170 Vinuaia. A New CombmaHou in ftyu/ittlMl f V y*j IB* 



moist rocks, Johnson ami Constable, 18.4.1952 (NSW, F2776) ; Pinnae's 

 Mountain, & mfe. worth-north-west of Crenfctl, 750 ft alt., ni rock crevices. 

 Constable, 2U1W& (tt£>W. P7475) ; Jeuolan Caves, \V. R Biakely, 8.190O 

 (NSW. F4578) ; Broken Hill, A. Morris. 5.M920 (NSW F4.W). Victoria— 

 Ctoltetn, K. E Williamson. 12 1900 (NSW. P58AJ. Queensland— Wallan- 

 g&rra, J 1.. Bowman, 4.1914 (KSW. P4S97). WtbWm A»*t'PlU — Gooseberry 

 Hill, ttatlhig Range, A. Morrison, 16,7,1904 (NSW. i75u>6_K Northern 

 Territory — Standley Chasm. D Symon, No. fSQ, $6rfcQ5& 



I wish* in thank lb*- Keepers of Botany at the Kew Herbarium and the 

 Bcituti Museum of Natural History for enabling me to examine the speci- 

 hCtt6 o( Pl4nVowrns in their collections. 



SURVIVAL OF NATIVE PLANTS 



By Ku«.a!.ie Rknnkit 



In tfetJe <&$* $ disappearing native rtora, it is heartening: io discover thai 

 the "Will to live' persists in a rcmarkahle manner evtn in spots where !l»c 

 annual tiurnmg-ofF Tnifthl he experte/i to destroy m<isl living things. Twe 

 plares in mind are suburban railway euUinjts, particularly those oh Ow line 

 trom Sandrmgham to Melbourne. Kpt years ft has been a delight to see- oW 

 lavotil 1t€fr flower as usual each spring, and bo notice how much of the iivdige 

 nous growth manages to survive. v**« include Tea-trees {/.£/>t0.r/tr*ruf>$). 

 Wattles (••iftft'm loHfjifoiia, A. arm*ila\* and others. A beautiful specimen nr 

 Correa. the so-called "Native Uuschia", about three (eet high, still flourish;:.* 

 near Bridge Street. Shroaks (Cttsu&riuii) and Booby.sdla fMyof>vntrti} grow 

 Ircety near Btighton Beach, while ar Middle Brighton and at Prahran a 

 pleasant surume is our Common Maidenhair (Adii\n(uu\ Mihioputhti) grow- 

 ing beneath the coping-«tone' at the edge of (he platform. 



Various euoalypts, pittospni UCn& and hracVen may be seen as for in as 

 (rardenvate. From Kippowlea towards "Klstcrtiuick is a very interesting 

 patch* where Sweet Bursaria (&. a{>ow&i) and Running Postman (Keuntdya 

 prostmUi) are to lie r-eeji. Immediately around ElsttiflYHadc station, on both 

 tides of rbc line, is worth a study in itself. Some specimens gathered there 

 weie scut to Mr. T S H«<rt fen identification; be replied 



The Elsterrnvick plants arc a reminder of the Did days when we would 

 ocwuiivn-aUy take a walk, on the way home from a school M Balaclava, to> 

 Brighton, The hill at the railway station cutting may Ik: regarded as quite 

 typical of the soils resting direct on the red beds. A tree on the opposite side 

 which 1 have not viewed at elosc nuaners is apparently Acncia impfo.rit by 

 its summer flowering 



"Pimeieas— P cunjifhw* wit\i attentate leaves and small enrved yelluwibli 

 flowers — is o«uite typical of this class ol country. Dt. Sutton did not have it 

 on his first list of Sianriringbam flowers, hut 1 mentioned it to him probably 

 ffppi the path ai the trip of rh** bie r.uitiue at Brighton Reae.h atation. Resides 

 the Hlsternwick cuMme; 1 think you would hnd it at ihe cutting between 

 KoOiam Street bridge and Ripponlca stniion, The yimetos survive well, partly 

 because the bark is so lough and not leadily eaten oft by >tock in tbe vaddocks. 

 and because the railway conditions suit anything which will stanrl burning 

 nrT and will shout again from tubers i>r rhizume»i or a woody Tootstnrk. The 

 shorter pimeka is / J . hntrttln, rather SQtnftt bracts larger than the leaves and 

 item hairy behind the flowers. It is possrble that P. curviflnra h actually 

 becoming more prominent, but » eo«Ut easily have been overlgoked a? that 

 clasx o( country was worth dealing tor cultivation and was little seen on 

 our usual routes from Cheltenham to Sandringharii 



"The '_*verUbUng seems definitely HeUchry&lUb apiculotUHt. The very slender 

 plants, stems scabrous and square, ^eems to he flalanynis. species, nneeriain; 

 Htilof a {fi& is bwi called Raspwort. 



•The little ciHtinR half * inile SB. Irom £l$ter"wick was mtferent— 

 bracken and Basawa. cmcrta — and more tandy *' 



