51 



72) ; Barossa Range (Dist. A) ; between Laura and Beetaloo 

 (Dist. N) ; scrub on both sides of River Murray. 



Compositae. 



Craspedia pleiocephala, F. v. M. Numerous about Car- 

 rieton and Hawker ; a more or less woolly annual, with erect 

 or ascending stems 5-25 cm. high; leaves oblong-cuneate, 

 acuminate with a conspicuous, scarious point ; flower-heads 

 bright yellow, but only a few of them with an additional 

 smaller head at base. 



Senecio magnificus, F. v. M. Pinnaroo (Dist. M) : Car- 

 rieton, Quorn (Dist. N) ; Oodnadatta, Everard Range (Dist. 

 C). 



Elachanthus pusillus, F. v. M. Baroota; Quorn; Car- 

 rieton (Dist. N). 



Podolepis Lessonii, Benth. Carrieton ; Baroota (Dist. 



Helijtterum strictum, Benth. W oolshed Flat (Dist. N). 

 H. polyyalifolium, DC. Found at Warren Gorge, near 

 Quorn, on the boundary of Dists. N and S. The receptacle 

 is conical, not flat, as stated in "Fl. Aust.," iii., 641. //. 

 Jessenii, F. v. M. Carrieton; Quorn. H. hyalos perm urn , 

 F. v. M. Quorn. 



Isoetopsis c/ra mi ni folia, Turcz. Quorn. This small plant 

 bears considerable resemblance to Mi/riocephalus rhizocephalus 

 (DC), Benth. 



Brachycome Muelleri, Sond. Telowie Gorge; Hundred 

 of Pirie (Dist. N) ; scrub between Murray Bridge and Cal- 

 lington (Dist. M) ; Middle River, K.I. (Dist. K) ; Hawker 

 (Dist. S). B. exilis, Sond. Tintinara (Dist. T). 



*Scorzonera laciniata, L. Fields near Collinswood (H. 

 W. Andrew). Recorded in "Journal of Agriculture," 

 February, 1917. A biennial plant of the Mediterranean 

 region and Central Europe, which has not been noticed here 

 previously. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 



Plate IX. 



Kochia ciliata, F. v. M. 1, specimen from Renmark, with 

 weak, sometimes procumbent branches. 2, fruiting perianth, much 

 depressed, from the type collected by Hergolt at Emu Springs. 

 3, fruiting perianth from Renmark specimens, the lobes more 

 conspicuous. 4, flowering perianth. 5, fruiting perianth of the 

 type, seen from above and with all the hairs removed. 6, vertical 

 section of fruiting perianth (fruit removed). 7, branch of a 



