The Board of Governors of the South Australian Institute having liberally forwarded for my inspection a selection from the ornithological collection made by Mr. Frederick G. Waterhouse during Mr. Stuart's late Exploratory Expedition into Central Australia, I have thought the matter of sufficient interest to bring these birds under the notice of the Society, the more so as it will enable me to make known through our Proceedings a new and very beautiful species of Parrakeet pertaining to the genus Polyteles, of which only two have been hitherto known. Every ornithologist must be acquainted with the elegant P. melanurus and P. barrabandi, and I feel assured that the acquisition of an additional species of this lovely form will be hailed with pleasure. The specific appellation I would propose for this novelty is alexandrae, in honour of that Princess who, we may reasonably hope, is destined at some future time to be the Queen of these realms and their dependencies, of which Australia is by no means the most inconspicuous.
Polyteles alexandrae, sp. nov.
Forehead delicate light blue; lower part of the cheeks, chin, and throat rose-pink; head, nape, mantle, back, and scapularies olive-green; lower part of the back and rump blue, of a somewhat deeper tint than that of the crown; shoulders and wing-coverts pale yellowish green; spurious wing bluish green; external webs of the principal primaries dull blue, narrowly edged with greenish yellow; the remaining primaries olive-green, edged with greenish yellow; under wing-coverts verditer-green; breast and abdomen olive-grey, tinged with vinous; thighs rosy red; upper tail-coverts olive, tinged with blue; two centre tail-feathers bluish olive-green; the two next on each side olive-green on their outer webs and dark brown on the inner ones; the remaining tail-feathers tricoloured, the central portion being black, the outer olive-grey, and the inner deep rosy red; under tail-coverts olive; bill coral red; feet nearly brown.
Total length 14 inches; bill 1/2; wing 7; tail 9; tarsi 7/8.
Habitat. Howell Ponds, Central Australia, 16 degrees 54 minutes 7 seconds South latitude.
Remark. This is in every respect a typical Polyteles, having the delicate bill and elegantly striped tail characteristic of that form. It is of the same size as P. barrabandi, but differs from that species in having the crown blue and the lower part of the cheeks rose-pink instead of yellow.
The following is a list of the other species of birds comprised in the collection:
Trichoglossus rubritorquis. Rare.
Aprosmictus erythropterus.
Platycercus brownii. Rare.
Struthidea cinerea.
Climacteris melanura.
Pomatorhinus rubecula. Rare.
Cincloramphus cruralis.
Artamus leucopygialis.
Artamus cinereus. Rare.
Colluricincla brunnea.
Petroica bicolor.
Pardalotus rubricatus. Extremely rare: the second specimen seen.
Graucalus melanops.
Tropidorhynchus argenteiceps.
Geopelia cuneata.
Geopelia humeralis.
Erythrogonys cinctus.
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1. Vivipara waterhousii, Adams and Angas.
V. testa turbinata, globoso-conica, late umbilicata, spira elatiuscula, epidermide tenui fusco-viridi obtecta; anfractibus convexis, ad suturas subplanatis, faciis tribus vel quatuor angustis olivaceo-viridibus transversis ornatis; anfractu ultimo inflato, lineis duabus impressis ad peripheriam instructo; apertura ovata, postice subangulata; labio simplici; labro acuto.
Long. 2 inches, lat. 1 inch 8 lines.
Habitat. Newcastle Waters, Arnhem's Land (Coll. Angas):
This fine species most nearly resembles Vivipara ussuriensis, Gerst.; but the last whorl is more inflated, and the surface of the shell is not malleated or lirate. It is the largest species yet discovered on the Australian continent. We have great pleasure in dedicating it to F.G. Waterhouse, Esquire, who, under great difficulties during the expedition, succeeded in making many valuable additions to science.
2. Vivipara kingi, Adams and Angas.
V. testa turbinata, globoso-conica, umbilicata, spira mediocri erosa nodulosa, epidermide tenui pallide fusco-viridi obtecta, ad apicem purpurascente; anfractibus convexis, lineolis transversis et longitudinalibus elevatis decussatis, anfractu ultimo ad basin sulcis impressis spiralibus instructo; apertura ovata, antice subeffusa; labio vix reflexo.
Long. 1 inch, lat. 8 lines.
Habitat. King's Ponds, Arnhem's Land (Coll. Angas).
This is a neat, finely-decussated, concolorous species, with the upper whorls nodulous from erosion, as in Vivipara praerosa, Gerst. It is named after Mr. Stephen King, one of the gentlemen who accompanied the expedition.
3. Melania (Melasma) onca, Adams and Angas.
M. testa fusiformi-turrita; spira elata, conica; epidermide pallide olivaceo induta, rufo-fusca, pulcherrime maculata, maculis saepe in lineis undulatis longitudinalibus dispositis; anfractibus planis, longitudinaliter plicatis, plicis aequalibus regularibus subdistantibus, ad suturas nodulosis; apertura oblongo-ovata, antice effusa; labio subincrassato; labro simplici, acuto.
Long. 1 inch, lat. 4 lines.
Habitat. Tributary of Adelaide River, Arnhem's Land (Coll. Angas).
A species remarkable both for the elegance of its form and the beauty of its painting. The whorls are plicate, with a necklace-like series of nodules at the sutures; and the shell is covered with dark red-brown spots, suggestive of its specific name.
4. Amphipeplea vinosa, Adams and Angas.
A. testa ovata; spira mediocri, tenui, semipellucida, vinosa; anfractu ultimo magno, ventricoso, postice ad suturas gibboso; apertura ovata; labio callo tenui mediocri obtecto, columella spiraliter tortuosa; labro convexo, margine acuto.
