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Moorilyanna Native Well. [Not common ; growing in small 

 colonies.] Siegesheckia orienfalis, L. Moorilyanna Native 

 Well. [Growing 8 or 12 inches high in the shelter of the 

 rocks.] Grasped ia chn/santha, Benth. Fifty miles west of 

 Oodnadatta. CaJocephalus plaff/cfphabts, Benth. Everard 

 Range and east thereof ; 20 miles west of Lambana Scakage ; 

 Indulkana Creek. MyriocejjJiaJus Stuartii,- Benth. Oodna- 

 datta ; Everard Range ; and 35 miles west of Moorilyanna 

 Native Well. Some specimens only 6-7 cm. high. [Found 

 all over the country; in some instances in very large masses.] 

 M . Rudallii, Benth. Moorilyanna Waterhole. [This was 

 the only locality in which the plant was seen.] Gnephnsis 

 cf/afJwpappa, Benth. Everard Range. In bud only. 

 Angianthus 2;^/.si7/?/s, Benth. (?) Between Flat Rock Hole 

 and Moorilyanna Native Well. The specimens are dwarf, 

 and the heads so young that only the bracts are recognizable. 

 [Grew in tufts low to the ground, like moss.] Ixiolaena 

 lepfolepls, Benth. Forty miles west of Oodnadatta; 

 Everard Range; Wantapella Swamp. [This plant was plen- 

 tiful nearly all over the country, and grew on tablelands 

 and sandy country alike.] Bufidosis helicJirf/soides, DC. 

 Mount Carmeena. [This handsome plant w^as growing along 

 the south side of the range, attaining the height of 2 to 3 

 feet.] 



Toxanthus Whitei, sp. n. (tab. Ixix.). Herba parva 

 annua alho-lanata 6-10 cm. alfa, caidihus gracUihus 

 ascend entih us saepe simjjlicihns, foliis angusto-hneai'ihus 

 moUihus 5-10 mm. longis, capifulis terminalihus ^O-oO-foriSy 

 involucri hracteis 11-13 linearibvs rigidis gland vloso- 

 jjuheindis scarioso-marginatis 5 ?nm. longis, corolla luted 

 recurvd 6-dentatd, achaenio fimtnaturo) papiJloso rosfrafo. 

 Everard Range and claypan between Flat Rock Hole and 

 Moorilyanna Native Well. Clearly distinguished from the 

 two other known species of Toxanthus by the more erect 

 growth, the numerous bright-yellow flowers, and the greater 

 number of involucral bracts. Named after the collector, 

 Capt. S. A. White. [Only a few plants were seen, and these 

 seemed to have come up after a very light shower which fell 

 •over a restricted area. The stems grow close to the ground 

 until the buds begin to appear, when they curved upwards.] 

 Podolepis canescens, Cunn. Everard Range and between 

 Moorilyanna Native Well and the Musgrave Ranges. [Quite 

 a common flower; growing on the sandy soil.] P. Slonssenia, 

 F. V. M. Wantapella Swamp; Everard Range; and 20 miles 

 west of Lambinna Soakage. [A common little plant, growing in 

 great masses in the sandy country.] Schoenia Ayersii, J. M. 

 Black (Helichrysuni Ayersii, F. v. M.) Musgrave Ranges 



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