|liUU .,, included Wallowa {Acacia 

 ,/ 1( mW.'/n<l. Clctnath mwrciphvlla. 



;',;',/.,„ inhrii. ijfopctal&m bem, 



,,,„,„/(.,„.. capiiUmS in'" ™fl 

 Loudonia hehiii. (Three of 

 lh0 ., c named .itier Hermann 



Hchr, u GftrhJW bot.un.si who made 

 Stfiv collations in South Australia 

 l uh J n slaving at Bclhanieti in the 

 h „ossa Valley . • MallM Kiu ? neck 

 |.. lir „is Wirt seen. Bill tasking 

 • united iUH gum-mi's chewed up by 



"in die afternoon most of Ihe party 

 ,„„k a walk over the sandhills near 

 the camping area I isting species seen 

 would 6 Tedious, as mosi members 

 of our club o«n or have aLO-s.s Id " I he 

 U^laHon of Wypcrlcld National 

 Park and a t heck-list of ils Vascular 

 linn", by !■ dainet. an excellent 

 tuale which lists ihe species, gives 

 a-cuiate habitat notes and illustrates 

 Hill dillercnl plants, while -Birds of 

 VVypencId National Park", hy II. F„ 

 I nt. |fct$ over 200 species of birds. 

 ffeVcrlbeltta the keen amuieur bota- 

 nists made lists, as did the bird 

 ol.scr.L'is. as all good naturalists 

 should. Main uric active in photo- 

 BtnlytlJ Hems of niteresl. \r ihe foot 

 ■if FhijisialT Hill there were speci- 

 men* ot Malice Uitierhush {.■{•Iriarm 

 houken). which was new In some 

 [|R rilu is. kangaroos ate lond of ihe 

 leaves. Sweet Applebcrry (Uillardwru 

 CVMWf) wi|S noticed climbing high 

 mlo Yellow Malice [Eucalyptus 

 i,u<a.\.\aia) Ihe latter hemg the 

 commonest of the malices here, 

 vnecn Tffll-J rtfe (I.cpiosperoutm Lwvc 



putm nr, imfctt?} ls ;l Malice form 



of the species common near the Bdasfi 

 An aboriginal shield scar was seen on 

 D River Ked lium t Ciuxilypmv carnal- 

 tfttfaftiSi. Returning to the camp 

 idling ihe northern side of Lake 

 Binmn. ii was noticed that here the 

 red piffiS lit higher up fmtn the 

 lomicr .n.ind.tled area than ihe Black 



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Box (Ltuulyptiu larniHtm-t\\\. the 

 reverse of the usual sequence. Sonic- 

 ol us joined a couple I who sunt lhe\ 

 had been 'rained oui of the (ir<im- 

 pians") ubscaving Mai lee Rinjjnccl 

 Parrots. 



\i outlay. M Augiw 



Most members, set out on a walk 

 in Lake Braiubruk. Fine specimens 

 of Desert Banksia \B. mnala). ihe 

 sole species Of the genus in Ihe park, 

 were photographed, some of the 

 stamens being distinctly red above the 

 usiKil yellowish-green of the flowers. 

 Scrub Paie (Culliuis xcrrucoxa). with 

 low habit ol growth .md warty cones, 

 was common, and Ihe laller Slender 

 C'vprcss Pine (C. /wmil) less v 

 A shallow lagoon, IXvil's Pools, 

 with much w.ai'i yugnicnlcd hy ihe 

 recenl i.uns. wa> nolable lor NardflO 

 (Manila, ,ln<mmn,iJih and a glass- 

 like sword formed by a tiny compo- 

 site. Gniss Cushion ( hoewpxis xruutt- 

 ntiolia) A huge depression covered 

 with red gums was the precursor of 

 the Hal. treeless area of Lake Br.im- 

 hruk r>toper. in which small mobs 

 ol kangaroos retreated a* the human 

 intruders invaded their timbered 

 refuge. A truly remarkable sighi (fur 

 city dwellers used to excitedly com- 

 menting on glimpses of them iu ones 

 oi twos in other parts of ihe State), 

 grecled us as wc emerged from the 

 forest io sec on the grassy lake-bed 

 no (ewer than 50 kangaroos and 120 

 emus, ihe latter in three detached 

 ilocks of 7Z. 3! and 17 respectively. 

 These areas, of which there art many 

 in the park, show relies of the days 

 when Wyperfcld wys part of Ihe ukl 

 Pine Plains station, with prolific 

 growth here of introduced plants 

 like horehound and mallow, mid in 

 other areas sorrel, ehickwccd. clovers, 

 mcdicks. nettles, thistles and liee 

 lobacco [XUmiain: s'auca). 

 At the eastern end of the bed of 



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