BY P. A. o'SHANESY, F.L.S. 735 



hood of Brisbane. Trifling as these errors appear, they not 

 unfrequently lead to several awkward ones. We f onnd the pretty 

 little Acacia confer ta among the sheltered ranges near Minerva 

 Creek, where, covered with a profusion of golden yellow flowers, 

 it lent a charming effect to the landscape. It is a pretty shrub 

 of four to five feet, the small lanceolate leaves crowded on the 

 branches, and not exceeding three or four lines in length. I 

 subsequently found this species at Duaringa near the Dawson 

 River. We found two other species of Acacia here, one a middle- 

 sized, spreading tree resembling A. macradenia ; the other a 

 shrub or small tree with short, broad, oblique phyllodia and 

 flowers in short cylindrical spikes of about an inch and a half in 

 length ; this shrub is found on the summit of the ranges. 

 Albizzia basaltica or " Dead Finish " is also of frequent occurrence; 

 the wood is red, with a fine straight, silky grain, and is valued 

 for making stock-whip handles and fancy articles. We also 

 noticed Hovea longipes, a pretty shrub with a profusion of bright 

 blue flowers ; the young pods of this shrub are eaten by the 

 aborigines. The following are of frequent occurrence among 

 the ranges: Crotalaria trifoliastrum, C.juncea, JErytlirina vespertilio 

 or "Cork-tree," Psoralea tenax, Cassia eremophila and C. concinna 

 (which deserves cultivation) and C. australis which is common in 

 all the scrubs in the neighbourhood. Indigofera pratemis deserves 

 to be cultivated, and we also saw /. linifolia, I. enneaphylla, and 

 I. hirsuta which is a common weed. The curious little Zonia 

 diphylla and the pink-flowered Lotus australis were also noticeable, 

 and on the gravelly ridges among the ranges we found a shrubby 

 species of Atylosia. 



Of Apocynacecs we only found Alyxia ruscifolia, a handsome 

 shrub with small, dark green, pungent leaves, and white fragrant 

 flowers, which are succeeded by large, red, milky berries. 

 Asclepiadacece we found represented by Cynanchum Jioribundum, a 

 perennial milky twiner with large bunches of lilac flowers and 

 peculiar capsules of nearly three inches in length ; it is well worth 



