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"very rough with short, stiff hairs. [This grass is not plentiful 

 anywhere ; w€ saw more of it in the Musgrave Ranges than 

 anywhere else; stock seem to relish it.] Bromus arenariu.^, 

 Labill. Everard Range. [This good fodder grass was not 

 met with in any quantity, and only seen in the Everard 

 Range.] 



Cyperaceae. — Gyperus fulvus, R. Br. Mount Illbillie 

 and elsewhere in Everard Range; Moorilyanna Native Well. 

 [A common plant in watercourses and low ground.] C. 

 exaltatus, Retz. Neales Creek. Some of the primary rays 

 16 cm. long. [Great masses found near waterholes which 

 hold for some time; attains the height of 6 feet.] C . rofundus, 

 L. var. 'pallidus, Benth. ''Nut Grass." Tw^enty miles west 

 of Lambinna AVell ; Coongra Creek. [Found in very dry 

 watercourses.] C. flifformis, L. Neales Creek. [Only ob- 

 served in the Neales Creek; it was growing on flooded ground, 

 and attained the height of 12 to 24 inches.] 



JuNCACEAE. — Xerofes leucocephala, R. Br. Lambinna 

 ^oakage. [Only met with at Lambinna Soakage, in the sandy 

 bed of the Alberga.] 



LiLiACEAE. — There is a small liliaceous plant from Lam- 

 binna Soakage, in bud only. Leaves narrow-linear ; perianth- 

 segments narrow, 3-5-nerved ; anthers much longer than fila- 

 ments ; style undivided ; 2 ovules in each cell of ovary. 

 Perhaps a new species of Ghlorophyton. 



Urticaceae. — Ficus platypoda^ Cunn. "Native Fig." 

 Everard Range; Moorilyanna Native Well. [First seen at 

 Indulkana Springs. Never seen more than a few yards away 

 from rocks. In the Everard Range the trees grew to great 

 size; some were from 10 to 13 yards across and 12 feet high, 

 branches resting on the ground. Natives eat the fruit.] 

 Parietaria debilis, Forst. Moorilyanna Native Well. [A 

 soft bright-green plant, very delicate; growing in the deep 

 cracks between the granite boulders.] 



Proteaceae. — Grevillea nematophylla, F. v. M. Forty 

 miles Avest of Oodnadatta. Hahea lorea, R. Br. "Corkbark 

 Tree." Sandy country west of the Everard Range. Capt. 

 White's specimens are in flower and are dated 6/8/14. In 

 November of the same year I received from Miss Staer speci- 

 mens gathered at some point west of Oodnadatta and showing 

 ripe and half-ripe fruits. As supplementary to Bentham's 

 description (Fl. Aust., v., 496) and Bailey's (Queensl. FL, 

 1346) it may be noted that the ovary in the flower is almost 

 glabrous, but the young fruit, which is subconical in shape 

 with an incurved point, is hoary with a very fine, close 

 tomentum. This wears off later, and the ripe capsule is 

 lanceolate-ovoid, subcompressed, 30-45 mm. long by 17-20 mm. 



