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roots travel down over solid rock for 20 ft. or more to reach 

 the nourishment below.] 



Proteace^e. — Grevillea stenobotrya, F. v. M. Old 

 Macumba, S.A. [We met with some fine shrubs in full 

 blossom when on our way down the Stevenson. It grows to a 

 height of 16 or 20 ft.] G. juncifolia, Hook. Love Creek; 

 east of Alice Well, Depot Sandhills. [Amongst the great 

 sandhill ridges we found a number of these trees in full 

 blossom ; flowers contain great quantities of honey, and are 

 visited by millions of ants.] Hakea chordophylla, F. v. 

 M. ( ?) Between Love Creek and Deep Well; Crown Point, 

 Finke River. There is another specimen from Crown Point, 

 with branched glabrous axillary racemes much longer than 

 the cylindrical, bifid, or trifid leaves. It is apparently a 

 Hakea with the long racemes of section Grevilleoides, but the 

 straight perianth and stigmatic cone of section Manglesioides. 

 The flowers are only in bud and there is no fruit. 



Loranthaceje. — Loranthus pendulus, Sieber. River 

 Finke. [Great masses of this lovely plant hung down from 

 many red gums (E. rostrata).~\ L. gibbendus, Tate. Run- 

 ning Waters, Finke River. [This fine plant was in full 

 "blossom, and it grows equally well on GrevUlea or Hahea.~\ L. 

 linophyllus , Fenzl. Idracowra. 



PoLYGONACEiE. — Polygonum plebeium, R. Br. Hamilton 

 Rore, S.A. [Found growing in bed of waterhole after the 

 water had dried up.] Bumex crystallinus, Lange. Between 

 Dalhousie and Blood Creek, S.A. [Seen on one or two occa- 

 sions growing on low-lying ground ; stems and leaves become 

 of a deep red colour.] 



Chenopodiace.e. — Atriplecc mummularia, Lindl. "Old 

 "Man Saltbush." Dalhousie Springs, S.A. ; Bitter Spring. 

 [Very large bushes of this plant covered acres of ground near 

 Bitter Spring.] A. vesicaria, Heward. "Bladder Saltbush." 

 Between Crown Point and Horseshoe Bend. [Large bushes 

 of this plant were met with near the river on the flats.] 



A. limbata, Benth., var. n. sexifida. Variat a typo appen- 

 dictdis dorsalibus perianthii fructiferi usque ad, basin fissis, 

 ideoque limbus sexlobatus apparet, foliis valde minoribus. 

 Between Crown Point and Horseshoe Bend. [Not often met 

 with; prefers the alluvial flats to sandhills.] Bassia dia- 

 eantha, F. v. M. Between Crown Point and Horseshoe Bend, 

 Dalhousie. [A common plant; develops a very prickly burr.] 



B. Luehmannii, F. v. M. Dalhousie Springs, S.A. [Not 

 numerous; an odd plant or two found in light soil.] B. 

 hicornis, F. v. M. Between Crown Point and Horseshoe 

 Bend. [This was a common plant, and is avoided on account 