Long. 9 lines, lat. 5 lines.
Habitat. Tributary of Adelaide River, Arnhem's Land (Coll. Angas).
This species may readily be distinguished on account of its peculiar vinous colour. The whorls are posteriorly gibbose or tumid at the sutures, and the callus is less spreading than in others of the genus.
5. Amphipeplea phillipsi, Adams and Angas.
A. testa ovata; spira elata, acuta, tenui, cornea; anfractu ultimo magno, non ventricoso, transversim creberrime striato; apertura oblongo-ovali; labio callo tenui expanso obtecto; labro simplici, acuto.
Long. 9 lines, lat. 4 lines.
Habitat. Arnhem's Land (Coll. Angas).
A neat, horn-coloured, finely transversely striated species, with an acute elevated spire. We have named it after Mr. T. Phillips, who has assiduously collected many new Australian shells.
6. Physa newcombi, Adams and Angas.
P. testa ovata, umbilicata; spira mediocri, acuta, ad apicem integra, cornea, viridescente aut pallide fulva; anfractibus quinque, convexis, saepe plus minusve transversim subliratis; apertura ovata; labio reflexo, umbilicum partim tegente; labro vix incrassato, peristomate nigrescente.
Long. 10 lines, lat. 7 lines.
Habitat. Ponds at Mount Margaret (Coll. Angas.)
We have much pleasure in naming this noble Physa after Dr. Newcomb, the distinguished American conchologist, who has contributed so much, by his researches in the Sandwich Islands, to our knowledge of the genus Helicter or Achatinella. The species is widely umbilicated, and the peristome is usually dark-coloured.
7. Physa ferruginea, Adams and Angas.
P. testa ovata, rimata, ferruginea; spira mediocri, apice eroso; anfractibus tribus, convexis, simplicibus, transversim crebre crenato-striatis; apertura ovata, intus purpurascente; labio tenui, late reflexo; labro acuto.
Long. 5 lines, lat. 4 lines.
Habitat. Arnhem's Land, North-west Australia (Coll. Angas.)
This is a small ferruginous species, with the whorls finely transversely striated.
8. Physa badia, Adams and Angas.
P. testa elongato-ovata, imperforata, solida, badia; spira elata, apice obtuso eroso; anfractibus quinque, convexiusculis, longitudinaliter strigillatis; apertura elongato-ovata; labio albo, excavato, lirula antica subspirali instructo; labro arcuato, in medio producto, intus fusco tincto.
Long. 1 inch, lat. 6 lines.
Habitat. Tributaries of Adelaide River, Arnhem's Land (Coll. Angas.)
A fine, solid, brown species, generally more or less eroded, and with a peculiarly strongly plicate columella.
9. Physa olivacea, Adams and Angas.
P. testa elongato-ovata, imperforata, solidiuscula, olivacea; spira elata, attenuata, apice eroso; anfractibus quinque, convexiusculis; apertura ovato-acuta; labio incrassato, flexuoso; labro acuto, margine arcuato.
Long. 6 lines, lat. 3 lines.
Habitat. Arnhem's Land (Coll. Angas.)
A neat, olive-coloured species, somewhat resembling in form the British Aplexa hypnorum, but without the polished exterior of the latter.
10. Physa concinna, Adams and Angas.
P. testa ovata, imperforata, solidiuscula, cornea; spira brevi, acuta, apice interdum papilloso; anfractibus quinque, convexiusculis; transversim striatis; apertura acuto-ovata; labio incrassato, spiraliter valde tortuoso; labro intus incrassato et fusco tincto, margine acuto, arcuato.
Long. 6 lines, lat. 3 lines.
Habitat. Arnhem's Land (Coll. Angas.)
A pale horn-coloured, somewhat solid species, with a moderately elevated spire, acute (not eroded) at the apex, and with the terminal whorls sometimes papillary.
11. Physa (Ameria) reevii, Adams and Angas.
P. testa ovali, postice abrupte truncata, imperforata, cornea; spira plana, tenui; anfractibus quatuor, planis, ultimo permagno, postice acute angulato, transversim obsolete striato; apertura oblongo-truncata; labio antice valde tortuoso; labro postice angulato.
Long. 6 lines, lat. 4 lines.
Habitat. Arnhem's Land (Coll. Angas.)
We have much pleasure in dedicating this singular species to Mr. Lovell Reeve, who has evinced much interest in the shells of this group. The last whorl is acutely angulate posteriorly, and the spire is tabulated, giving to the shell a peculiar truncate appearance.
12. Physa (Ameria) bonus-henricus, Adams and Angas.
P. testa ovata, rimata, tenui, cornea; spira vix elata, plana; anfractibus tribus, planis, postice angulatis, ultimo magno, inflato, ventricoso, postice subangulato, longitudinaliter plus minusve plicato; apertura ovata; labio tenui, subtortuoso; labro simplici, margine arcuato.
Long. 4 lines, lat. 2 1/2 lines.
Habitat. Arnhem's Land (Coll. Angas.)
This is a small inflated species, with a short truncate spire. We have dedicated it to the founder of the section Ameria, a gentleman well known for his deep researches in conchology.
13. Unio (Alasmodon) stuarti, Adams and Angas.
U. testa transversim elongato-ovata, tenui, compressa, epidermide olivaceo-fusca induta, postice corrugato-plicata, latere antico breviore rotundato, postico longiore oblique subtruncato, margine ventrali regulariter arcuato; umbonibus parvis, erosis, dentibus cardinalibus elongatis valde divergentibus, postico bifido, antico prominulo; intus iridescente.
