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A. pyri folia, DC. Crown Point. A . salicina, Lindl. 

 "Umbrella Bush." Between Crown Point and Horseshoe 

 Bend. Var. varians, Benth. "Native Willow." Dalhousie 

 Springs, S.A. [The "Native Willow" grows into* quite a 

 tree, 40 ft. or so high, with very elegant drooping foliage, 

 and is always found where there is moisture. The "Umbrella 

 Bush" grows on stony ridges as a rule.] A. sessiliceps, 

 F. v. M. Near New Crown Point. [Some fine large bushes 

 in full blossom were met with in the sandy country; it is a 

 very handsome shrub.] A handsome Acacia in flower, 

 resembling A. retinodes, has been brought from between Love 

 Creek and Deep Well and from Ruby Gap on the Hale River. 

 It differs in the distinct, linear-spatulate sepals, and pods 

 must be obtained before it can be placed. [This fine acacia 

 was only seen after w© had reached the Hale River.] Cassia 

 phyllodinea, R. Br. Macumba, S.A. C . desolata, F. v. M. 

 Between Crown Point and Horseshoe Bend. C . eremophila, 

 Cunn. Crown Point; between Dalhousie and Blood Creek, 

 S.A. [This Cassia was met with in full bloom. They are 

 beautiful bushes, symmetrical in shape, bright-flowering, and 

 sweet scented.] C. Sturtii, R. Br. Dalhousie Springs, 

 S.A. C. pleurocarpa, F. v. M. Between Crown Point and 

 Horseshoe Bend, Dalhousie Springs. [A very handsome bush, 

 2 or 3 ft. high.] C . artemisioides, Gaud. Henbury. Petalo- 

 styles labicheoides, R. Br. Love Creek. [A beautiful little 

 shrub not often seen.] 



Geraniace^e. — Erodium cygnorum, Nees. Twenty-five 

 miles south of Love Creek. 



Zygophyllace^e. — Zygophyllum fruticidosum, DC. Dal- 

 housie Springs, S.A. [Large bright-green leaves and a 

 quantity of yellow blossoms; very plentiful in places.] 

 Z. glaucescens, F. v. M. Between Crown Point and Horse- 

 shoe Bend; Dalhousie Springs, S.A. Z. ammophUum , F. v. M. 

 Dalhousie Springs, S.A. Tribulus hy stria, R. Br. Crown 

 Point, Finke River. Flowers very large and showy. Nitraria 

 Sch(£heri, L. River Finke. 



Euphokbiace,e. — Euphorbia Wheeleri, Baill. Idracowra. 

 E. Drummondii, Idracowra. 



Malvaceae. — Plagianthus glomeratus, Benth. Dalhousie 

 Springs, S.A. Lavatera plebeia, Sims. Between Dalhousie 

 and Blood Creek, S.A. [A fairly common plant.] Malva- 

 strnm spicatum, A. Gray. Between Dalhousie and Blood 

 Creek, S.A. Sida virgata, Hook. Between Crown Point and 

 Horseshoe Bend. S. corrugata, Lindl. Twenty-five miles 

 south of Love Creek. [A low bush of 6 to 8 in., growing 

 in sandhill country.] A butilon Mitchellii, Benth. MacDonnell 

 Ranges. Gossypium Sturtii, F. v. M. Bitter Springs; 



