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Karatta, aud a conspicuous landmark for miles around. It 

 consists of the same limestone as the hills forming the coast 

 on the south, but superficially entirely unconnected with them. 

 The superficial aspect is also strikingly similar to the coast 

 hills, including the worn appearance of the stones, the sand 

 filling up and levelling fissures and larger inequalities, and 

 tlie peculiar assemblage of plants, many of which do not occur 

 in the intervening countrj^ so far as I could ascertain. The 

 limestone layers appear to be nearly horizontal and rest upon 

 granite or granitoid rocks, and its base is surrounded by 

 extensive morasses, overgrown most densely by Cladium filuin 

 and other gregarious plants and shrubs. Another similar hill, 

 Mt. Stockdale, is a mile further south. A few miles to the 

 west of it the handsome Boronia Edwardsii was met with plen- 

 tifully, and also Cheirantliera vohihilis, the latter long doubt- 

 ful as a species. Its flowers much resemble those of C. linearis, 

 but its slender stems, twisting spirally round low shrubs or 

 sedges, seldom attain 18 inches in length. 



List of Plants Additiois-al to the Plora of Kangaroo 



Island. 



Hibbertia virgata, U. Br. Karatta. 



Cassytha, sp. Karatta. AVitb rougli papillose stems, fruit 

 globular, greenish, with dark streaks ; flowers not seen. 

 Eare. 



Billardiera scandens, Sm. Karatta. 



Drosera glanduligera, Lehm. Karatta, and creek near Kinch's 

 Station. 



Tetratheca, sp. Karatta. Leafless, virgate, flowers solitary, 

 pendulous, petals crimson. On poor sandy soil. 



Zygophyllum ammophilum, F. v. M. Coast hills, Karatta. 



Stackhousia spathulata, Sieher. C. Couedie, A. Molineux. 



Ehagodia parabolica, R. Br. Kinch's, Cygnet Eiver. 



Daviesia corymbosa. Smith ; variety mimosoides, B. Br. 

 Karatta ; along the banks of the Stunsailboom Eiver, five 

 to seven feet high. 



Pulteusea rigida, B. Br. ; var., angustifolia, F. v. 31. On the 

 slopes of Mount Taylor. 



PulteUcTa villifera, Sieler{?). Harriet Eiver. 

 " prostrata, Bentli (.^) . Queenscliffe. 



Dillwynia hispida, Lindley. Eleanor Eiver. 



Acacia acinacea, Lindley {^). White's Lagoon. 



" \)Te\iio\i^, Bentli {.^) . Coast hills, mouth of Stunsail- 

 boom Eiver. 



Acacia saliciua, Lindley. Karatta. 



[Calycothrix, sp. or var., with extremely small, closely ad- 

 pressed leaves and rose-coloured petals. Small, erect 