Alt. 1 1/2 inch, lat. 3 inches 2 lines.
Habitat. Lagoon, Mount Margaret, Central Australia (Coll. Angas.)
This species, which we have named after Mr. J. McD. Stuart, the leader of the expedition, is the only Naiad, besides Alasmodon angasana of Lea, yet discovered in the regions traversed by the explorers.
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Helix perinflata, Pfr.
T. umbilicata, globosa, solida, striis incrementi rugosis et lineis impressis antrorsum descendentibus decussata, isabellino-albida; spira convexo-conoidea, apice obtusa; anfr. 4 1/2, ultimus magnus, ventrosus, subtus, perinflatus, striis spiralibus obsolete sculptus, antice deflexus; apertura diagonalis, lunari-rotundata; perist. breviter expansum margine columellari supra umbilicum angustum fornicatim dilatato.
Diam. mag. 23 1/2, min. 20, alt. 20 mill. (Coll. Angas.)
Habitat. McDonnell Range, Central Australia. Waterhouse, on Stuart's expedition.
Dilleniaceae.
Pachynema macrum, F.M. Purdie Ponds. Waterhouse. Hibbertia glaberrima, F.M. Fragmenta, Phyt. Austr. iii. 1. Brinkley Bluff, McDonnell Range. J.M. Stuart.
Nymphaeaceae.
Nymphaea gigantea. Hook. Botanical Magazine 4647. Strangways River.
Nelumbium speciosum, W. Sp. Pl. ii. 1258. Arnhem's Land.
Capparideae.
Capparis nummularia, Cand. Prodr. i. 246. Central Australia.
Capparis lasiantha, R. Br in Cand. Prodr. i. 247. Near Central Mount Stuart.
Busbeckea umbonata (Capparis umbonata, Lindl. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 275). Near Newcastle Waters and Attack Creek. Flowers similar to those of B. Mitchellii.
Droseraceae.
Drosera indica, Linn. Sp. Pl. 403. On the Bonney and Finke Rivers and Attack Creek, also in Central Australia.
Violaceae.
Ionidium enneaspermum, Vent. Malmais. page 27. Burke Creek. An allied species with a blue labellum occurs in the collection gathered at Purdie Ponds.
Frankeniaceae.
Frankenia laevis, Linn. Sp. 473 var. Finke River.
Zygophylleae.
Zygophyllum apiculatum, F.M. in Linnaea, 1852, page 373. Stevenson River.
Tribulus terrestris, Linn. Sp. 554. Mount Morphett. A large flowering variety with petals 1 inch long. At Marchant Springs, Burke River, and Attack Creek.
Malvaceae.
Hibiscus brachysiphonius, F.M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. i. 67. Near the Strangways Range.
Hibiscus pentaphyllus, F.M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. ii. 13. Newcastle Waters and Daly Waters.
Hibiscus radiatus, Cav. Diss. iii. 150, t. 54, fig. 2. Purdie Ponds, Newcastle Waters. Attack Creek.
Hibiscus sturtii, Hook. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. page 363. North of McDonnell Range.
Hibiscus solanifolius, F.M. Fragm. ii. 116. Mount Denison.
Hibiscus panduriformis, Burm. Fl. Ind. page 151, t. 47, f. 2. Burke River.
Gossypium Australe, F.M. Fragm. i. 46. Newcastle Waters, Waterhouse. Between Mount Woodcock and the Davenport Ranges.
Gossypium Sturtii, F.M. Fragm. iii. 6. as far north as the Stevenson River.
Abutilon tubulosum, All. Cunn. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 390. Burke River.
Abutilon leucopetalum, F.M. Fragm. iii. 12. Daly Waters.
Sida corrugata, Lindl. in Mitch. Three Exped. ii. 12. Var. filipoda. Attack Creek. J.M. Stuart.
Sida cryphiopetala, F.M. Fragm. ii. 4. Brinkley Bluff, McDonnell Range. J.M. Stuart.
Tiliaceae.
Corchorus sidoides, F.M. Fragm. iii. 9. McDonnell Range. J.M. Stuart.
Triumfetta plumigera, F.M. Fragm. i. 69. Purdie Ponds. F. Waterhouse.
Buettneriaceae.
Kerandrenia nephrosperma, Benth. in Proceedings of the Linnean Society; Seringea nephrosperma, F.M. in Hook. Kew Miscell. 1857, 15. Towards Arnhem's Land.
Kerandrenia Hookeri, Walp. Annal. Bot. Syst. ii. 164. Near the Roper River.
Rulingia loxophylla, F.M. Fragm. i. 68. Towards Arnhem's Land.
Melhania incana, Heyne in Wall. List. 1200. Burke River and Purdie Ponds.
Sterculiaceae.
Brachychiton ramiflorum, R. Br. in Horsf. Plant. Savan. rarior. 234. From Burke Creek onward to Arnhem's Land.
Cochlospermeae.
Cochlospermum Gregorii, F.M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. i. 71. Strangways River.
Cochlospermum heteronemum, F.M. in Hook. Kew Miscell. 1857, 15. Strangways River.
Meliaceae.
Owenia acidula, F.M. in Hook. Kew Miscell. ix. 304. Central Mount Stuart.
Sapindaceae.
Thouinia variifolia, Fragm. Phyt. Austr. i. 45. Crawford Range.
