PLANTS INDIGENOUS TO NORTH-WEST OF VICTORIA. 457 
gracilis, where the water lies the longest. Pimelea glauca is very 
plentiful on some or most of the plains; also Eryngium rostratum, 
but which, owing to the avidity with which sheep and cattle 
devour it, is fast disappearing. The Composite family is largely 
represented by several species of Brachycome, particularly B. 
pachyptera, and by the following :—Minuria leptophylla, Calotis 
scabiosifolia, C. hispidula, Myriocephalus rhizocephalus, Oraspedia 
globosa (rare), C. chrysantha, Eclipta platyglossa, Helipterum 
Dimorpholepis, Goodenia heteromera, Teucrium racemosum, and a 
particularly bad weed, Helipterum corymbiflorum, which has 
taken possession of whole tracts previously cultivated. Onsome 
of the drier rises we are sure to find the lowly Gnaphaloidee 
uliginosum, also Podolepis canescens in conjunction with its more 
widely distributed relative P. rugata. Angianthus strictus is 
another small plant which prefers the dry hard rises, and where 
the Bursaria bushes abound, may be found growing amongst 
them, Zviolaena tomentosa and Helipterum anthemoides, Comes- 
perma ericinum, Stenopetalum velutinum, Chenopodium nitrart- 
aceum, Haloragis odontocarpa and Chenopodium microphyllum. 
Such plants as Helipterum pygmaeum, Toxanthus Muelleri, T. 
perpusillus, occur on the loamier soils. The grasses for the most 
part are represented by Danthonia penicillata, Agrostis Solandrt, 
Bromus arenarius, and Poa Fordeana. The only timber trees 
prevalent on these plains are the Bulloak (Casuarina glauca) and 
a box (Eucalyptus largiflorens.) A species or variety of Casu- 
arina, of low growth, possessed with a comparatively smooth bark 
and long flexuous stems, occur in the stiffest soils at rare intervals. 
The fruits differ materially from those of C. glawca and C. quadri- 
valvis. Specimens sent to the late Baron von Mueller could not 
be identified by him, and a doubt still exists as to whether it is a 
variety or aseparate species. On the loamy rises and lighter 
soils occur Menkea australis in conjunction with plants extending 
to other parts of the colony, also Lappula concava. Calocephalus 
Drummondi, and Quinettia Urvillei, plants hitherto thought to be 
confined to West Australia were identified by Baron von Mueller 
from specimens gathered in this locality by the writer. On the 
drier soils we find the Bulloak still the prevailing timber tree, never 
much more than 18 inches in girth and 50 feet high, associated 
with a smooth-barked variety of Eucalyptus leucorylon, termed 
Blue gum by the settlers. Insheltered spots may be found small 
trees of the sweet Quandong, Santalum persicarium, also Hakea 
leucoptera. These are, however, becoming rare, in consequence 
of the land being put under cultivation. Amongst the plants 
found on the scrubby rises may be found at rare intervals the 
small purple-rayed composite Calotis cuneifolia. Two shrubby 
species of Aster occur, but are restricted to separate and distinct 
areas, namely, 4. pimeleoides and A. decurrens; the former a 
