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seen; grows low to the ground.] G. eriocarpa, Benth. 

 Idracowra. [Growing close to the ground.] Myriocephalus 

 Stuartii, Benth. Hermannsburg; Crown Point. [Very plenti- 

 ful after rain ; hundreds of square miles are covered with this 

 plant; stock relish it.] Calocephalus platycephalus, Benth. 

 Crown Point. Rutidosis helichrpsoides, DC. Crown Point; 

 30 miles east of Deep Well. [Quite a quantity growing in 

 the sandy soil.] Ixiohena leptolepis, Benth. Between Crown 

 Point and Horseshoe Bend. Podolepis canescens, Cunn. 

 Crown Point. Helichrysum amhigaum, Turcz. Depot Sand- 

 hills. Pappus-hairs only 7-9. H. bracteatum, Willd. 

 Between Love Creek and Deep Well; Urinilla Springs. 

 [Grows very rapidly in the sandy country after a shower of 

 rain.] Schoenia Cassiniana, Steetz. Idracowra; 30 miles 

 east of Deep Well. [Great masses of this plant in full blossom 

 were met with in the sandhills.] Helipterum floribundum, 

 DC. Idracowra; Crown Point; between Love Creek and 

 Deep Well; 30 miles east of Deep Well. [A common plant, 

 often covered in a mass of blossom, and making white dots 

 over the country.] H. stipitatum, F. v. M. Crown Point; 

 Idracowra; 30 miles east of Deep Well. [Plentiful in sandy 

 country.] H. jiterochcetum, Benth. Crown Point; 30 miles 

 east of Deep Well. [Found both on sandy country and 

 alluvial flats; averages 10 or 12 in. in height.] H. Charsleyce, 

 F. v. M. Henbury; Crown Point; between Crown Point and 

 Horseshoe Bend; Macumba Station, S.A. [It was not 

 unusual to meet with half an acre covered by this plant.] 

 H. Fitzgibbonii, F. v. M. Idracowra; Crown Point. [A 

 showy little plant when seen in masses, but very local.] 

 Gnaphalium indicum, L. Hamilton Bore, Stevenson Creek, 

 S.A. [Growing in great masses in some localities.] G. luteo- 

 album, L. Between Dalhousie and Blood Creek, S.A. 

 [Growing in quantities on flooded ground.] Senecio mag- 

 nificus, F. v. M. Horseshoe Bend. [We found this plant 

 in full bloom in many parts of the country; its flowering 

 stems grow to the height of 3 ft, 6 in. to 4 ft., and the 

 blossoms attract much insect life.] S. Gregorii, F. v. M. 

 Idracowra. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 

 Plate XXXVIII. 



Bossia inchoata, sp. n. 1, unexpanded flower; 2, stamens and 

 pistil ; 3, fruiting perianth ; 4, the same, vertical section. 



Trichinium Whitei, sp. n. 5, unexpanded flower; 6, bract; 

 7, bracteoles ; 8, one of the inner perianth segments ; 9, stamens 

 and pistil; 10, stamina! cup spread open; inner view; 11, pistil. 



Plate XXXIX. 



Eremophila neglecta, sp. n. 1, corolla ; 2, corolla spread open ; 

 3, pistil ; 4, dissepiment of ovary and 2 ovules ; 5, bud. 



