In/da "»'■>""■ Koyjl Arulia v "" 

 1 oeaa Finish ***** Ai """ 



^zLuOOiatk ."Hi Black Oak COSU- 



" B5S www on the lower 



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i ls were in bloom including 

 5 ''l„lu ImgtfoiUi 77.S AD. /./-•- 

 JSSlAWWH 771 AD, Myopsrttm 



S rtMfaun 776 ad. and two 

 : ih ,. ii,,p Bushes VfodotVJfn lohu 

 '\, |65 \D Wrf />'"/"'"«'" ^WWwfl 



Ml WWiMU 7h7 Al ?- , i 



M.,,,11 the higher rock slopes 

 , I . rc "porcupine 1 riodin irrimns 

 ,0^0.1 almost pure stands, a variety 

 „f shrubs. undcrshrubs and pcrcn- 

 ' !,|, lUuuished including rounded 

 hiidies ol Srlenmllw TBj. 

 \p. ( ,,'vnn u-lnmoiw 76'' AD, Mini 

 Utah Vru.^milicra Mriatifhru 772 



vn Am«i 704 AD - ™* 



^» BrtJigtfaffl 76* AD, W 



ihnx Cassia species < , gtlWfl 77J 

 \p I . n< niai>hiln 774 AD. C 



piif&x^** 775 A,) and ft***??** 1 



, nV ( /Mi 76<i AD. 



4im(<iu uiaiiltnii 761 AD was 

 p.iras.tic OK Dc:.d Finish Acacia and 

 iV, tfgGrtfUS trailing creeper Lrh h- 

 ,„J,ia AMSttttfo 760 AD with large 

 , ri .TM con ad shaped pods later SWF 

 iitu! open and revealing the fluiTy 

 ...hiu- sccd.% trailed over shiubs and 

 ,!, „l blanches. The endemic (Itml- 



nta mdwa 760 ad. a yellow 



flowered species with sticky \iscid 

 stems and leaves was not uncommon 

 .inning the rocks. 



) first observed ibe striking duly 

 Malice Ilurolytnus gillii 75! AD in 

 IV55 a [ |hc western entrance of 

 KIlihvic Gorge, bill along the main 

 ttoJ between Ncpahunna Mission 



,. Italowie Gorjjc. many irce* wcte 

 rptr^endertl Willi creamy vdlcw Hos- 

 v.-iis .4. uru: Hgifffltw 750 AD anil a 

 vTi.il! herb UnpHdrbto nmhalis 752 

 B^onniM llalow.o Gorge 



Alter the pleasant surroundings of 

 Italovvic Gorge with its huge Red 



Gums, N.itivc I'nies and abundant 

 shnibbery. our sudden arrival at the 

 eastern plains was a stark reminder 

 wc were still in the dry outback. 



II is hard to imagine two more 

 handsome (lowering shrubs than 

 Stint's Desert Kose 0&5jypiUm oi/rr 

 totmiA 754 AD and i\Kilo.\nlis kibi- 

 clh'outc.s- 753 AD. yet here in the 

 most desolate spoi imaginable— the 

 drv bed of Mount McKinlay Creek, 

 they presented a massed display. An- 

 other attractive herb, the Native 

 Carrot Tracliynu-ne gl&kifaffa 733 

 ,\|), thrived m this arid habitat. 



Wc did not have time tor detailed 

 cxploralion at Wcciootla Gorge, one 

 of the •gateways"' to ihc Gammon 

 Rouges. Near the creek environs the 

 I in ee following shrubs were observed, 

 l ias l.ilv PiumlltJ rfi-ohthi 740 AD. 

 .-l/vwon'r katt<ty<&a 742 AD and 

 /'/<•< n<milii\s inrratfrrtint us 741 AD. an 

 aromatic Labiate which is apparently 

 Qtlite rate in Ibe Flinders Ranges 

 although it is known to occur tit 

 Mount Chambers Gorge and is loc- 

 alh abudanl at Mount lllhiuic in the 

 I v'crard Ranee and at Mount Olga 

 m Central Australia 



Three Hn\uo i^nicv B. lanumpu 

 ffi ,\D. H. vrnlriiosii 73'J AD. B. 

 f wr„!'e>ia>sri* 738A AD and fmh 

 Infg atipn 735 AD. grew on a small 

 knoll near Parabarana Hill and 

 Snurio mlnraws 73^ AD. was unite 

 frequent along Parabarana Creek 

 The small herb VJlci» funtdoxa 756 

 \D was one of the few plants then 

 flowering a! Mounl Fittou Station 

 ttft] Aauhi om-iim 755 AD and 

 t'htcln-a dmm 734 AD occurred at 

 Hamilton Cieek Gorge. 



Since .-or vimi in 1^62. a mag- 

 rtifieau Wilderness Nation.d I'ark 

 bxs been pniclaimed in the Gammon 

 « (jl Rnnidms ihat Feral Goat 

 P-Hilalions can be saiisCuctonly con- 



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