14 The Queensland Naturalist 
November 1949 
of Spiculaea irritabilis and a few Thelymitra plants. 
It is an interesting point that other terrestrial genera, 
such as the two just mentioned, Pterostylis and some 
others are almost invariably to be found in or near a 
colony of Acianthus. 
By far the most interesting finds were two plants 
of a species of Prasophyllum. The first interesting 
point about them is that a close search of the area 
where they were found growing about a chain apart, 
failed to produce any more. This is not usual for 
the genus. The second is that they were the only 
orchids found in flower. The third, that at the time 
of writing. I believe them to represent a new species 
There is much research to be done before I can be 
sure on this point. 
The heath lands are always fascinating, as there, 
one never knows what will turn up next. Especially 
are they happy hunting grounds for terrestrial orchids. 
Although the orchids were strangely lacking in our 
travels, Boronia, Epacris, and the rest of the lovely 
heath plants, made pleasant consolation. Near the 
sea, one area which had recently been burnt was 
remarkable for the variety of its ferns just springing 
away to new life — T odea, Blechnum , Pteris, Glei- 
chenia, Selaginella, Lygodium scandens and so on and 
it was here that Drosera binata made a gallant show 
with hundreds of large white flowers against the 
young green of the ferns and the blackened earth. 
In a small vine-scrub, a few young Crow’s 
Nests (Asplenium nidus) and Elkhorns (Platycerium 
alcicorne) were noticed. The same patch was heavily 
infested with Lantana and wild raspberries. 
The lack of orchid material gave greater oppor- 
tunity to take notice of other families. Two among 
the many beautiful trees and shrubs stand out for me. 
The racemes of pale blue berries, which follow the 
frilly white flowers of the shrub Elaeocarpus cyaneus, 
make this plant a subject well worthy of cultivation. 
The shapely grace of Exocarpus cupressiformis make 
it equally as desirable, but as it is parasitic upon the 
roots of other trees, it might be difficult to establish. 
A small collection of seeds was made for the 
Botanic Gardens in Adelaide at the request of its 
Curator. 