Diplopeltis Stuartii, F.M. Fragm. iii. 12. Between Mount Morphett and the Bonney River. J.M. Stuart.
Distichostemon phyllopterus, F.M. in Hook. Kew Miscell. ix. 306. Purdie Ponds. Var. serrulatus; leaves tender, lanceolate, acute, serrulated; stamens about 44. Burke River.
Dodonaea lanceolata, F.M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. i. 73. Purdie Ponds, Waterhouse. Mount Woodcock. Stuart.
Dodonaea platyptera, F.M. Fragm. i. 73. Strangways River.
Dodonaea physocarpa, F.M. Fragm. i. 74. Daly Waters.
Dodonaea microzyga, F.M. Somewhat viscid, almost glabrous; leaves with 1 to 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 to 4-celled; valves cymbeo-semiorbicular, all around broadly winged; the wing rounded-blunt on both extremities; dissepiments persistent with the columella. On the River Neale. J.M. Stuart.
A shrub with spreading and rigid branches. Most leaves about 1/2 an inch long; leaflets 1 to 2 inches long; flowers unknown; capsule with the wings added about 1/2 an inch long, shining, reddish; valves ceding from the septa; ripe seeds unknown.
The fruit of this species is almost like that of Dodonaea viscosa.
Mollugineae.
Mollugo trigastrotheca, F.M. Plants indigenous to Victoria, i. 201. Arnhem's Land.
Caryophylleae.
Polycarpoea corymbosa, Lam. Mount Samuel. J.M. Stuart.
Portulaceae.
Portulaca oleracea, Linn. Sp. Pl. 638. Common in the interior and in North Australia.
Calandrinia Balonnensis, Lindl. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. page 148. River Finke.
Phytolacceae.
Codonocarpus cotinifolius, F.M. Plants of Victoria, i. 200. From 300 to 800 miles north of Adelaide, F. Waterhouse; Central Mount Stuart, J.M. Stuart.
Gyrostemon ramulosus, Desf. in Memoir. du Museum, vi. 17 River Finke. J.M. Stuart.
Didymotheca pleiococca, F.M. Plants indigenous to Victoria, i. 198. Between the River Bonney and Mount Morphett. J.M. Stuart.
Leguminosae.
Acacia retivenea, F.M. Fragm. iii. 128. Short Range.
Acacia dictyophleba, F.M. Fragm. iii. 128. Mount Humphries.
Acacia aneura, F.M. in Linnaea, xxvi. 627. Mulga. Over the whole of Central Australia. F. Waterhouse.
Acacia tumida, F.M. in Proceedings of the Linnean Society iii. 144. Attack Creek.
Acacia impressa, F.M. in Proceedings of the Linnean Society iii. 133. Short Range.
Acacia lycopodifolia, A. Cunn. in Hook. Icon. ii. t. 172. Towards Arnhem's Land.
Acacia umbellata, A. Cunn. in Hook. London Journal of Botany i. 378. Robinson River. Stuart.
Acacia holosericea, A. Cunn. in Don. Gen. Syst. ii. 407. Near Newcastle Waters.
Pithecolobium moniliferum, Benth. in Hook. Journal of Botany iii. 211. Arnhem's Land.
Neptunia spicata, F.M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. iii. 151. Arnhem's Land.
Erythrophloeum Laboucherii, Laboucheria chlorostachya, F.M. in Proceedings of the Linnean Society iii. 159. Newcastle Waters, Stuart; Strangways River, Waterhouse.
Cassia venusta, F.M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. i. 165. Newcastle Waters and Mount Freeling. J.M. Stuart.
Cassia notabilis, F.M. Fragm. ii. 28. Between the River Bonney and Mount Morphett.
Cassia Absus, Linn. Spec. Plant. 537. Arnhem's Land.
Cassia oligoclada, F.M. Fragm. iii. 49. Attack Creek.
Cassia desolata, F.M. in Linnaea, 1852. Central Australia.
Cassia eremophila, A. Cunn. in Sturt's Centr. Austr. Append. ii. 77. Central Australia.
Petalogyne labicheoides, F.M. in Hook. Kew Miscell. 1856. From latitude 30 degrees South to latitude 17 degrees 58 minutes South. J.M. Stuart. Petalogyne cassioides forms merely a variety of this species.
Erythrina biloba, F.M. in Hook. Kew Miscell. 1857, page 21. Common to most creeks, from latitude 22 degrees to 19 degrees South. Wood soft, corky. J.M. Stuart. Stuart's Bean-tree is a species of Erythrina.
Bauhinia Leichartdtii, F.M. in Transact. Phil. Inst. Vict. iii. 50. Hayward Creek. J.M. Stuart.
Gastrolobium grandiflorum, F.M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. ii. 17. Whittington Range, J.M. Stuart; Purdie Ponds, where it attains a height of 8 feet, Waterhouse.
Gompholobium polyzygum, F.M. Fragm. ii. 29. Between Mount Morphett and the Bonney River.
Jacksonia odontoclada, F.M. Between Newcastle Water and Attack Creek. J.M. Stuart.
Isotropis atropurpurea, F.M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. ii. 16. Attack Creek, and between Mount Morphett and the Bonney River. J.M. Stuart.
Leptosema Chambersii, F.M. Essay on the Plants of the Burdekin Expedition page 8. Near Davenport Range, and between the Rivers Finke and Stevenson.
Crotalaria medicaginea, Lamb. Dict. ii. 201. Newcastle Waters. J.M. Stuart.
Crotolaria dissitiflora, Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 386. Newcastle Waters and McDonnell Range. Stuart.
