2S0 VEGETATION OF NEW ENGLAND, N.S.W., 



Composite^ are a conspicuous feature, and in spring time a 

 large area of both the flat and hilly country is studded with the 

 showy flowers of many species which have a charming effect. 

 Olearia, Brachycome and Helichrysum are more largely represented 

 by species than any other three genera of this order. Many 

 exotic species, some of an undesirable character, of this family 

 have established themselves almost all over this area. Several 

 species of Stylidium and Goodenia form a fair percentage of the 

 vegetation in some districts, and are interesting when in bloom. 

 The fertilisation of these plants would repay special study. 

 Growing on some of the granite hills, and particularly in the 

 fissures of the rocks, is ci beautiful white-flowering variety of 

 Isotoma axillaris, Lindl. Of Epacridece there are eight genera 

 and fourteen species. The pretty flow^ering species of Leucopogon 

 are fairly plentiful in places, and so are the two species of ^pac?-/^ 

 enumerated in this paper. Climbing plants are not abundant, 

 but occasionally one meets with representatives of the following- 

 genera : — Clematis^ Vitis, Passifiora, Rhipogonum, Parsonsia, 

 Marsdenia and Tecoma. Several species of Solamwi occur here 

 and there and are suspected poison plants. Two allied introduced 

 plants. Datura stramonium, Linn., and D. tatida, Linn., which 

 usually grow about waste places, are regarded by pastoralists as 

 stock-poisoners. Included under ScrophularvnecH are several 

 interesting flowering plants, especiall}' those of the genera 

 Veronica and Euphrasia. LahiaUe are frequently met with, 

 especially species of Prostanthera, and one of the native "mints" 

 occasionally makes its presence known by the pleasant perfume 

 its leaves and stems emit when trod upon. Polygonaceoe. are well 

 represented, and several species are widely diffused. Several 

 genera of Proteacece are conspicuous in many places, but singular 

 to say, of the forty-three species of Grevillea recorded for New 

 South Wales I have found only one in New England. Of the 

 six species of Pimelea recorded in this paper some are regarded 

 with suspicion by stockowners. Wikst7'oe7nia indica, C. A. Mey., 

 a closely allied plant, is a most ornamental shrub when in fruit. 

 Its red drupes make it a conspicuous object amongst the surround- 



