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R. Br. Between Dalhousie and Blood Creek, S.A. [This 

 grass seems to be in great abundance after rain.] P. 

 decom posit urn, R. Br. Between Crown Point and Horseshoe 

 Bend, Finke River; Dalhousie Springs, S.A. [Growing in 

 large bunches on flooded land from 1 to 2 ft. high; common.] 

 Sporobolus actinocladus, F. v. M. Between Crown Point 

 and Horseshoe Bend, Finke River. [A fairly common grass 

 on alluvial flats.] S. virginicus, Kunth., var. pallidus, Benth. 

 Dalhousie Springs, S.A. S. indicus, R. Br. East of Deep 

 Well; Dalhousie, S.A. Andropogon exaltatus, R. Br. Run- 

 ning Waters, Finke River. [A common grass growing on 

 flooded lands and attaining to the height of 6 ft. at times; 

 stock will not eat it.] A. gryllus, Trin. Between Love Creek 

 and Deep Well. A mphipogon strictus, R. Br. Thirty miles 

 east of Deep Well. [Grows in tussocks from 8 to 10 in. high; 

 stock like this grass when green.] Eragrostis Brownii, Nees. 

 Between Crown Point and Horseshoe Bend. Astrebla 

 pectinata, F. v. M. "Mitchell Grass." Between Crown 

 Point and Horseshoe Bend, River Finke. Anthistiria ciliata, 

 L. "Kangaroo Grass." Between Love Creek and Deep 

 Well. [Found growing amongst the stones on hillsides.] 

 Aristida stipoides, R. Br. Depot Sandhills. A. arenaria, 

 Gaud. Idracowra, Finke River. A starved-looking speci- 

 men, only 16 cm. high, and many of the awns have only 

 2 instead of 3 branches. [Found growing amongst the rocks; 

 seems to be a common grass.] Tragus racemosus, Hall. 

 Henbury, Finke River. Many of the burr-like fruits of this 

 grass were found clinging to Gnephosis eriocarpa and other 

 woolly plants in the collection. [A common plant; growing in 

 bunches where the river had overflowed.] Eragrostris falcata, 

 Gaud. Horseshoe Bend, Finke River. [A common grass, 

 low-growing, and very rigid, almost prickly.] 



Cyperace^e. — Scirpus littoralis, Schrad. Running 

 Waters, Finke River. [Met with in nearly all permanent 

 waters, from 5 to 6 ft. high.] Cyperus vagina tus, R. Br. 

 Running Waters. [Only seen once or twice; natives do not 

 seem to make any use of this rush, like those do in the south.] 



Casuarinace.e. — Casuarina Decaisneana, F. v. M. 

 "Desert Oak." [A very fine tree with straight trunk, often 

 20 ft. without a limb. Attains the height of 40 or 50 ft., 

 has wide spreading branches, throwing a dense shade ; the 

 wood splits easily, and is well adapted for rails, etc.] 



Urticace^e. — Ficus platypoda, Cunn. "Native Fig." 

 [This fig-tree was only met with in the ranges or close up to 

 the huge detached masses of granite. In some cases the 

 plants were growing out of the fissures in the rocks, and the 



