Jan.,-! 



1914 J 



Hardy, The Mallee : Oiiyen to Pinnafoo. 



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the Progress Association (for it had been stated elsewhere that 

 seedhngs of the CaUitris could not be found), and found 

 some. 



From Murrayville to Pinnaroo and beyond, south-westerly, 

 the country gets poorer and hungry-looking, the soil more 

 calcareous, and the vegetation of a still more xerophilous 

 nature. Pinnaroo has several substantial buildings, built of 

 cement or reinforced concrete, and is far ahead of any of the 

 settlements on the Victorian side. As far as one could deter- 

 mine from the moving train and at stoppages, the vegetation 

 south-west from Pinnaroo for many miles indicates a desert 

 region, including as principal constituents stunted mallee and 

 several ungraceful acacias, not in bloom or fruit, and other 

 shrubs of harsh and wiry nature. The botanical interest in 

 our journey ceased here, and the long train ride home via 

 Tailem Bend (at the Murray, in South Austraha), Serviceton, 

 Ararat, and Ballarat gave us opportunity to obtain the fair 

 measure of sleep that we had denied ourselves when there was 

 so much to do and to see. 



In the following list of plants collected or seen, many of 

 which were identified or the names verified at the National 

 Herbarium, the second column contains the common names 

 proposed by the Plants Records Committee, while in the third 

 column are the names used in the district : — 



Ranunculace^ — 

 Clematis microphylla, D.C. 

 Ranunculus lappaceus, Sm. 



DlLLENIACE^ 



Hibbertiadensiflora.F.v.M. 

 Laurace^ — 



Cassytha melantha, R. Br. 

 C. glabella, R. Br. 



PlTTOSPORE^ 



Pittosporum phillyraeoides, 



D.C 



Billardiera cymosa, F. v. M. 

 Bursaria spinosa, Cav. 



RUTACE^ — 



Eriostemon sediflorus, F. 

 V. M. 

 Geraniaceje — 

 Geranium dissectum, L. . . 

 Erodium cygnorum, Nees. 



ZYGOPHYLLEiE 



Zygophyllum apiculatum, 



F. V. M 



Nitraria Schoberi, L. 

 Sterculiace^ — 



LasiopetalumBehrii, F.v.M. 



EUPHORBIACE^ — 



Beyeria opaca, F. v. M. . . 

 B. viscosa, Miq. 



Smaller Clematis 

 Common Buttercup 



Silky Guinea-flower Primrose 



Large Dodder-laurel Mallee Vine 

 Small Dodder-laurel 



[tree 

 Weeping Pittosporum Willow, Quinine- 

 Sweet Apple-berry . . Climbing Bluebell 

 Sweet Bursaria 



Cut-leaved Geranium 



Blue Erodium . . Blue Geranium 



Pointed Twin-leaf 



Pink Velvet-bush 



Dillon-bush 



Small Wallaby-bush 



Sticky Wallaby-bush Turpentine-bush 



