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Leguminos^e. — Tephrosia purpurea, Pers. Depot Sand- 

 hills. [Was only met with in the sandhill country.] P sored ea 

 eriantha, Benth. Depot Sandhills. P. patens, Lindl. 

 •Between Crown Point and Horseshoe Bend ; Hermannsburg. 

 [Plentiful in places ; growing on country that had been 

 flooded from time to time, also in glens and gorges.] 

 Crotalaria Mitchell ii, P. Br. Hamilton Bore, S.A. C. 

 dissiti flora, Benth. Dalhousie, S.A. ; Crown Point. [The 

 stems of this plant are soaked in water by the natives and 

 pounded almost to pulp, from which a fibre is made. Natives 

 also eat the roots when roasted.] C. Cunninghamii, R. Br. 

 Horseshoe Bend. [This strange plant was met with on the 

 Finke River in two or three places.] 0. Novce-hollandios, DC. 

 East of Deep Well. Swainsona campylantlia, F. v. M. Dal- 

 housie, S.A. [Great quantities grow on the southern slopes 

 of the high sandhills.] S. micro phylla, A. Gray. East of 

 Deep Well. S. phacoides, Benth. Henbury. [We noticed 

 quite a lot of this plant growing in the sand near Crown 

 Point.] Templetonia egena, Benth. "Broom bush" of the 

 North. Henbury. [A very shapely bush bearing a mass of 

 yellow flowers.] Acacia aneura, F. v. M. "Mulga." Crown 

 Point. [This is the dominating feature of the local flora, a 

 grand drought-resisting shrub, throwing little or no shade.] 

 A. cy per o phylla, F. v. M. "Red Mulga." Between Dalhousie 

 and Blood Creek, S.A. [Only found in very limited areas 

 on one or two creeks between Dalhousie and Blood Creek.] 

 A. cibaria, F.»v. M. Thirty miles east of Deep Well. 

 A. diet yo phi eh a, F .v. M. Depot Sandhills. [Large bunches 

 of seed-pods hanging from the limbs and glistening in the 

 sun owing to a sticky covering makes this bush a most remark- 

 able one.] A. Cambagei, R. T. Baker. "Gidya" or "Stink- 

 ing Wattle." Between Crown Point and Horseshoe Bend; 

 near Charlotte Waters. Formerty confused with A. homalo- 

 phylla, Cunn. Baker describes the petals as glabrous, but 

 Maiden, in For. Fl., N.S.W., iv., pi. 121, figures them as 

 pubescent. They are densely pubescent in our specimens. 

 [After a shower of rain this tree smells so strong that it is 

 quite nauseous; cattle will only eat it when there is nothing 

 else. Camels seem to relish it. It is not a widely-distributed 

 tree, but confined to the banks of certain creeks ; it is not met 

 with near the ranges.] A. Kempeana, F. v. M. "Broad- 

 leaved Mulga." Thirty miles east of Deep Well. [This is a 

 very common acacia all along the foot of the MacDonnells; 

 stock do not like this bush as much as the real mulga 

 (A. aneura).'] A. Osivaldii, F. v. M. Love Creek. With 

 almost linear leaves, but with the characteristic pod. [Not 

 a common plant ; only met with it east of Alice Springs.] 



