294 TEMPERATURE TO WHICH PLANTS 



XIX. Latitude about 28^ S. — Elevation between 819 and 

 969 feet. 



October 30 to November 6. 



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Sunrise . 34, 33, 50, 51, 44, 44. 



Noon . . 70, 81, 76, 85, 76, 76. 



4 P.M. . . 78, 84, 79, 86, 85, 85. 



9 p.m. . . 60, 51, 63, 66, 71, 71. 



Humidity . -443, '575, -893, -525, -550, -550. 



Observations. — Nov. 2. Abundance of water. — Nov. 4. River 

 Balonne filled with water ; its banks verdant with a luxuriant 

 crop of grass. 



Plants observed in jioioer or full vegetation. — Cymbidium 

 canaliculatum, Jasminuni Mitchellii, Justicia adscendens, Mela- 

 leuca trichostachya, Andropogon bombycinus, Caesia occidentalis, 

 Hedyotis, Calocephalus gnaphalioides, Goodenia flagellifera, 

 Fusanus acuminatus. 



XX. Latitude about 29° S. — Elevation under 650 feet. 



November 7 to December 9. 



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Sunrise . 62, 58, 58, 61. 



Noon . . 103, 102, 102, 62. 



4 P.M. . . 104, 103, 104, 57. 



9 P.M. . . 81, 76, 75, 53. 



Humidity . '505, -553, '553, 1-000. 



Observations. — Nov. 9. Suffering from excessive heat. — Nov. 

 15. Heat so intense as to kill one of the horses. — Nov. 17, 18. 

 Extreme heat. — Nov. 21, 22. Abundance of rain. — Nov. 28. 

 Flood increased so fast as to oblige the party to remove their 

 camp. — Dec. 7. Heavy thunder-siiower fell. — Dec. 9. Heavy 

 thunder-storm. 



Plants observed in jioicer or full re^e^a^iow.— Swainsonia 

 coronillajfolia, Fusanus acuminatus, Elseodendron maculosum, 

 Goodenia pulchella, Atriplex nummularia, Grewia, Trichinium 

 fiisiforme, Melicytus oleaster, Myriophyllum verrucosum, Cassia 

 coronilloides, Myoporum dulce, Elseodendron, Cassia circinata, 

 Morgania floribunda, Indigofera brevidens, Acacia pendula and 

 neriifolia, Canthiuni, Evolvulus, Hibiscus Sturtii, Crotalaria dis- 

 sitiflora, Stenochilus bignoniaeflorus, Tricoryne elatior, Fugosia, 

 Morgania glabra, Acacia varians, Anthericura bulbosum, Catha 

 Cunninghamii, Vigna suberecta, Hylococcus sericeus. Acacia 

 spectabilis, Helichrysum semipapposum, Beyeria, Cassia, Thou- 

 inia australis, Eucalyptus bicolor and acuminata, Sida tubulosa, 

 Didiscus pilosus, Boerhaavia, Carissa ovata, Neptunia gracilis. 



