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Primulace.e — ^ Anagallis arvensis, L. 

 Myoporace^ — Myoporum humile, i?. Br. 

 Labiate — Westringia Dampieri, It. Br. 

 EuPHORBiACE^ — Adriana quaclripartita, Gaud. 

 Gramine^ — Poa caespitosa, Forsf. 



Willia.ms Island (168). 



A gentle, undulating island, and covered with a dense 

 mass of hummocky bushes about 2 ft. high. The foliage is 

 almost entirely glaucous. Grasses almost absent. No trees 

 or grazing animals on the island. There are a few snakes; 

 these animals were very rare in the places we visited. 



Crucifer^ — Lepidium foliosum, Desv. 



Frankentace.e — Frankenia pauciflora, DC. 



Zygophyllace.e — Nitraria Schoberi, L. 



AizoACE.E — Mesembryanthemum aequilaterale, Hat/-., but 

 the section scarcely triangular. 



Umbellifer^ — Apium leptophyllum, F. r. M . 



Chenopodtace^ — Atriplex ( ?) campanulata, Benth. Very 

 common. Rhagodia (crimson fruit). A sea of Atriplex 

 cinerea, Poir. 



Gramine^ — Bromus arenarius, Lahill. Two feet high. 



Neptune Isles. 



Named by Flinders, February 21, 1802, 'for they 

 seemed inaccessible to men." They consist of the North and 

 South Neptunes. We landed on that South Neptune Island 

 (there are two) on which is the lighthouse. It is about two 

 miles round and about 120 ft. high. 



SOUTH NEPTUNE (169). 

 ■ This has some interest as a granite flora. The vegeta- 

 tion is very hummocky and intensely succulent and saline. 

 Nothing higher than 2-3 ft. There are very few species. 

 There is a large number of big goats on the island, and 

 these animals have already changed the vegetation. 



Crucifer.e — Lepidium foliosum, Desv. 



Frankeniace.e — Frankenia pauciflora, DC, with pleas- 

 ing, purple-pink flowers ; very common. 



Caryophyllace^ — Spergula marina, BartJ . and WendL; 

 Spergularia rubra, Camheiis. 



MALVACEiE — Lavatera plebeja, Sims. "Marshmallow."' 

 Almost extinct owing to the goats. Also a Malva or Modiola 

 in leaf only. Everywhere eaten down. 



Zygophyllace.e — Nitraria Schoberi, L. A dense shrub 

 with fleshy spathulate leaves, oval- or egg-shaped fruits -1 in., 

 brownish purple when ripe. Fleshy pericarp. 



