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with a saline incrustation, were noted in close proximity 

 to the strand, among which Abriplex patulum L., a typical 

 estuarine species, was liberally represented. 



At the rear of the dune in the sheltered valley running 

 in a north-easterly direction, a number of large umbrageous 

 trees of Melaleuca leucadendron L. var. albida (Sieb.) E. 

 Oheel MS. (Melaleuca Smithii R. T. Baker), survivors of 

 the extensive forest of these plants originally in possession 

 of the peaty flat stretching across to Rose Bay, are still 

 preserved in paddocks and private gardens. 



On the headland south of Bondi Beach the few flowered 

 Cladium junceum R. Br. is established in a swampy basin. 

 Isopogon anethifolius R. Br. and I. anemonifolius R. Br., 

 both of which are plentiful on the Botany sandhills, are 

 here sparsely represented. An anomalous fruited Composite, 

 Osteospermum moniliferum L., an alien from South Africa, 

 where it is a coast dweller, is strongly entrenched on the 

 headland. Originally a garden escape in the neighbourhood 

 of Bellevue Hill, it has spread seawards through the scrub 

 to its natural habitat on the coast. 



Two terete leaved members of the genus Lepidosperma 

 occur on the headland, L. flexuosum R. Br., with large 

 spreading tufts occupying the drier soil pockets, and L. 

 Neesii Kunth., with a scanty erect tuft choosing a peaty 

 soil not frequently inundated. The former is restricted on 

 the sea-board to the Port Jackson district, but is sparsely 

 represented on the higher elevations of the Blue Mountains. 

 L. Neesii, whose northern boundary is also in the neighbour- 

 hood of Port Jackson, extends into Victoria. 



On a sandy slope on the northern boundary of the 

 Waverley Cemetery, a favourite garden plant, Alyssum 

 maritimum Laon., (an escape from the cemetery) has shown 

 its appreciation of the similarity in the edaphic and climatic 

 conditions, to those obtaining in its native habitat on the 



