Vol. XXVIII. 



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1 Excursion to Sydenhani , Bulla , and Diggers Rest. 5 5 



Brachycome calocarpa, the ' Desert Daisy ' (both in Howei), 

 and Lagenophora emphysopns, the ' Short-scaped Bottle Daisy,' 

 were those most frequently recurring. Of the less common 

 species, Rntidosis. leptorhynchoides, Helichrysum niiidolcpis, 

 Brachycome radicans, the ' Rooting Marsh-daisy,' Ptilotus 

 macrocephaliis, the ' Foxtail,' and Pimelea scrpillifolia, the 

 ' Coast Rice-flower,' were also flowering. The common rock- 

 fern, Cheilanthes tennijolia, was the only one met with here, in 

 the driest places, and far from any rocks. A much more inter- 

 esting collection of plants was found in the deep, sheltered river 

 gorges. Fringing the waterside at Saltwater River were 

 Hymenanthera Banksii, Callistemon salignus, the ' River Bottle- 

 brush,' and Leptospermum lanigeriim, the ' Woolly Tea- 

 tree,' all of which also occurred in the Deep Creek. Among the 

 rocks the little ' Creeping Spurge,' Euphorbia Drummondi, and 

 the Sickle Fern, Pteris falcata, were collected. The Hoi)-bush, 

 Dodonaa viscosa, the Elder, Sainbuciis Gaudichandiana, the 

 ' Sea Celery,' Apium prostratuin, the ' Sweet Tobacco,' 

 Nicotiana stiaveolens, tlie ' Indian Weed,' Sicgesheckia 

 orientalis, were, except the first, all blossoming. Two alien 

 plants, Salvia vevbenacea, and the ' Thorn Apple,' Datura 

 stramonium, were freely growing near the ' Organ Pipes.' 

 Trees occurring here were the Red Gum, E. rostrata. Yellow 

 Box, E. melliodora, Ironbark, E. leucoxylon, and the Black- 

 wood, Acacia melanoxylon. In the Deep Creek the plants were 

 still more varied and interesting. The ' Mutton-wood,' 

 Myrsine variabilis, raised itself above the edge of the cliff. 

 Trees, in the shape of those already mentioned and the 

 ' Drooping Sheoak,' Casuarina qiiadrivalvis, were more 

 numerous. The ' Rue Fern,' Grammitis rutifolia, was growing 

 robustly and profusely in situations moister than usual. The 

 ' Coast Clematis,' C. tnicrophylla, Bursaria spinosa, and 

 Cassinia aculeata, were also present, and the ' Rosy Storksbill,' 

 Pelargonium Rodneyanum, the Verbena, F. officinalis, the 

 ' Austral Indigo,' Indigofera australis (all three flowering), 

 and the ' Dwarf Skullcap,' Scutellaria humilis, were collected. 

 Crossing the granite country to Bulla, the ' Light wood,' 

 Acacia implexa, was dominant. The little Rat-tail F"ern, 

 Asplenium flab elli folium, was found in large masses at the bases 

 of the boulders, and the trailing Latrobe Glycine was added to 

 our list. From Bulla to the graptolite beds nothing of special 

 interest was seen, but here again in the Deep Creek our 

 interest was quickened by the appearance of well-grown examples 

 of the ' Murray Pine,' Callitris verrucosa, the two Myoporums 

 — the ' Boobialla,' Myoporum insulare, and the ' Turkey- 

 bush,' M. deserti; the Acacias — the 'Gold-dust,' A. acinacea, 

 and the 'Hedge' or 'Kangaroo Acacia,' A. armata ; the 



