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terum cotula. Mayweed Sunray ; but Blennodia lasiocarpa. Hairy 

 Blennodia, white, with a tinge of pink and blue, formed a dense 

 carpet in places. In every direction a distant view of the 

 ground through the spaces between the trees reminded one of 

 a snow scene, only wanting corresponding touches on the pine 

 boughs to make the illusion complete. The herbage consisted 

 otherwise of Helipteriim moschatum, Musk Sunray, Alyssiim 

 minimum. Desert Alyssum, and several species of Zygophyllum 

 — Z. iodocarpum, Violet Twinleaf, Z. ammophilum. Sand Twin- 

 leaf, Z. crenatiim. Notched Twinleaf, and Z. glaucescens. Pale 

 Twinleaf. Less abundant were Millotia tenuifolia, Soft 

 Millotia, Senecio br achy gloss us, Slender Senecio, Parietaria 

 dehilis. Forest Pellitory, Porantheva microphylla. Small-leaved 

 Poranthera, Calandrina calyptrata. Pink Purslane, Polycarpon 

 tetraphyllum. Four-leaved Allseed, Stenopetalum linear e, Narrow 

 Thread-petal, Craspedia pleiocephala. Small Buttons, Lappula 

 concava. Slender Burr-weed, and Lepidium papillosum, Warty 

 Peppercress. The trees and shrubs represented were, besides 

 the small eucalypts. Eucalyptus bicolor, Blackbox, and another, 

 probably E. hemiphloia. Grey-box, Myoporum platycarptmt, 

 known locally as "Sandalwood," and Callitris ro^ws/a, Murray 

 Pine or Marong. All reached a height of 50 or 60 feet. The 

 pines are fine, symmetrical trees, and give to these sand-ridges 

 their character and name, " Pine Ridges." The settlers at 

 Mildura use the timber for posts for vine-trellises — I suppose on 

 account of its white-ant-resistant properties. Boat-loads of pine 

 posts from groves some miles up the river were being unloaded 

 at Merbein, near the pumping plant. Among the pines a few 

 small trees of Eremophila oppositifolia. Twin-leaved Emu-bush, 

 in full bloom, with large, white, tecoma-like flowers stood out as 

 real ornaments, and Hakea leucopteva. Needle Hakea, H. vittata. 

 Striped Hakea, showing fruit sparsely, and Exocarpus aphylla. 

 Leafless Ballart, with its tangled branchlets, added interest to 

 the pine-groves. The last four named reached a height of 12 

 feet. Grevillea Huegelii, Comb Grevillea, with its rigid, spiny 

 foliage, was seen frequently, but not bearing flowers. The 

 Casuarinas noted were C. lepidophloia, Belar, and another, 

 probably C. Luehmanni, without flowers or fruit. 



In this locahty is a smaU country school, the teacher of 

 which, Mr. P. Murray, I found a congenial companion in my 

 ramble round Golgol, as the place is named. He took me to 

 a lignum swamp, and showed me the only specimen he knew 

 in the locality of Fusanus aciiminatus. Sweet Ouandong. 

 This was a miserable specimen, however, and the fruits, not 

 yet ripe, seemed to be affected with some fungoid disease. Near 

 the lignum swamp, which yielded nothing of interest, some 

 fine specimens of Myopontm platycarpum were growing, and 



