Section D. 

 BIOLOGY. 



1.— ON THE FLORA OF THE LOWER GLENELG 

 RIVER. 



By J. F. ECKERT, F.U.H.S. 



[Abstract.] 



The author offers a list of 350 flowering plants and ferns 

 observed within the area embraced by Dartmoor, on the Glenelg 

 River, MacDonnell Ray, and Discovery Bay, and prefaces the list 

 by remarks on the geology and surface features of the country. 

 Of the species which were determined by Baron F. von Mueller 

 the following have been traced into South Australia for the first 

 time : — Plagianthus pulchellus, Scleranthim vifiorus, Pimelia col- 

 Una, Lepiospermum flavescenf<, Cnprnsma Billardieri, Cynoglossum 

 latifolitim, Juncus Broivnii, Phylloglossum Drunimondi . 



2.- -THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF 

 QUEENSLAxXD LICHENS. 



Bij JOHN SHIRLEY, B.Sc, District Inspector of Schools, Queensland. 



As far as at present ascertained, there are 735 species or marked 

 varieties of lichens inhabiting Queensland ; 485 of these are 

 described in my " Lichen Flora of Queensland," published in 

 1889 ; and descriptions of the remainder have been given in the 

 " Botany Bulletins" of the Agricultural Department of Queens- 

 land, published by the Government Printer. Many more species 

 have yet to be discovered, but these will fall mainly among the 

 Lecideas, Graphids, Pjnenulas, and other non-foliaceous kinds. 

 The nobler and more showy lichens are now fairly well known. 

 Although Queensland stretches across 18° of latitude, the climatic 

 conditions do not vary as much as might be exjiected on account 

 of the total absence of high mountains or mountain ranges, the 

 Bellenden Ker Range, the highest in Queensland, rising to little 



