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ConvolvulacejE. — Convolvulus erubescens, Sims. Her- 

 mannsburg; Crown Point; 25 miles south of Love Creek. [Met 

 with many times during the trip climbing into low bushes or 

 on tussocks of grass.] 



Boragjnaceji:. — TIalgania strigosa, Schlecht. Mount 

 Squires. [This shrub is not plentiful, but occasional bushes 

 were met with here and there on the flats between sandhills 

 east of Deep Well; they were covered in bright-blue flowers.] 

 Trichodesma zeylanicum, R. Br. Between Dalhousie and 

 Blood Creek, S.A.; between Crown Point and Horseshoe 

 Bend. [Grows about 2 ft. high; not plentiful; likes the 

 sandy beds of creeks; was in full bloom.] 



VERBENA.CEiE. — Newcastlia spodiotricha, F. v. M. Depot 

 Sandhills. [Found growing in sandhill country; in some cases, 

 quite large bushes, 4 to 6 ft. high.] Clerodendron flori- 

 bundum,, R. Br. Ellery Creek. 



Labiate. — Prostanthera striatiflora , F. v. M. Hermanns- 

 burg; Bitter Spring. [A pretty little bush growing in the 

 ranges.] Teucrium racemosum, R. Br. Lindsay Creek, S.A.. 

 The specimen has the lower peduncles 3-flowered, as in T. 

 integri folium, F. v. M., but has the hoary tomentum of T. 

 racemosum, so that there seems little doubt the two species 

 should be united, as was subsequently proposed by Mueller. 

 Mentha australis, R. Br. Between Dalhousie and Blood 

 Creek, S.A. [Found growing in damp places at the edge of 

 waterholes and springs.] 



Solanace^e. — Nicotiana suaveolens, Lehm. "Native 

 Tobacco." Ellery Creek. [Plentiful in many of the deep 

 glens and growing on the side of the cliffs and along the water- 

 courses; coveted -much by the natives.] Solanum ellipticum, 

 R. Br. East of Deep Well. [Numerous small bushes were 

 seen in the sandhills, and they were in full flower.] 



Scrophulariace^e. — Stemodia viscosa, Roxb. Ruby Gap, 

 Hale River. [A very pretty flower, growing in damp locali- 

 ties under the shelter of rocks.] 



Acanthace^e. — Justicia procumbens, L. Idracowra ; 

 Crown Point; Eringa, S.A. 



Myoporace^e. — Myoporum acuminatum, R. Br. "Native 

 Myrtle." Hermannsburg ; Ellery Creek. [Some fair-sized 

 bushes were growing amongst the rocks.] Eremophila 

 Duttonii, F. v. M. Between Dalhousie and Blood Creek. 

 [Some large bushes of this plant were seen.] E. Latrobei, 

 F. v. M. Crown Point. [A very attractive shrub in its 

 rich blue flowers.] E. Willsii, F. v. M. Depot Sandhills. 

 E . Freelingii, F. v. M. Between Crown Point and Horseshoe 

 Bend. Pedicels 10-20 mm. long and often two together in the 

 axil. .1 have similar specimens from Oodnadatta (Miss Staer), 



