SPECIMEN OF THE INDIGENOUS BOTANY OF THE MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY, BETWEEN THE COLONY ROUND PORT JACKSON AND THE SETTLEMENT OF BATHURST; BEING A PORTION OF THE RESULT OF OBSERVA TIONS MADE IN THE MONTHS OF OCTOBER, DISPOSED ACCORDING TO THE NATURAL ORDERS. BY MR. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM, BOTANICAL COLLECTOR FOR HIS MAJESTY'S GARDENS AT Kew, A SPECIMEN, &c. DICOTYLEDONES. I. THYMELEE, Jussieu. The plants of this natural family, whose prevalence forms a feature in the Flora of the Cape of Good Hope, constitute at least ten distinct genera; and of these two only have been observed upon our southern continent, viz. Pimelea, and the European genus Daphne. Although some few of the Pimelea have been discovered in the equinoctial portions of Australia, the greater number have been found to exist in the parallels of our colony and the southern parts of Van Diemen's Land. 1. PIMELEA ligustrina, Labillardière. A tall shrub, found in shaded subhumid situa tions. Banks of the Fish River and ravines near Bathurst. ི་ལ 2. PIMELEA linoides, allied to P. linifolia, Smith. Involucris 4-phyllis: foliolis laté ovatis acutis glabris capitulo subbrevioribus, perianthii tubo villosissimo: ore 4-punctato, staminibus exsertis stylum subæquantibus, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis apicibus callosis obtusis internodio plus duplo longioribus. Frequent in permanent bogs and margins of cascades, on the Blue Mountains. II. PROTEACEÆ, Jussieu. It is a remarkable fact in the geography of plants, that nearly the whole of this beautiful order is confined to the southern hemisphere, where it is very extensively scattered, without limitation to any particular latitude, Embothrium having been found in the higher parallels of South America; and with respect to situation, it does not simply exist on or near the shores, at a moderate elevation above the sea, for some plants have been traced to a perpendicular height of 4000 feet in Van Diemen's Land; and to a species of the above-mentioned genus, the Baron Humboldt has given its |