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list of plants chiefly seen from the train is meagre, though 

 sufficient to give an idea of the general character of the 

 flora. Two or three beautiful flowering Acacias were seen 

 in the desert but could not be identified from the train. 



The following plants were noticed between Longreach 

 and Rockhampton: — 



Capparidace^ : Capparis lasiantha, C. Mitchelli (Pomegranate), 

 Apophyllum anomalum F.v.M. 1 ? (near Dartmouth). 



Pittosporace^e : Pittospomm phillyrceoides DC, (near Geera), 

 Bursaria spinosa. 



Sterculiace^: : Sterculia diversifolia G. Don (Kurrajong, near 

 Alice River and Bogantungan), S. rupestris Benth., ( Bottle 

 Tree, common from Emerald towards Rockhampton, some- 

 times with a diameter of five to six feet). 



Tiliaceje : Grewia polygama (at Bogantungan). 



Rutace^e : Geijera parviflora Lindl. (Wilga, a beautiful shade 

 tree, near Geera and Emerald). 



Meliace^e : Owenia acidula (at various points, trees up to 30 feet 

 high between the 82 and 83 mile-posts from Rockhampton), 



CelastrinevE : Celastrus Cunninghamii F.v.M. 



Rhamnace^e : Ventilago viminalis (Vine Tree), Zizyphus jujuba 

 (Jujubes, near Rockhampton), Alphitonia excelsa (near Jericho, 

 Yamala and Stanley, a widely distributed species). 1 



Sapindace^e : Cupania anacardioides A. Rich., (trees 20 feet high 

 at Bogantungan), Atalaya hemiylauca (Whitewood), Hetero- 

 dendron olecefolium, Dodonaza attenuata A. Cunn. (Hopbush). 



Leguminos^e : Lotus australis Andr., (at Bogantungan. This 

 endemic species belongs to a genus widely spread over the 

 tropical and temperate regions of the world), Ccesalpinia 

 Gillesii Wall, (near Geera), Cassia sp., Banhinia sp., Acacia 



1 Notes on the Native Flora of New South Wales by E. H. Carnbage, 

 Part ix, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. xxxvn, p. 649, (1912). 



