The South Australian Naturalist. 
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^^fglomeratum, Leucopogon Richei, Anagallis arvensiSy Erythraea 
^^^%entaurium, Nicotiana suaveolens ^ Ixiolaena supma^ Helichrysum 
^^apculdtun,^ Imda graveolens, Cryptostemma cale^idulaceum and 
^^lU'jpochaeris radicata. Several large old wind-tossed shrubs of 
^ 3 /vo^orwm insidare withstand the onslaughts of the wind on 
' ^ the side facing Petrel Cove. Strange to say, in this exposed 
^^^’(situation they harbour on their trunks a large Pleurotus, an 
^agaric new to the State. On the summit and on the more shel- 
")'^ered side are scattered tufts of Scleranthus pungens. 
On the steep slope on the sheltered aspect we have again 
Poa caespitosa, Acacia arviata in more abundance, Goodenia am- 
flexanSy and Olearia ramulosa, and in addition, under sheltered 
rocks Cheilanthes tenuifolia, Hakea rugosa, Polycarpon tetra- 
pkyllumj Eutaxia microphylla (much eaten down) and Pomader- 
ris racemosa (also much browsed on). This gives a total of 39 
-'flspecies found amongst the granite capping to the Bluff. This 
^■liist can probably be added to, especially by Spring annuals. A 
number of clumps of the sweet-scented Lomandra effusa grow 
on the sheltered lower slope below the granite-covered part, rarely 
, encroaching on this, and here alone. 
The neck and shoulder of the Bluff have presumably altered 
^7much since the advent of the white man. An old resident says 
Thafin the early days there were scattered she-oaks (Casuarina 
^stricta) and another shrub. Neither of these now occurs there. 
.Most of the Bluff is in the charge of the . Survey Department, 
“^'though it is rented out by the local District Council and the lessee 
J departures sheep. These keep the vegetation eaten down, though 
f rabbits contribute their share. Many introduced grasses, clovers 
' and other exotics have replaced much of .the original vegetation. 
*Tlie shoulder and neck are thus covered chiefly by closely-cropped 
grass and low herbage with small native plants, especially in 
Spring, interspersed between these. On the neck itself, especially 
towards Petrel Cove, are small communities of Lepidosperma vis- 
cidum (coucavuvi) , ihis occurs in two forms, the commoner 
being plants about 8 ins. (20 cm.) high, the other being about 
b ins. (36 cm.) high, the two forms being seen growing 
side by side. A smaller Lepidosperma {L. viscidum?) 5 ins. (12.5 
cm.) high, also forms communities side by side with the medium 
form— Its flattened stems are only about 1 mm. wide and the 
panicle 2 ms. (5cm.) long. A community of L. gladiatum oc- 
curs m sandy soil above Petrel Cove. The soil is a firm one 
overlying the hornstone, and^ as this is beyond the granite area 
the following list of plants is in no way associated with this latter 
wmation, but is characteristc of what is now grass land on the 
higher country near the sea. 
