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12 Sutton, Notes on the Sandringham Flora. [ "^Vj^j./ 



first, among the dominant plants, responsible for the general 

 physiognomy of the formation, those which are also most 

 characteristic of this and of similar formations. They are the 

 " Stunted Sheoak," Casuarina distyla ; the " Pink Tea-tree," 

 Leptospermum myrsinoides : the " Wedding Bush," Ricino- 

 carpiis pinifolius ; the " Common Correa," C. speciosa ; a 

 stunted form of Banksia marginata ; several of the Leguminosae, 

 the absence of which is so noticeable in the " leptospermetum," 

 except where it commences to merge into the wider formation, 

 the "Hairy Aotus," A. villosa : the "Grey Bossiaea," B. 

 cinerea ; three of the handsome Dillwynias — the " Heathy 

 Parrot-pea," D. ericiiolia, " Crowded Parrot-pea," D. flori- 

 bunda, and " Grey Parrot-pea," D. cinerascens ; three Acacias — 

 the "Juniper Wattle," A. jimiperina, the pale, early-flowering 

 "Sweet Wattle," A. suaveolens, and the "Spike Acacia," A. 

 oxycedriis ; the lovely white " Common Heath," Epacris iin- 

 pressa ; the " Prickly Geebung," Persoonia juniperina ; the 

 " Furze Hakea," H. iilicina ; and the " Common Bracken," 

 Pteris aquilina. Others frequently met are the " Manuka," 

 Leptospermum scoparium ; the " Honey-bags," Styphelia 

 scoparia ; where the ground is more continuously moist, 

 Sprengelia incarnata ; the " Swamp Paper-bark," Melaleuca 

 ericiiolia : and the " Scented Paper- bark," M. squarrosa, all 

 growing in close communities ; and the " Gorse Bitter-pea," 

 Daviesia ulicina. 



Among the plants of lower growth, and hence sub-dominant, 

 the charming little " Twiggy Heath." Styphelia virgata ; the 

 three Hibbertias — the " Silky Guinea-flower," H. densiflora, 

 the " Rigid," H. stricla, and the " Bundled Guinea-flower." 

 H. fasciculata : the two Pimelea'- — the " Downy Rice-flower," 

 P. octophylla and P. phylicoides ; the " Broom Spurge," 

 Amperea spartioides : the " Horny Cone-bush." Isopogon 

 ceralophyllus ; the " Short Purple-flag," Pater sonia glauca ; and 

 the " Faded Rope-rush," Calostrophus {Hypolcena) jastigiatus, 

 from their very frequency, play no small part in building up 

 the character of the vegetation 



Of the subordinate second story, softer plants, the most 

 common, perhaps, are the lilies — the " Blue Squill," Chamce- 

 scilla corymbosa : the " Milkmaids," Burchardia umbellata, and 

 the " Nodding Silverweed," Bartlingia sessiliflora. Most frequent 

 among others are the " Yam," or " Murrnong," Microseris 

 Forsteri; the "Running Postman," Kennedya prosfrata : the 

 " Bending Golden-hands," Goodenia geniculata ; the " Billy 

 Buttons," Craspedia Richea : Helichrysum scorpioides, Leptor- 

 rhynchos squameus, and the " Blue-bell," Wahlenbergia gracilis. 

 Climbers are not many, and two Cassythas, the " Tangled " and 

 the " Downy Dodder-laurels," C. glabella and C pubescens ; 



