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Plants of Kangaroo Island. 

 By J. a. O. Teppee, F.L.S., Corr. Memb. 



[Read July 15, 1884.] 



From tlie 9tli to the 19tli of last montli I spent on Kangaroo 

 island, engaged officially in collecting specimens, principally 

 zoological and mineral, for the South Australian Museum. 

 The locality so examined only extended from Queenscliffe to 

 Cape Willoughby and back to Hog Bay. In this examination 

 six days were spent, and subsequently I examined the neigh- 

 bourhoods of Queenscliffe and Brownlow for a few days more- 

 Availing myself of the opportunity I gathered as many plants 

 as circumstances permitted without neglecting the chief object 

 of my visit. Besides the plants thus collected, others, well 

 known to me, were dotted off on the margin of Professor Tate's 

 excellent census of the Kangaroo Island flora. 



The time was about the most unfavourable part of the year 

 considered botanically, and therefore the result is much smaller 

 than it would have been if the journey had been undertaken in 

 spring or early summer, or if I had leisure to examine carefully 

 some more favourable localities. Notwithstanding these dis- 

 advantages 214 species noted in the above work were observed 

 or collected, and 18 species and varieties not mentioned therein, 

 besides several too imperfect to allow certain identification. In 

 enumerating these 18 species, inclusive of varieties, suck 

 remarks will be made regarding their habits as appear to be 

 worthy of note. 



Billardiera scandens, Smith (Pittosporeae). — It occurs in the 

 scrub west of Cape Willoughby, the soil consisting of sands 

 and sandy clays over granite, quartzites, &c. The same plant 

 also occurs in a small circumscribed area east of the public 

 cemetery between Clarendon and Kangarilla, and is easily 

 known by its narrow leaves with recurved and undulating 

 margins, yellowish flowers, and other distinctions. 



Correct speciosa, cor. variety viridiflora, Andrews (Kutacea^). 

 Correa speciosa, variety glabra, Lindley. — The foimer is plenti- 

 ful in rather low-lying sandy parts of the scrub from Queens- 

 cliffe around American Beach, &c., and forms tall, intricately 

 branched, very dense shrubs from two to seven feet high with 

 small leaves and greenish flowers. The latter was only noticed 

 on the limestone hills close to the coast of Queenscliffe, forms 

 very low, weak, semi-prostrate shrubs about 12 inches high. 



