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CoNVOLVULACEiE. 



Brewer ia rosea, F. M. A perennial, blooming in August, flowers 



violet, of great beauty. 

 E volvulus linifolius, L. A small annual, growing in the 



ranges. 



BoitAGIXACEiE. 



Heliotropium curassavicum, L., and H. asperrimum, Br. Annuals, 



growing on stony ground. 

 Halgania cyanea, Lindl. Perennial, grows on tbe top of the 



ranges, as well as on sandhills. 

 Trichodesma Zeylanicum, Br. A tall annual, growing mostly 



on stony ground, and blooming nearly all the year. The 



delight of the dromedaries. 

 Cynoglossum Drummondi, Benth. Annual, growing everywhere. 



Labiate. 



Brostanthera striatifiora, F. M. A shrub growing on rich plains. 



B. Baxteri, Cunn. A variety of this grows in shady places 

 only in the ranges. It is a shrub six to eight feet high, 

 with white flowers, and very small leaves of a whitish hue. 



"VEBBENACEiE. 



Dicrastyles Lewellini, F. M. A perennial of very dense growth, 

 flowers blue, leaves of a whitish hue ; it is widely spread 

 in the sandhills. 



Myopobin^;. 

 Mremopliila Macdonnelli, F. M. A trailing shrub ; it grows 

 everywhere. 

 The following are all shrubs, not restricted in habitat, 

 growing nearly everywhere, but mostly in the ranges : — 

 E. Willsii, F. M. ; E. Broivnii, F. M. ; E. Sturtii, Br. ; E. 

 Latrobei, F. M: ; and E. Freelingi, F. M. 



CASUAEINEiE. 



Casuarina Decaisnecma, F. M., on sandhills. 



Cycade^:. 

 Encephalartos Macdonnelli, F. M., in the ranges. 



Conifee^;. 

 Callitris verrucosa, R. Br., only in the ranges. 



MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



PALMiE. 



Livistona Marice, F. M. Along the Finke River and some of 

 its small tributaries. 