Crotalaria Mitchellii, Benth. l. c. 120. Central Australia.
Crotalaria Cunninghami, R. Br. in Sturt's Central Austr. Append. 71. Burke Creek, Waterhouse; Mount Humphries, Stuart.
Indigofera hirsuta, L. Sp. Pl. 1862. Arnhem's Land.
Indigofera viscosa, Lam. Encyl. Menth. iii. 247. Brinkley Bluff. Stuart.
Indigofera oxycarpa, F.M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. iii. 103. Burke Creek. Waterhouse.
Indigofera brevidens, Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 385. Central Australia.
Indigofera lasiantha, F.M. Report on Gregory's Plants from Cooper Creek, page 6. Denison Range. J.M. Stuart.
Swainsona phacoides, Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 363. River Neale. Stuart.
Swainsona campylantha, F.M. Report on Gregory's Plants from Cooper Creek. Bagot Range. J.M. Stuart.
Psoralea patens, Lindl. in Mitch. Three Exped. ii. 8. Attack Creek. Var. cinerea. Mount Kingston.
Psoralea balsamica, F.M. in Proceed. Phil. Inst. Vict. iii. 55. Attack Creek and McDonnell Range. J.M. Stuart.
Psoralea leucantha, F.M. l. c. iii. 54. Attack Creek.
Clianthus Dampierii, All. Cunn. in Transact. Horticult. Soc. ii. Ser. Vol. i. 522. Near Mount Humphries.
Onagreae.
Jussioea suffruticosa, Linn. Sp. Pl. 555. Attack Creek and Strangways River.
Rhamnaceae.
Alphitonia excelsa, Reiss. in Endl. Gen. Plant. page 1098. Daly Waters.
Euphorbiaceae.
Euphorbia hypericifolia, Linn. Sp. Plant. Attack Creek.
Flueggea leucopyris, W. Sp. Plant. McDouall Range and Roper River.
Petalostigma quadriloculare, F.M. in Hook. Kew Miscell. ix. 17. Near Mount Blyth.
Combretaceae.
Macropteranthes Kekwickii, F.M. Fragm. iii. 151. Newcastle Waters, near Ashburton Range.
Terminalia circumalata, F.M. Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ii. 91. Attack Creek.
Terminalia bursarina, F.M. Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. ii. 149. Newcastle Waters.
Rhizophoreae.
Carallia integerrima, Cand. Prodr. iii. 33. Roper River. Waterhouse.
Cucurbitaceae.
Cucumis jucunda, F.M. in Transact. Phil. Inst. Vict. iii. 45. Central Australia.
Melastomaceae.
Osbeckia Australiana, Naudin in Annal. des Scien. Naturell. Ser. iii. xiv. 59. Arnhem's Land.
Melastoma Novae Hollandiae, Nand. l. c. xiii. 290. Adelaide River.
Myrtaceae.
Carega arborea, Roxb. Coromand. iii. t. 218. Billiatt Springs. Waterhouse.
Melaleuca leucadendron. L. Mant. 105. Attack Creek. Roper River.
Melaleuca dissitiflora, F.M. Fragm. iii. 153. Between the Bonney River and Mount Morphett.
Eucalyptus setosa, Schauer in Walp. Report, ii. 926. Sandy Scrub near the River Bonney.
Calycothrix microphylla, All. Cunn. in Botanical Magazine 3323. Sources of the River Roper.
Boeckea polystemonea, F.M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. ii. 124. Brinkley Bluff, McDonnell Range.
Umbelliferae.
Didiscus glaucifolius, F.M. in Linnaea, 1852, page 395. Var. cyanopetalus. Finke River. J.M. Stuart. The colour of the petals varies likewise blue and white in Didiscus coeruleus and in one species of Dimetopia.
Rubiaceae.
Canthium oleifolium, Hook. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 397. Var. latifolium. Central Australia, in Mulga Scrub. J.M. Stuart.
Compositae.
Calotis Waterhousii. F.M. Purdie Ponds. Waterhouse.
Eurybia Ferresii, F.M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. iii. 18. t. xviii. Brinkley Bluff. J.M. Stuart.
Pluchea ligulata, F.M. Enumeration of Plants of Babbage's Expedition page 12. Strangways River. Waterhouse.
Monenteles globifer, Cand. Prodr. v. 455. McDonnell Range, Stuart. Attack Creek, Waterhouse.
Helichrysum Davenportii, F.M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. iii. 32. (Sect. Acroclinium.) On the River Neale.
Helichrysum Cassianum, Gaudichaud Voyage Freycenet. page 466, t. 87. (Sect. Pteropogon.) River Finke. J.M. Stuart. The capitula are rather smaller than those figured by Gaudichaud; but in Mr. Oldfield's collection from the Murchison River we observe analogous specimens, with intermediate gradations. The involucre-scales are sometimes delicately rose-coloured.
Senecio Gregorii, F.M. Report on Gregory's Plants from Cooper Creek, page 7. Finke River. J.M. Stuart.
Goodeniaceae.
Goodenia grandiflora, Sims, Botanical Magazine 890. Mount Freeling. Stuart.
Goodenia hirsuta, F.M. Fragm. iii. 35. Central Australia.
Goodenia heterochila, F.M. Fragm. iii. 142. Newcastle Water.
Goodenia Vilmoriniae, F.M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. iii. 19. Between the River Bonney and Mount Morphett. Stuart.
Goodenia Ramelii, F.M. Fragm. iii. 20. Attack Creek. Stuart.
