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THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST 
May 9, 1950. 
and Encounter Bay, which had just finished 
flowering. Leucopogon rufus is abundant 
as a prickly, rather compact shrub up to 5 
feet high, without the obvious wiry reddish 
branches from which it gets its name — it was 
in fruit, the drupes being unusually large 
for the genus. An Hibbertia (probably //. 
stricta) , with the flowers on some plants a 
washed-out yellow, was noted. Hicotiana 
maritima grew close to Dr. Moore s shack — 
the species was named in California by Dr. 
Wheeler from seed obtained at Hallett’s Cove; 
the flowers have a rather unpleasant narcotic 
somewhat sweet smell and the leaves when 
chewed by one member were found to be 
nauseous. 
On arrival, the low cliffs above the sea 
were first inspected. Here the prickly Aero - 
triche patala was still in bloom, though mostly 
over. The purplish climbing pea Glycine 
clandestina trailed over the low shrubs. 
Another climbing plant was Muehlenbeckia 
adpressa — its large, swamp relative, M. cun - 
ninghamii , the lignum of the explorers, grows 
in some ground wet in winter on the east 
side of the scrub. Grevillea lavandulacca , 
the upright herbaceous Stackhousia monogyna 
with whitish flowers, and the Euphorbiaceous 
Beyeria Lesclienaultii also grow here. A few 
native yams, Microseris Forsteri , were in 
bloom, as well as Pimelaea diosmifolia (pre- 
viously called P. flava) and Thomasia with 
its purplish flowers. 
On entering the scrub, some of the minute 
ephemerals attracted attention such as Calan- 
drinia pygmaea and another Calandrinia , the 
composite Toxanthus Muelleri (a new record 
for the coast), Crassula Sicberiana, Triglochin 
calcitrapa and others. In the scrub itself Hib- 
bertias were gay with their yellow flowers. 
Cry ptandra tomentosa , another record for the 
district, was in bloom. Other plants in flower 
were the small Didiscus pusillus , with one fruit 
bristly and the other smooth, Calythrix , the 
sticky Goodenia amplexans, Flame Heath and 
the Pink Gum. Native Peach trees were seen 
but none in fruit. Two orchids were found 
in flower — the pink Caladenia lati folia (an- 
other record) and Pterostylis nana. 
. — J.B.C. 
SEPT. 10, 1949.— HORSNELL’S GULLY. 
Leader: Mr. K. W. T. Dunstone. 
The party travelled by the Kensington Gar- 
dens tram to the terminus, then walked up 
Auldana Hill just behind the vineyards, fol- 
lowing the track along the top of the ridge 
until the stringybark level was reached. 
A patch of recently burnt out country was 
inspected and the extent to which the native 
flora had regenerated after the fire was 
noted. 
There were many plants of running-postman 
(or scarlet runner ) spreading over the ground, 
and dozens of young ones coming up. The 
pretty tetratheca was very common, as was 
the bachelor’s button, with its bright yellow 
heads on long slender stems, or scapes. 
Clumps of beard-heath were numerous, and 
it was a pleasant surprise to find many 
groups of an orchid popularly called double- 
tails. 
We noticed several specimens of a spider- 
orchid, and a beautiful little orchid often 
referred to as blue-fairies, an apt name, 
surely. 
Another orchid, a little greenhood, was 
seen, but was past its best, as many of the 
greenhoods flower during the winter. 
Several of the parrot-peas were observed. 
The bush-fires aid the germination of these 
plants, as with many others of the pea-family, 
by helping to crack open the seed-covering. 
For many wattles are seen to spring up 
abundantly after a burn-off, notably our 
scrub-wattle (Acacia myrtifolia), which we 
saw at a little higher elevation. 
The rasp-wort flourished, as did one or 
two kinds of guinea-flower. We discovered 
a beautiful natural rock-garden on the hill- 
slope just above our resting-place. Native 
flowers grew quite thickly in amongst the 
quartzite rocks, suggesting ways for a gar- 
den at home. Blue, pink, white, yellow and 
brown all blended to form a delightful virgin 
garden. 
Needless to say, we all left this lovely area 
with great reluctance. 
Two of us left the main party, to walk on 
up to Mt. Lofty. We noticed several inter- 
esting plants not seen by the others. 
Following is a list, by no means exhaus- 
tive, of the plants seen: 
Kennedy a prostrala (Running postman); 
Craspedia uniflora (Bachelor’s button); 
Tetratheca pilosa; Leucopogon virgatus 
(Beard-heath); Daviesia corymbosa ; Daviesia 
ulicina; Daviesia brevifolia ; Hibbertia sericea 
(Silky guinea-flower); Hibbertia acicularis , 
Variety Sessiliflora : X r author rhaea semi plana 
