74 MR. J. G. O. TEPPER ON THE DISCOVERY 
nearly N.-S. It is overgrown with low Hucalypti (sp. indeter- 
minable), Casuarina distyla, and very dwarfish Banksia marginata, 
scarcely one of the latter being above 2 feet high, many less. 
Among the rocks at the summit we found Marianthus bignoni- 
aceus, Which near Adelaide is only observed in moist springy 
gullies. Eucalyptus obliqua forms open groups of forest on some 
of the other hills adjoining Mount Jagged. On a sandy hillside 
near its foot we found the curious Caustis pentandra sparingly 
among open scrub. Some 93 species of plants were collected by 
us during our short stay of less than two days, of which my speci- 
mens were, after our return, submitted to Baron F. v. Mueller, 
who determined them most courteously for me, the accompanying 
list presenting the result. Those marked by an asterisk are new 
to the province. Others were found N. from the Willunga road, 
where a succession of fine water-holes occurs, but no flowing water, 
accompanied by a much different vegetation. This locality has 
never before been examined at this season. 
The most important result obtained is, that among the plants 
collected at the Square Waterhole were 12 species new for this 
province, and hitherto only found in Tasmania. Ten of these 
belong to genera already represented here; but 2 genera, viz. 
Micrantheum hexandrum and Caustis pentandra, are also new. 
Meadows Creek, where I personally collected only thirteen species, 
added two more Tasmanian plants, viz. Hibbertia hirsuta and 
Carex inversa. Thus another point has been established eluci- 
dating the distribution of Australian plants, Prof. Tate having 
found several, inclusive of Micrantheum hexandrum and Caustis 
pentandra, lately at Kangaroo Island. 
The locality which was examined at Meadows Creek is a long 
valley, and from about a quarter of a mile to a mile wide, perfectly 
level, on the western side of which the imperfectly defined water- 
course is situated, chiefly marked by a chain of larger and smaller 
holes containing permanent fresh water. Large Red-gum trees 
(Eucalyptus rostrata) accompany them, replaced higher up on the 
hill-slopes by Æ. leucozylon and E. obliqua. The flat is covered a 
short distance from the bed with very dense clumps of Banksia mar- 
ginata, underneath which a dense covering is noted of Calastrophus 
(Jastigiatus ?), Lepidosperma laterale, and, near the water, large 
tussocks of Poa cespitosa, within which Carez inversa was found 
exclusively. Very close to the banks, on permanently moist 
ground, occurs in small patches the Cynodon sp. (No. 100), which 