Vellega connata, F.M. Transactions of the Phil. Soc. i. 18. Between the River Bonney and Mount Morphett. Stuart.
Scaevola microcarpa, Cavan. Icon. vi. 6, t. 509. Towards Central Australia.
Lobeliaceae.
Isotoma petroea, F.M. in Linnaea, 1852, page 420. James Range and Hugh River.
Asclepiadeae.
Leichardtia Australis, R. Br. in Sturt's Central Australia. ii. Append. page 81. Daly Water.
Apocyneae.
Carissa lanceolata, R. Br. Prodr. 468. Strangways River.
Acanthaceae.
Dipterancanthus Australasicus, F.M. Report on Gregory's Plants from Cooper Creek, page 8. Near Anna Reservoir.
Rostellularia procumbens, Nees in Wall. Plant. Asiat. rarior. iii. 101. Purdie Ponds.
Solaneae.
Solanum pulchellum, F.M. Transact. Phil. Soc. Vict. i. 18. Purdie Ponds.
Soluanum chenopodinum, F.M. Fragm. ii. 165. On Stuart Creek, and between Mount Blyth and Mount Fisher. Stuart.
Scrophularineae.
Buchnera linearis, R. Br. Prodr. 437. King's Ponds.
Vandellia plantaginea, F.M. in Trans. Vict. Inst. iii. 62. Arnhem's Land.
Morgania floribunda, Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. Var. glandulosa. Central Australia.
Rhamphicarpa adenophora, F.M. Near Attack Creek.
Bignoniaceae.
Spathodea heterophylla, R. Br. Prodr. 470. King's Chain of Ponds.
Tecoma Australis, R. Br. Prodr. 471. Var. angustifolia. McDonnell Range, and distributed over a wide range of latitude in the interior, according to Mr. Stuart. Tecoma Oxleyi, Tecoma floribunda, and Tecoma diversifolia are mere varieties of Tecoma Australis.
Asperifoliae.
Halgania solanacea, F.M. in Hook. Kew Miscell. 1857. page 21. Between Bonney River and Mount Morphett.
Halgania strigosa, Schlecht. Linnaea, xx. 640. Brinkley Bluff.
Trichodesma Zeilanicum, R. Br. Prodr. 496. Newcastle Water.
Labiatae.
Prostanthera striatiflora, F.M. in Linn. 1852, page 376. Mount Morphett.
Convolvulaceae.
Evolvulus linifolius, Linn. Sp. Pl. 392. Brinkley Bluff.
Ipomoea reptans, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. iii. 460. A white-flowering variety. Purdie Ponds.
Ipomoea pannosa, R. Br. Prodr. 487. Newcastle Water, Attack Creek, and Strangways River.
Jasminiae.
Jasminum calcarium, F.M. Fragm. i. 212. Common to most creeks of the interior. Stuart. The lobes of the calyx are narrower than in the specimens from the Murchison River; the lobes of the corolla likewise narrower, and occasionally augmented to nine. The leaflets sometimes ovate. Transient forms are sent from Champion Bay by Mr. Walcott.
Myoporinae.
Avicennia officinalis, L. Sp. Pl. page 110. Var. angustifolia. Daly Water.
Eremophila Goodwinii, F.M. Report on Babb. Plants, page 17. Mount Freeling, Attack Creek, and Mount Samuel. Stuart. Var. angustifolia; leaves linear; calyx and pedicel glabrous; corolla outside glabrous or scantily hairy. Marchant Springs.
Eremophila Macdonellii, F.M. Report on Babb. Plants, page 18. Var. glabra. Valley of the Elizabeth River.
Eremophila Latrobei, F.M. in Papers of Royal Society of Tasmania 1858. Arnhem's Land, and near Anna Reservoir. J.M. Stuart.
Eremophila Brownii, F.M. in Papers of Royal Society of Tasmania 1858. McDonnell Range. Stuart.
Eremophila Willsii, F.M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. ii. 21, t. xx. River Finke. Stuart.
Eremophila Sturtii, R. Br. in Sturt's Central Austr. App. page 85. Daly Water.
Eremophila longifolia, F.M. in Papers of Royal Society of Tasmania 1858. Strangways Range, Stuart; Billiatt Springs, Waterhouse.
Eremophila maculata, F.M. in Papers of Royal Society of Tasmania 1858. Sandy scrub country from the south through Central Australia to Attack Creek. Waterhouse.
Verbenaceae.
Clerodendron cardiophyllum, F.M. Fragm. iii. 144. Mulga Scrub, Stuart; Daly Water, Waterhouse.
Newcastlia spodiotricha, F.M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. iii. 21. Between the Victoria River and the Gulf of Carpenteria, from 17 to 19 degrees South latitude.
Lentibulariae.
Utricularia fulva, F.M. in Trans. Phil. Inst. iii. 63 Strangways River.
Laurineae.
Gyrocarpus sphenopterus, R. Br. Prodr. page 405. Short Range.
Thymeleae.
Pimelea sanguinea. F.M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. i. 84. Purdie Ponds.
Proteaceae.
Grevillea mimosoides, R. Br. Prodr. page 380. Roper River.
Grevillea agrifolia, All. Cunn. in R. Br. Suppl. page 24. McDonnell Range, Short Range. Var. lancifolia. Central Australia.
Grevillea Sturtii, R. Br. in Sturt's Centr. Austr. Append. page 24. Central Mount Stuart. Var. pinnatisecta; segments usually five. Scrub near Forster Range. J.M. Stuart.
