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Leguminos.e — Eiitaxia empetrifolia, SchJ. A prick- 

 ly, uncomfortable shrub. Boston Island. Pultentea vestita, 

 li. Br.; Templetonia retusa, B. Br.: 6 ft. high. 



Myetace^e — Calythrix tetragona, Lab ill. ; Melaleuca de- 

 cussata, F. Br.; Melaleuca parviflora, TJncll. Stamford Hill 

 and Kirton Point. Some trees remarkably beautiful in 

 shape. Melaleuca uncinata, R. Br. Boston Island, 6 in. 

 diameter, 20 ft. high. Papery bark. 



AizoACE^ — Mesembryanthemum aequilaterale, Haw. 

 (Even on summit of Stamford Hill.) 



CoMPOSiT.E — Helichrysum apiculatum, DC . : Ixodia 

 achilleoides, it*. Br. Stamford Hill: acres of it. Olearia cili- 

 ata, F. V. M. 



Campanulace.e — Wahlenbergia gracilis, DC. 



Epacridaceje — Acrotriche patula, R. Br.; Leucopogon 

 cordifolius, Lindl . ; Leucopogon Richei, R. Br. 



Apocynace.e — Alyxia buxifolia, R. Br. 



Scrophulartace^ — Veronica distans, R. Br. (Dr. 

 Rogers) . 



MYOPORACEiE — Myoporum viscosum, R. Br. 



Chenopodiace.e — Bassia (?) anisacantha. On seashore, 

 1 ft. high, and spreading. In leaf only. Boston Island. 



PoLYGONACE.E — Muehlcubeckia adpressa, Meissn. Boston 

 Island. 



Laurace^ — Cassytha glabella, R . Br. 



EuPHORBiACE^ — Beyeria viscosa, Miq. 



Casuarinace^ — Casuarina stricta, A if. Boston Island. 



Santalace^ — Exocarpus aphylla, R. Br. Stamford 

 Hill. Fusanus acuminatus, DC.: Leptomeria aphylla, R. Br. 



Gramine^ — Distichlis maritima, Rafn.; Spinifex hir- 

 sutus, Lahill.; Stipa scabra, Lindl. All from Boston Island. 



The following trees are planted in the streets of Port 

 Lincoln, and are doing well on the whole: — 



Lagunaria Patersoni, G. Don; from Norfolk Island. 

 Schinus molle, L.: Pepper. Callitris propinqua, 

 R. Br.: the Cypress Pine, native of the district. 

 Eucalyptus globulus, Lahill.: a forest tree: seems 

 to be too large for street-planting. Pinus hale- 

 pensis. Mill.; does splendidly. Nicotiana glauca, 

 R. Grah.; a small tree. Cupressus sempervirens, 

 Z. Moreton Bay Fig: not doing well. Pome- 

 granate. Oleander. 



Port Lincoln to North Shields.. 



DiLLENiACE^ — ^Hibbertia sericea, Benth. 

 HYPERiCEiE — * Hypericum perforatum, L. A pretty 

 yellow-flowered plant. A weed pest. 



