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THE TASMANIAN NATURALISTpearance. The dowers are similar to thelastnamed, and it grow. up to nearly 30ft.high.

Acacia 8uavcolens. ThiB one is -similarto Btricta., but grows larger. Has leaves.or phynodes, up to nearly 6 inches inlength. Has a single midrib, i . dull incolor and very n & r i o w ~ and has ridgesalong the stem., especia.11y near a branchor leaf, giving & triangu1ar appearance.I t flowers in the autumn and they appear at the base of the leaf in very pretty

buds of a brownish calor, which open intoa line apike of florets or balls up to 2%inches long.Aca.ci& vcmeriformis has leaves somet h i n ~ like the nose of man, and is namedfor Ita similarity to the shape of the honein the nose caUed the "vomer." I t onlygrow. up to about one foot high, theleave. or phyllodes are up to half an inchlong, and pretty hall. of flowers at intervals along the stem. Flowers in spring.J. C. Breaden.

Some Tasmanian N aluralisls.(1) Cook, Anderson, Nelson.I ntroduetlon.

Tasmania was discovered early in thf'fifth decade of the 17th century, ..nunot un t i l the opening years of the jastcentury did actual settlement take place.'0 the time intervening between disCOVery and settlement. a num-beT of exp-diions of British and French nationalItiesvi:dted ilte s h o r e ~ of the lRland. Attached to most of these exped1tioDS welem ~ n who had d!stinguished them.lv sin their pursuit of scientitlc knowledge.With the sailors who navigated their

I ' ~ m a l l shipfl: into theBe uncharted watersthese men enduren hardship:o; which ar?t,)uay in('onr'eiv'able. Af ter long andpf

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THE TASMANIAN NATURALIST(8 ) JAQUES JUl.J.EN LABILLAKDlERE.

the excItement of the revolution illno way abated the interest of theFrench n ~ t i o n in the disappearanCe o(their illustrious navigator, La Peiousc."l'ne years 1789 and 1190 passed away,but nothing was heard of his E:xpeuition, which had left 8ydney for a l 'acitl.cruise in 1788.A ' lwn.. n ! i a l the }I'rencb G-overnment. uespatcned A\ l lD. l ra l .tsrun"..J,J'.biutreCtttiil.aux with two ships, .La.,tC.ecnerCOe and. 1..I".b.'Sperance, to 'the .t"c,.I.

ClnC to JjQtve [he m )' i:H,el'Y ot the bea..d . small tiClelltlnc s tal l was a.ttacbeu Lulone ex.peuJ.tlon, tne cnJ.et natural is t DelUg Ja.ques J uhell LaIJIJ.larUlere. b e wa.sl:ISJistea. by three other observers, l>eblch&m.ps, l'erin, &Dd La. Ha.ye. An al!l\.l'OnQllieT ntuller bel"trand a.LSO accumpamea t!le expedition, out it seems th ... L.ne remalned a t the (.;a.pe or (,;iOO(1 Hove.We know little ot Labll lardiere, l J U ~tnat he w as a sClentist of no meau order 11) clearly seen by hIS accompJ.s.bments. 1"'rQoab-1Y he was one of ..Ut!' ent.hUSlaBts who wo-rked Wlth sucn ......enaB Buffon or JU88ieu. The expeditlOlla r r i v ~ 011: the SOUUl 01 ' asmaula InApril, 1711%, a11