Grevillea lineata, R. Br. in Sturt's Centr. Austr. Append. page 24. Scrub near Forster Range.
Grevillea chrysodendron, R. Br. 379. Billiatt Springs. Waterhouse.
Grevillea refracta, R. Br. Prodr. page 380. Newcastle Water, Billiatt Springs, and Short Range.
Grevillea dimidiata, F.M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. iii. 146. Roper River. Waterhouse.
Hakea arborescens, R. Br. Prodr. page 386. Arnhem's Land.
Hakea lorea, R. Br. Suppl. page 25. Central Australia. Bark corky.
Amaranthaceae.
Alternanthera denticulata, R. Br. Prodr. 417. Burke River.
Alternanthera nana, R. Br. Prodr. 417. Burke River.
Gomphrena humilis, R. Br. Prodr. 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 Dr. Muller on the Dawson River, and by Mr. Fitzalan at Port Denison.
Gomphrena canescens, R. Br. Prodr. 416. Attack Creek. J.M. Stuart. (Victoria River and Sturt Creek, F. Muller; Sweer's Island, Henne; Nickol Bay, Walcot.) Capsula usually beautifully pink, sometimes purple or white. Peduncles occasionally more than 6 inches long; the staminodia sometimes excel the anthers in length.
Ptilotus corymbosus, R. Br. Prodr. 415. Var. spicatus. Attack Creek.
Trichinium gracile, R. Br. 415. Tropical Australia.
Trichinium nobile, Lindl. in Mitch. Three Exped. ii. 22. Short Range.
Trichinium brachytrichum, F.M. Fragm. iii. 157. Central Australia. J.M. Stuart.
Urticeae.
Ficus Stuartii, F.M. McDonnell Range; Brinkley Bluff. Several other undescribed species of fig-trees occur in the collection, but cannot be satisfactorily characterised from the material extant.
Cycadeae.
A cycadeous plant, seemingly distinct from the seven Australian species, occurs on McDonnell Range, and is mentioned as a palm in the Journal of the explorers. Only leaves being now submitted for examination, it remains for future researches to throw light on this plant.
Amaryllideae.
Calostemma luteum, Sims, in Botanical Magazine 2101. Mount Margaret. Stuart. The edge of the corona is sometimes rather undulated than toothed.
Crinum angustifolium, R. Br. 297. From latitude 22 to 32 degrees South. J.M. Stuart.
Orchideae.
Cymbidium canaliculatum, R. Br. Prodr. 331. Strangways River.
Commelyneae.
Commelyna ensifolia, R. Br. Prodr. 269. McDonnell Range, and near Mount Freeling. J.M. Stuart.
Commelyna agrostophylla, F.M. Arnhem's Land.
Liliaceae.
Bulbine semibarbata, Haw. Revis. 33. Thring River. Stuart.
Gramineae.
Eriachne obtusa, R. Br. Prodr. 184. Short Range.
Ectrosia leporina, R. Br. Prodr. 186. Purdie Ponds.
Perotis rara, R. Br. Prodr. 172. Purdie Ponds, Waterhouse; Short Range, Stuart.
Andropogon bombycinus, R. Br. Prodr. 202. Central Australia, McDonnell Range.
Chloris ventricosa, R. Br. Prodr. 186. Arnhem's Land.
Lappago racemosa, W. Sp. l. 484. Attack Creek.
Panicum decompositum,, R. Br. Prodr. 191. Stevenson River.
Oryza sativa, L. Sp. Pl. Newcastle Water. J.M. Stuart.
Pappophorum commune, F.M. Enumeration of Greg. Plants from Cooper Creek, page 10. Central Australia.
Cyperaceae.
Hypaelyptum microcephalum, R. Br. Prodr. 221. Attack Creek.
Filices.
Marsilia quadrifolia, L. Sp. Pl. Var. hirsuta. Nardoo. Through Central and North Australia, on localities subject to inundation.
Lygodium semibipinnatum, R. Br. Prodr. 162. Roper River.
Blechnum Orientale, L. Sp. Pl. 1535. River Adelaide. This fern was not previously recorded as existing in Australia.
Cheilanthes tenuifolia, Swartz Filic. 129. River Roper, Mount Freeling.
A'Beckett's Pool.
Accident:to instruments.to plans.to Mr. Stuart.to Kekwick.
Adelaide River:Valley of the.
Alligator's skull found.
Anderson Creek.
Andamoka.
Ann Creek.
Anna:Creek.Mount.Reservoir.
Ant-hills.
Ants.
Arden, Mount.
Arthur, Mount.
Ascent of:Brinkley Bluff.Mount Denison.Mount Strzelecki.Mount Primrose.Mount Stuart.
Ashburton Range.
Attack Creek.
Attraction, Mount.
Auld's Chain of Ponds.
Auriferous appearances.
Babbage, Mr.
Bagot Range.
Baker Creek.
Bamboo.
Barker's party, Mr.
Barker Creek.
Barkley Mount.
Barrow:Creek.Springs.
Bectimah Gaip.
Beddome, Mount.
Beda.
Ben:Mount.Illness of.Faithfulness of.
Bennett Springs.
Beresford Springs.
Billiatt Springs.
Birds.
Bishop Creek.
Blue-Grass Swamp.
Blyth:The.Mount.
Bonney Creek.
Bottle:Hill.Mr. Stuart leaves one.
Brinkley Bluff.
British Flag planted.
Brodie, Mr.
Browne, Mount.
Burial in trees.
Burke Creek.
Cabbage Palms.
Carruthers Creek.
