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pitulate the chief of these adaptations, adding a few examples of 
each by way of illustration. 
(a) Diminution of the transpiring surface. 
Hibbertia glomerata, Tetratheca efoliata, Mirbelia spp., Jack- 
sonia spinosa, Daviesia brevifolia, Cassia spp., Loudonia aurea and 
Roei, Myrtacee Chamelaucier, Grevillea spp., Hakea spp.» 
Exocarpus spartea. 
(b) Spines and thorns. 
Spiny plants are remarkably few in number, and in most 
cases the armature is not very prominent. Some examples are: 
-Bursaria spinosa (this also occurs with spines along the moist 
Australian littoral), Gastrolobium calycinum and GŒ. spinosum, 
Mirbelia microphylla and M. microphylloides, Jacksonia spinosa, 
Acacia erinacea, Cryptandra petraa, Scevola spinescens, Solanum 
spp. (thorns). 
(e) Aphylly. 
This also is not so common as might be supposed ; as instances 
may be cited : 
Tetratheca Harperi, Brachysema Chambersii and B.daviesioides, 
Daviesta aphylla, Templetonia egena, Spartothamnus teucriiflorus, 
Exocarpus aphylla, Casuarina spp. 
(d) Phyllodes or leaves oriented in the manner of 
phyllodes. 
Gastrolobium bilobum, Phyllota lycopodioides and other Legu- 
minose Podalyriee, Acacia spp., Eucalyptus spp., Astroloma 
Candolleanum, Persoonia Leucopogon, Lysinema ciliatum, Grevillea, 
spp. 
(e) A thick tomentum. 
Sida spp, Hibiscus Krichauffianus, Keraudrenia integrifolia, 
Rulingia coacta and other spp., Swainsona spp., Psoralea eriantha, 
Cnephosis spp, Angianthus tomentosus, Gnaphalodes spp., Sola- 
num spp., Verbenacex, Chloanthex, Loranthus gibberulus and 
L. Nestor. 
(f) Leaf-surface reduced, the leaves being of the rad 
type. 
Dodonea filifolia and D. stenozyga, Verticordia spp., Calythrix 
spp. Thryptomene spp., Melaleuca uncinata &e., Grevillea nema- 
tophylla &e., Hakea lorea. 
