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March 24, 1937. By ]. B. Cleland and J. M. Black. 
by passing from the Cut Hill on the Willunga Road along the 
ridge through Mr. Higgins’ property and thence to Currency 
Creek to its junction with the Murray This includes Goolwa 
and the peninsula on which it lies with the scrub between Cur- 
rency Creek and Middleton. This additional area possesses 
botanical features differing somewhat from other parts of the 
Encounter Bay district and several plants occur here not recorded 
so far from the other portions. 
Not much now remains of the once extensive scrub between 
Middleton, Goolwa and Currency Creek and eastwards to the 
Murray. What remains shows how rich in interesting species 
this scrub was. The country consists of a rather sandy soil, in 
places with much travertine limestone and in parts with depres- 
sions holding water in winter in which flourishes Callistemon 
rugulosus with its handsome deep red flowers. To the east the 
country rises somewhat to a sandy knoll overlooking the Mur- 
ray, the west side of the knoll having a considerable growth of 
mallees and acacias. 
In the travertine limestone areas, the rough-leaved sedge. 
Gahnia deusta is abundant, the smaller G. lanigera whose leaves 
are not serrated being less common. Halgania cyanea is also 
abundant on the limestone, its deep blue flowers presenting a 
showy appearance in October to December. In the . sandy soil, 
prickly bushes of Davies ia pectinata are common, this species 
growing also near Newland’s Head as well as in the Port Lincoln 
district. Other species met with and abundant are Eucalyptus 
angulosa , E. fasciculosa , E . odor at a var. cajuputea, Melaleuca 
uncinata , Hakea ulicina var. flexilis and Lomandra juncea; scat- 
tered plants occur of Acacia ligulata , A. armata , A. spinescens, 
A. sp., Melaleuca acuminata , X anthorrhoea Tateana , Myoporum , 
Grevillea ilicifolia , G. lavandulacea, Banksia marginata , Hakea 
ulicina var. latifolia , H. rugosa, Burs aria s pinos a , Thomasia pet - 
alocalyx, Daviesia brevifolia , D. genistifolia, Calythrix tetragona , 
Dodonaca Baueri, C heir anther a linearis, Bdlardiera, Lomandra 
dura, L. glauca, Helichrysum Baxteri, H. leucopsidium, H. scorp- 
ioides (?), //. apiculatum, Spyridium eriocephalum , Linum mar- 
ginal (with rust), sheep’s burnet abundant along the railway 
line, the grass N eurachne alopecuroides common, Stipa (several 
species) and Clematis. Loranthus Exocarpi is badly affecting 
some sheoaks ( Casuarina strict a) on the knoll overlooking the 
Murray. Here also are several tufts of Triodia irritans , one 
measuring 10 ft. x 8 ft. x 6 ft. high. Halgania cyanea is com- 
mon on travertine limestone. The minute succulent Calandrinia 
pygmaea grows in the sandy soil in spring. 