Centre of Australia.
Central Mount Stuart.
Chambers:Bay.Creek.Pillar.River.
Charles:Mount.Creek.
Cockatoos.
Coffee, A substitute for.
Coglin, The.
Comet, A.
Cooper Creek.
Copper, Indications of.
Cork-tree.
Coulthard.
Coward Springs.
Crawford Range.
Cucumber:a cure for scurvy.boiled.
Daly:Water.Range.
Daniel, Mount.
Davenport:Creek.Range.
Deception, Mount.
Decoy Hill.
Delusion, Mount.
Denison, Mount.
Dingo, The.
Douglas, The.
Dutton, Mount.
Eclipse of sun.
Elizabeth:The.Springs.
Ellen Creek.
Emerald Springs.
Esther, Mount.
Expedition, Victorian.
Eyre Lake.
Fan-palm.
Fanny:The.Springs.
Ferguson's, Mr.:Station.Creek.
Fern, A New.
Figg, Mount.
Finke:River.Mount.
Finniss Springs.
Fish:shooting.
Fisher Creek.
Flowers, New.
Forster Range.
Fowler Bay.
Francis Ponds.
Freeling:Mount.Springs.
Freemasonry among the natives.
Frew:The.Water-hole.
Frost.
Gairdner Lake.
George Creek.
Gibson's Station, Mr.
Gilbert Creek.
Gleeson Creek.
Glen's Station, Mr.
Goodiar Creek.
Goolong Springs.
Goose, A peculiar.
Goyder, Mount.
Grape, Wild.
Gregory:Mr.Creek.
Gwynne, Mount.
Hall, Mount.
Hamilton:Mount.Springs.
Hanson:Creek.Bluff.Range.
Harvey, Mount.
Harris, Mount.
Hawker:Creek.Mount.Springs.
Hay, Mount.
Hayward Creek.
Head's Range.
Helpman:Mount.Lieutenant.
Hergott Springs.
Hope, The Spring of.
Hostile natives.
Hot wind.
Howell Ponds.
Hugh:Mount.The.
Humphries, Mount.
Hunter Creek.
James Range.
Jarvis' Station.
Ice.
Illness of:Mr. Stuart.Kekwick.Waterhouse.
Incantation scene.
Indiarubber-tree.
Insubordination.
Inundation, An.
John Range.
Iron tomahawk.
Kangaroo mice.
Katherine, The.
Kekwick:Good conduct of.Accident to.Illness of.Ponds.Springs.Large Group of Springs.
King's Chain of Ponds.
Kingston, Mount.
Lawson Creek.
Leichardt, Mount.
Levi's:Boundary.Station.
Levi, Mount.
Lily:A new.Marsh.
Lindsay Creek.
Louden Spa.
Loveday Creek.
Macaw.
Malay type of natives.
Mann, Mount.
Marchant Springs.
Margaret:The.Mount.
Mary, The.
Masters lost and found.
McDouall Range.
McEllister Springs.
McGorrerey Ponds.
McKinlay Creek.
McLaren Creek.
Miller's Water.
Milne Springs.
Morphett:Creek.Mount.
Mudleealpa.
Muller, Mount.
Murchison Range.
Mussel Camp.
Nash Spring.
Natives:camping-place.fondness for fishhooks.Freemasons.
Native:villages.stories in Adelaide about.weapons.wells.
Neale:The.River, West.
Newcastle Water.
Nuts, Poisonous.
O'Halloran, Mount.
Opossum, Forster catches an.
Oratunga.
Owen Springs.
Palm-tree, A remarkable.
Parrots.
Parla.
Parry Springs.
Pascoe Springs.
Pasley Ponds.
Peake:The.Mount.
Pernatta.
Phillips Creek.
Pigeons.
Pigfaces.
Planting the flag.
Poisonous plants.
Porter Hill.
Powell Creek.
Polly:Lameness of.Madness of.has a foal.Springs.
Primrose:Mount.Springs.
Priscilla Creek.
Purdie Ponds.
Rennie, Mount.
Reynolds Range.
Roper River.
Rose, A new.
Ross, The.
Samuel, Mount.
Santo, Mount.
Scurvy.
Sea, First view of the.
Separation Camp.
Shells.
Shillinglaw, Mount.
Short Range.
Smith, the deserter.
Stevenson:The.Mount.
Stirling, The.
Stow, Mount.
Strangways:Mount.Range.River.Springs.
Streaky Bay.
Strzelecki, Mount.
Stuart, Central Mount.
Sturt:Captain.Mount.Plains.Range.
Sullivan:lost for three days.Creek.
Taylor, The.
Tennant Creek.
Thring Creek.
Tide Creek, Adelaide River.
Tomahawk:Iron.Stone.
Tomkinson Creek.
Torrens Lake.
Traces of:a native battle.natives.
Tree:New.Palm.India-rubber.Cork.Orange.
Trees marked.
Turkeys.
Turtle, A live.
Vegetable, Useful.
Victoria Expedition.
Wallaby.
Warburton, Major.
Warwick Range.
Waterbags, Failure of.
Waterfall, A beautiful.
Waterfowl.
Waterhouse:Illness of.Range.River.
Waterlily, A new.
Watson Creek.
Watts, Mount.
Wealaroo.
Whittington Range.
Wicksteed Creek.
William:Creek.Springs.
Wind, A hot.
Wingilpin.
Woodcock, Mount.
Woodforde's:encounter with natives.Creek.
Yarraout.
Yarra Wirta.
Yolticowrie.
Younghusband, Mount.