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was pointed out as pertainiiij^ to this species by F. v. M. in "Key to tiie A^ictorian 

 Plants," i., p. 422, and more fully dealt with in the "Gardener's Chronicle." In 

 the Reedy Creek plants, the perianth is almost obliterated and uncoloureil, and 

 the spathe always remain perfectly closed. 



AMARYLLIDE/E. 



CuiNUM FLAcciDUM, Herbert. Latitude 32° to 22° (Stuart). Near McDonnell 

 llange as C. angtistifoliuin (teste F. v. M.). Common in the valley of the 

 Stevenson River !. 



LILIACE/E. 



WuRMBSEA DioiCA, F. V. M. Glen Edith, etc. (Tietkens). 



TiiYSANOTUS EXILIFLOUUS, F. V. M. McDonnell Range (E. Giles) ; sandhills, 

 Hermannsljurg ( Kempe). 



CoHYNOTiiECA LATERIFLORA, F. V. j\I. Sandhills, Ilermannsburg (Kempe). 



* Xerotes dura, F. v. M. In rocky clefts, Ilpilla Gorge and Palm Creek !. 



Xerotes leucocepiiala, R. Broivu. Sand plain by the Finke, Hermanns- 

 burg ! (Kempe), Gill's Creek and Laura Vale (Tietkens), Walker River valley near 

 Palmer Junction I. 



Xanthorrikea Thorntoni, Tate, n. sp. Sandhills, Eagle Plain ; between 

 Laurie's Creek and Glen Edith !, as observed by Gosse ; Rudall's Creek (E. Giles). 

 Missionary Plain one mile north of Pine Point, and south side of valley of 

 Carmichael Creek !. 



PALM>€. 



* Livistona Marle, F. v. M. Glen of Palms (E. Giles), along the Finke 

 River and some of its tributaries in Krichauil" Range (Kempe). The principal 

 colony of this stately palm, which attains to a height of ninety feet, is in Palm 

 Creek, which joins the Finke at about nine miles south fi-om Ilermannsburg ; the 

 trees, rooting in the j(jints of the bare sandstone floor of the creek-bed, extend 

 for a length of about two miles, conunencing at about three miles from its junction 

 with Glen of Palms, altogether there cannot l-)c more than about a hundred full- 

 grown individuals ; the tributary-branches of Palm Creek ha\e a few individual 

 trees but not extending Ijeyond one-fourth mile from the main creek. From 

 Palm Creek a few individuals occur along the Finke Channel as far as Doggy 

 Water in the Glen of Palms. '^'^^ 



