The following plants, formerly considered as indigenous only in Van Diemen's Land, have been recently ascertained to exist also in New South Wales, in or about the parallel of the colony of Port Jackson. Croton viscosum, Labill., 'originally discovered on the South-west Coast, was seen in the interior, as far to the westward of the colony as longitude 146 �t. Croton quadripartitum, Lab///., was observed iu longi- tude 148 �Goodia lotifolia, galisb., was remarked sparingly in the interior, in the meridian of 147 � East; and Da*iesia latifolia of Mr. Brown is very frequent in societies upon plains at Bathurst, in longitude 149 �t, where also Eryn- gium vesiculosum, of Labillardiere, was observed. Aster argophy!lus and o. bovatus, Labill. These two spe- cies were described by Mons. Labillardiere, from speci- mens gathered in the southern extremes of'the above island, and have been lately seen tolerably frequent in a remarkable tract of country, in latitude 34 � the limit VoL. 1I. g M

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