436 R. H. CAMBAGE. 



travelled in the dark. For the first twenty miles or so the 

 country is hilly, the formation apparently being Silurian 

 slate, but the remainder is for the most part made up of 

 great undulating open downs, including the famous Rich- 

 mond Downs with their rich pasture in good seasons. These 

 downs, which are really great plains in many portions, 

 have a rich flora which is evident in the rainy season, but 

 in August the grasses are usually dry and little can be 

 identified from the train except trees and shrubs. 



The following plants were noticed: — Owenia acidula 

 (Emu Apple), Ventilago viminalis (Vine Tree or Supple 

 Jack), Atalaya hemiglauca (Whitewood), Bauhinia sp., 

 Acacia sentis (in flower), A, Cambagei (Gidgea), A. steno- 

 phylla (on creek banks between Julia Creek and Nelia), A. 

 Chisholmi? (Turpentine Bush), A. Farnesiana (Needle 

 Bush or Prickly Mimosa), A. sp., (like A. Sutherlandi), 

 Eucalyptus sp., (a White Box, probably the same as No. 

 4163, seen only near Oloncurry), E.terminalis? (Blood wood, 

 at Oloncurry, and in flower between Kaampa and Oorindi), 

 E. pallidifolia (Mountain White Gum, near Oloncurry), E. 

 papuana (Cabbage Gum with boles white to the ground), 

 Grevillea striata, Hakea arborescens (near Oloncurry), 

 H. sp., (probably either H. Cunninghamii or H. lorea). 



HUGHENDEN TO PRAIRIE. 



Prairie is situated nearly thirty miles easterly from 

 Hughenden on a tableland of chiefly sandstone formation, 

 though only some portions of it appear to be sandy. The 

 plants identified were: — 

 Pittosporace^e : Bursaria spinosa Cav. 

 Malvaceae : Fugosia australis Benth., (at Baronta). 

 Rhamnace^e : Ventilago viminalis (Vine Tree). 



Sapindace^e : Atalaya hemiglauca (Whitewood), Heterodendron 

 olecefolium (Western Rosewood). 



