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S.A. NAT,. VOI.. XIV. 
Novkmhkk, 1932 . Thf hlora hei: rni Ollier Harhuw. etc. 
THE FLORA BETWEEN OUTER HARBOUR AND 
SELLICK’S BEACH. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 
By j. B. CI.BL.hVD. MJ). 
The area incuded in this survey is limited to the north hj 
the Outer Harbour at the tij. of Lefevres Peninsula, to the south 
by the cliffs and rocks that commence at the end of Sclliclc^s 
Beach, to the west necessarily by the sea, and to the east by the 
Port River as far as Port Adelaide and then by Taplcy’i Hill 
Road, -Succeeded by the South Road, to Aldinga and on to Sel- 
lick’s Hill. From a botanical point of view, the area can be 
divided up into the following divisions: (1) Marine Meadow*; 
(2) Modern Sand Dunes or Sandhills stretching from the Outer 
Harbour to Marino, appearing again over small stretches further 
south; (3) The Saltwater Swamps in the neighbourhood of the 
Port River and Paiavvalonga Creek; (4) 'I’he Reedbeds at Fulham 
now mostly drained; (5) The Pinery (on old sand-dunes) on the 
cast side of the Port River between Albcrton and the Grange; 
(6) The Scrub at Hallett’s Cove; (7) The very similar Scrub at 
SelHck’c Beach; (8) The Cliffs between Marino and SclHck** 
Beach; (9) The cleared and often cultivated land on the plain* 
and on the undulating country between the South Road and the 
»ca, and (10) the Banks of the several Freshwater Creek* that 
empty themselves into the sea. 
(1). Marine Meadows. 
The coast-line from Outer Harbour to Marino consiit* of 
very gradually shelving sands finally succeeded by the blue line 
where the water deepens and the yellow of the sand is replaced 
by a dark blue due to the under-water meadows of Cymodocra 
and Posidonia. In October both here and at Christie’s Beach 
the latter has been washed up in bud after storms; the bank* of 
ica-weed, often so abundant and delightfully comfortable to sit 
on, arc formed of the washed-up leaves of this plant; the hbrou* 
remains of the leaf-sheaths have been suggested for use in making 
wool-packs. 
(2). The Sand Dunes or Sand Hills. 
From Outer Harbour to the rocks south of Brighton expend 
X scries of sand-dunes or sand-hills, broken only over these 17 
miles by the seaside towns that have arisen on them and by the 
exit of the Patawalonga Creek. From the latter to Outer Har- 
bour, the sand-dunes are bounded on the cast side by the tidal 
