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(k) Botany. 

 By J. M. Black. 



Plates XXXVIII. and XXXIX. 



The number of species collected by Captain White and 

 named in this list is 178. They include 3 which are new, 

 belonging to the genera Bassia, Trichinium, and Eremophila. 



Previous botanical collections were made in Central Aus- 

 tralia by J. Macdouall Stuart (1860-2), Ernest Giles (1872-4), 

 Rev. H. Kempe, of the Hermannsburg Mission (1877-90), 

 Charles Winnecke (1883), W. H. Tietkens (1889), R. Helms 

 (Elder Expedition, 1891-2), R. Tate (Horn Expedition, 

 1894), and G. F. Hill (Barclay Expedition, 1911-2). The 

 botanical results of all the expeditions up to 1894 were 

 included by Professor Tate in Part III. of the "Report on 

 the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to CentraL 

 Australia." 



The greater part of Captain White's collection was made 

 north of the 26th parallel, in territory which is now under 

 Federal control; the South Australian localities are indicated 

 by the letters "S.A." after the name of the place. As much 

 of the route followed lay outside the area of previous ex- 

 ploring parties, a good many new stations for plants have 

 been recorded. 



The remarks placed between square brackets are Captain 

 White's own field notes on some of the species. 



Marsileace^e. — Marsilea Drummondii, A. Braun. 

 "Nardoo," between Love Creek and Deep Well. 



Conifers. — Gallitris robusta, R. Br. "Murray Pine," 

 MacDonnell Ranges. [Grows amongst the rocky ranges, and 

 was not met with till we reached the Krichauff Range.] 



Gramine^e. — Leptochloa subdic/itata, Trin. Running 

 Waters, Finke River; between Dalhousie and Blood Creek, 

 S.A. Spikes on one peduncle from 7 to 17, and in one 

 instance 21. [Growing in bunches in the beds of water- 

 courses; not a common grass.] Eleusine JEgyptiaca, Desf. 

 Henbury, Finke River. Pappophorum nigricans, R. Br. 

 Running Waters and Idracowra, Finke River. [Growing in 

 sandy bed of Finke in small bunches 8 to 10 in. high; stock 

 will eat this grass.] Pollinia fulva, Benth. "Sugar Grass." 

 Crown Point, Finke River; between Dalhousie and Blood 

 Creek, S.A. [Growing in large tussocks, 2 ft. to 2 ft. 6 in. 

 high, on low land liable to flood or in bed of watercourses; a 

 common grass.] Panicum leucophceum, H. B. et K. "Cotton 

 Grass." Between Love Creek and Deep W T ell. P. effusum,. 



