BOTANY. 



By RALPH TATE, Projcssor of Natural History in tlic University 



of Adelaide. 



With an A])peo(lix )iy J. 11. Maiden, F.L.S. 



CONTENTS. 



Chapter I. — The Larapintine Flora. 



1. — General Physiography and Boundaries of the Larapintine Rcf^ion. 

 2. — Botanical Characteristics. 

 (I. Introduction. 



b. Salient Botanic Features of the North Ercniian Rcfrion. 



c. The Lowland Vef^etation. 



d. The Saxatilo Vegetation. 

 3. — Origin of the Flora. 



4. — Previous Explorations. 



5. — Enumeration of the Flowering Plants and Vascidar Cryptogams. 



6. — Diagnoses of New Genus and Species. 



Chapteu II. — The Central Eremlan Flora. 



1. — Physiographic and Botanic Characteristics. 

 2. — List of Plants new or rare in the Kegion. 



Chapter I. — The Larapintlne Flora. 



1. General Physiography and Boundaries of the Larapintine Region. 



In my amingeiaeut of South Australian Plants, in "A Ilamlbook of the Flora 

 of E.xtratropical South Australia," Adelaide, 1890, I have demarked tiie area 

 occupied by the Eremian flora and its subdivisions ; therein the northern and 

 central regions are separated from (\acli other l)y a latitudinal line through 

 Charlotte Waters. K)\\ physiograjjliic gi-ounds this is a good line, as up to the 

 River Coglin the dominant feature is that of stony table-lands of Cretaceous rocks, 

 which, though not ceasing there, continue further north, but only as small outliers 



