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advanced stage, scarcely any flowers of this species being seen in 

 July. Around the Inverell district this plant is sometimes 

 known as Wild May. 



Melichrus urceolatus is a very common little plant on the 

 granite area, though it is by no means confined to that forma- 

 tion, and was met with frequently throughout. 



Leucopogon lanceolatus showed scarcely any signs of flowering 

 -early in July, and L. melaleucoides was just beginning to open 

 into flower. L. microphyllus var. pilibundus ranges from about 

 2-3 feet high, and was absolutely covered with masses of snow- 

 white blossoms which were freely used for decorative purposes. 

 This Leucopogon might fitly be called a Snowbush, for its clusters 

 of pure white, little, bearded flowers are so dense as to exactly 

 represent a plant just visited by a snowstorm. It was still 

 flowering at the end of September. The leaves, which are about 

 4 lines long, have small recurved points, so that if the hand be 

 passed upward among the branches, the small resisting hooks are 

 -distinctly felt. 



Prostanthera empetrifolia was restricted to the damp swampy 

 areas, and its reddish-purple flowers were just opening at the end 

 of September. This species has slender stems which are often 

 supported by the adjacent plants; and though its height seemed 

 commonly about 2-4 feet, it was found in one instance to reach 

 6 feet while resting on its stronger neighbours. 



A second Prostanthera (No. 17 18), which is probably a new 

 species, occurs almost exclusively in the slight depressions where 

 a little soil can accumulate on the dry, almost bare acid granite 

 rocks. Here the plants flourish in clusters about 3 feet high, 

 being covered in September with a most attractive display of 

 purplish-blue flowers. The leaves when crushed emit a strong 

 odour, a feature common in the genus, accounting for the local 

 name of Turpentine for this species. 



Hakea microcarpa was noticed on swampy land, a situation 

 that it often selects on New England; while H. dactyloides sought 

 out the sandy areas as it does around Sydney and on the Blue 

 Mountains. 



