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between Hale River and Love Creek. [A beautiful shrub, 

 growing in sheltered spots and covered in bright-blue 

 blossoms.] 



Sterculiace^e. — Melhania incana, Heyne. Between 

 Love Creek and Deep Well. 



Frankeniace^e. — Frankenia pa uci flora, DC. Between 

 Dalhousie and Blood Creek; Eringa, S.A.; Henbury, Finke 

 River. All are hairy forms. [A very bright-flowering little 

 globular shrub of compact growth, enlivening the landscape 

 with its mass of blossoms.] There is also a small plant with 

 procumbent stems rooting at the nodes and apparently grow- 

 ing in damp, muddy spots at Dalhousie Springs and on the 

 Finke River between Crown Point and Horseshoe Bend. From 

 the withered remains of flowers and fruit it is a Frankenia; 

 the leaves are divaricate, scaly-tomentose, and sessile, so that 

 it cannot be one of the many forms of F. pa uci fl or /. Its 

 habit is also entirely different. [This little prcstrate plant is 

 evidently very rare. It has a moss-like appearance.] 



THYMELiEACE,E. — Pimelea trichostachya, Lindl. Between 

 Love Creek and Deep Well. 



Myrtace^e. — Thryptomene Maisonneuvii, F. v. M. Hen- 

 bury, Finke River. [This lovely little shrub seems to thrive 

 on the red sandhills.] Eucalyptus gamophylla, F. v. M. 

 Henbury. [This strange gum was only met with once ; the 

 leaves (even the adult ones) are very blue; the tree grows to 

 20 or 25 ft. It spreads out from the butt and has several 

 stems, in the same manner as the peppermint gum.] E. 

 microtheca, F. v. M. "Desert Box." Between Love Creek 

 and Deep Well. E . oleosa, F. v. M. Hermannsburg. Var. 

 longicornis, F. v. M. Bitter Spring. [A low-growing stunted 

 mallee.] E . pachyphylla, F. v. M. MacDonnell Ranges. E. 

 terminalis, F. v. M. MacDonnell Ranges. 



Haloragidace^e. — Myriophyllum verrucosum, Lindl. 

 Running Waters, Finke River. [A common water weed along 

 the Finke.] Halo rag is ceratophylla, Endl. Twenty-five 

 miles south of Love Creek. 



Umbellifer^e. — Didiscus glaucifolius, F. v. M. Between 

 Crown Point and Horseshoe Bend. [This pretty plant with 

 bluish flowers was found growing in the sandy river-bed 

 18 in. to 2 ft. high.] 



Gentianaceje. — Erythrcea spicata, Pers. Hamilton Bore, 

 S.A. All the corollas examined are 5-lobed. [Great quanti- 

 ties were growing on the flats by the creek.] 



Asclepiadace,e. — Marsdenia Leichhardtiana, F. v. M. 

 MacDonnell Ranges. [A climber on trees, called "Native 

 Pear" locally from the shape of the pod, which is fleshy 

 before maturity, and is eaten by both whites and natives.] 



