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OUTLINE OF PLANT GEOGRAPHY 



feature of this region are the many species of sundews which 

 abound in the sandy moorlands, some of them slender, half -climb- 

 ing plants four or five feet high, with pink flowers like small single 

 roses, while others are tiny rosettes of leaves lying close to the 

 ground. Yellow Hibbertias (Dilleniaceae), several pretty Lil- 

 iaceae (e. g., Thysonotus, Burchardia), and species of Pattersonia, 

 of the Iris family; Boronias and many species of the curious "trig- 



A B 



Fig. 90. — A. Wild flowers, Perth. At extreme left, "Kangaroo paws" (Anigozan- 



thus Manglesii); B. Banksia grandis. 



ger-flowers," Candollea, are common and characteristic. Among 

 the many strange and showy flowers peculiar to West Australia 

 none are more remarkable than the " Kangaroo-paws" of the genus 

 Anigozanthus (Amaryllidaceae). These flowers show the most 

 bizarre coloring— green and scarlet, yellow and black, red and 

 yellow, or pure green. 



Besides the many species of Eucalyptus, Acacia and Casuarina, 

 the smaller trees and shrubs include many Proteaceae, of which 

 Grevillea, Banksia and Hakea are the most abundant; Myrtaceae, 



