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Malvastrum spicatum, A. Gray. Mungeranie ; Mirra 

 Mitta Creek. [This low bush with bright orange flowers was 

 often met with along the watercourses.] 



Lavatera plebeia, Sims. Murteree. [The "marshmallow" 

 was growing very luxuriantly on swampy ground near water- 

 holes, etc., often reaching the height of 5 or 6 feet, the pale- 

 pink blossoms making a pretty picture.] 



Abutilon Mitchellii, Benth.(?) Carpels 7, as long as 

 the calyx-tube, 2-3-seeded, villous at outer angle and covered 

 with tubercles ending in short spreading hairs : seeds sparsely 

 pubescent. A. Fraseri, Hook. Trinity Well; Mount Hope- 

 less. Flowers male only ; similar specimens from Arkaringa 

 (Miss Staer) suggest that this plant may sometimes be 

 dioecious. [This charming, buttercup-like flower was met 

 with in many places on the high ground and along the creeks; 

 the bushes were often as high as 3 feet.] 



Frankeniaceae. 



Frankenia serpyllifolia, Lindl. Murteree; Innamincka: 

 Mount Hopeless; Carraweena. [Beautiful shapely bushes of 

 this plant were often met with covered in bright-pink 

 blossoms.] 



Thymelaeaceae . 



Pimelea simplex. F. v. M. Mount Lyndhurst. The 

 heads remain compact after flowering, but the leaves and 

 branches are sprinkled with long hairs, showing an approach 

 to P. sericostachya, F. v. M. Except for the compact fruiting 

 head it resembles closely nry P. continua, and it is possible 

 that the latter may prove to be only a variety or form with 

 the fruiting rhachis unusually lengthened. [Found growing 

 on the tableland country.] 



Myrtaceae. 



Melaleuca glomerata, F. v. M. Petermorra Springs. 

 (The trees were growing in clumps amongst the mound springs 

 upon raised ground ; evidently the surrounding country had 

 been blown away to a lower level.] 



Eucalyptus microtheca, F. v. M. "Swamp Box." Cutta- 

 pirie Corner, Cooper Creek. [Lining all creeks and growing 

 on flooded ground. It was under one of these trees that Burke 

 died.] 



Halorrhagidaceae. 



Halorrhagis heterophylla, Brongn., var. aspera, Schindl. 

 (H. aspera, Lindl.). Murteree: Strzelecki Creek; between 

 Innamincka and Kanowana. From Innamincka itself there 

 is a small specimen with some ripe fruits, which are coarsely 



