PLANTS INDIGENOUS TO NORTH-WEST OF VICTORIA. 461 
gathered in conjunction with its more frequent relative L. Baueri. 
Didymotheca pleiococca is partial to sandy flats, but is no where 
very common. When done flowering the plant turns yellow or 
reddish-yellow, and is easily distinguished amongst the scrub. 
The order Leguminose is largely represented by the genera 
Daviesia, Phyllota, Pultenaea, Dillwynia, Acacia, Kennedya, and 
Aotus. Of these, a few are restricted to this district. Daviesia 
pectinata, an extremely rigid, thorny species is partial to hard, 
gravelly, soil,and Phyllota pleurandroides is a small shrub found 
in all the desert country. Of the Pultengzas, P. laxiflora and 
P. tenuifolia have the widest range, the latter occurs in two 
varieties, one found only in a particular part of the Little Desert 
growing to a height of 3 and 4 feet, the other, the normal, mostly 
recumbent, and less densely clothed with leaves. Dillwynia 
hispida, a low growing species, and D. patula, a wiry, much 
branched, shrub are both rather local, and Aotus villosa, hitherto 
enumerated as from other parts of the colony only, abounds in 
all the northern scrub country. Acacia colletoides, a thorny 
species, is not common on the outskirts of the deserts, and the 
occurrence of A. Mitchellii in the Little Desert seems not to be 
generally known. Large areas covered with Loudonia Behrii 
occur, which, when in bloom, appears a mass of bright yellow. 
Of the same order of plants we may enumerate Haloragis elata, 
a tall, coarse species, delighting in sandy soils. The natural 
order Myrtacex is largely represented by the genera Darwinia, 
Baeckea, Kunzea, Melaleuca, Callistemon, and Eucalyptus. Dar- 
winia micropetala grows only in one locality in the Little Desert, 
and was first collected there by the author. It exists as a small 
shrub, adorned with headlets of small, whitish flowers. One of 
the most widely diffused plants is Baeckea crassifolia, and one of 
the first to bloom in the scrub, the flowers varying in tint from 
white to deep pink. B. Behrii is a tall species of sandier soils, 
blooming late. Aunzea pomifera is a procumbent trailing plant, 
forming large patches on the sandiest soils. Strange to say, that 
although it produces blossoms freely, it seems never to perfect 
its fruit. On the Coorong, and near the mouth of the Murray 
River, the fruits are eaten, and are known as “ muntry ”’ berries. 
In places liable to periodical inundations Callistemon coccineus 
occurs, also a variety of Afelaleuca pustulata of dwarf habit, 
associated with M. gibbosa. M. acuminata and M. Wilsonii are 
both partial to sandy soils, the latter presenting a fine appear- 
ance when in bloom. Eucalyptus hemiphloia is a species partial 
to sandy country. The genus Cryptandra is represented by C. 
subochreata, C. vewillifera, OC. leucophracta, and C. spathulata. 
The two first-named are widely diffused, extending over the whole 
of the desert country; the second abounds in three varieties, 
one of which is comparatively tall, producing moderately large 
