The Queensland Naturalist June 1947 
Fig 1. — Landward edge of mangrove forest; Avieennia 
officinalis, with pneumatophores visible in left foreground, and 
Rhizophora mucronata with aerial roots in middle distance. At 
the right is salt marsh with Juncus maritimus var. austral- 
iensis and (nearly in centre) Sporobolus virginicus. 
Fig 2- — Windswept foreland with dwarfed grass (Themeda 
australis) and shrubs in foreground and low scrub in the back- 
srround. 
