Tire South Ausfrahan Naluralist. 39 



one ant has fonnd something' too bnlky for its powers, and 

 enlists the assistance of souie eonipanion, the bnrden becomes a 

 bone of contention between them, to be dragged this way and 

 that, often away from the nest, nntil the ants decide that the 

 prize is not worth keeping- and desert it, where it is found by 

 some future discoverer. Indeed, in this respeet, they are little 

 different from the ants described long ago by a noted American 

 humorist. 



LIST OF NATIVE FLOWERS.--OCTOBER, 1920. 



I 



The following is a list of some of the native wildflowera of South 

 Australia shown at the Wildflower Show arranged by the Field Naturalists 

 in October, 1920. 



Polypodiaceae. — Adiantum aethiopioum, Linn.; Cheilanthes tenuifoliaj 

 Swartz 



Liliaceae.— Burchardia umbellata, K. Br.; Wurmbea dioica, F. v. M.; 

 Dianella revoluta, R. Br.; Bulbine bulbosa, Haw.; Caesia vittata, R. Br. 



Amarvllidaceae. — Hvpoxis glabella, R. Br. 



Orchidaeeae. — Thelvmitra aristata, Lindl.; Thelymitra antennifera, 

 Hook.; Thelymitra rubra, Fitz.; Thelymitra Masmillani, F. v. M.; Thely- 

 motra grandiflora, Fitz.; Diuris maculata, Sm.; Diuris pedunculata, R. Br.; 

 Diuris longifolia, R. Br.; Prasophyllum elatum, R. Br.; Prasophyllum 

 odoratum, Rog.; Microtis porrifolia, R. Br.; Pterostylis pedunculata, R. 

 Bra.; Pterostylis curta, R. Br.; Pterostylis barbata, Lindl.; Glossodia 

 major, R. Br.; Lyperanthus nigricans, . Br.; Caladenia reticulata, Fitz.;. 

 Caladenia Menziesii, R. Br.; Caladenia dilatata, R. Br.; Caladenia Pater- 

 soni, R. Br.; Caladenia leptochila, Fitz.; Caladenia carnea, R. Br. 



Proteaceae. — Isopogon ceratophyllus, R. Br.; Conospermum patens, 

 Schl.; Grevillea ilicifolia, R. Br.; Grevillea lavandiilacea, Schl.; Hakea 

 multilineata, Meiss.; Hakea rostrata, F. v. M.; Hakea rugosa, R. Br.; 

 Hakea ulicina, R. Br. 



Chenopodiaceae. — Atriplex nummularia, Lindl.; Atriplei vesicaria, 

 Hew,; Atriplex limbata, Benth.; Atriplex halimoides, Lindl.; Atriplex 

 eampanulata, Benth.; Atriplex spongiosa, F. v. M.; Kochia decaptera, F. 

 V. M.; Kochia eriantha, F. v. M.; Kochia villosa, Lindl.; Bassia paradoxa, 

 F. V. M. 



Amarantaceae. — Trichinium nobile, Lindl. 



Aizoaceae. — Mesembryanthemum aec{uilaterale, Haw. 



Ranunculaceae. — Clematis microphvlla, DC; Ranunculus lappaceus, 

 Sni. 



Droseraceae. — Drosera Menziesii, R. Br. 



Pittosporaceae. — Billardiera scandens, 8m.; Cheiranthera linearis, 

 Cunn. 



Leguminosae. — Daviesia coryml)osa, Sm.; Daviesia ulicina, Sm. 

 Eutaxia empetrifolia, Sch.; Dillwynia hispida, Lindl.; Dillwynia flori- 

 bunda, Sm.; PiUtenaea daphnoides, Wend.; Platylobium triangulare, R. 

 Bra.; Clianthus Dampieri, Cunn.; Indigofera australis, Willd.; Swainsona 

 procumbens, F. v. M.; Swainsona lessertifolia, DC; Psoralea patens, 

 Lindl.; Lotus australis, Andr.; Hardenbergia monophylla, Benth.; Ken- 

 nedya prostrata, R. Br.; Cassia Sturtii, R. Br.; Cassia eremophila, Cunn.; 

 Acacia continua, Benth; Acacia armata, R. Br.; Acacia mierocarpa, F. v. 

 M.; Acacia myrtifolia, Willd.; Acacia verticillata, Willd. 



