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The Coostal Flora. 
S.A. NAT., VOL. XIV 
May. l9Hv 
was a dense mass of tall and upriglit Common Reeds and Bul- 
rushes wliilst the long leaves of Triglochin procera floated on the 
water. These seem to be almost the only relics left of the native 
swamp vegetation and even in the reclaimed pasture lands native 
plants are few in number, the majority of the plants being intro- 
duced grasses, clovers, medics and weeds. There are a few 
clumps of the sedge Cyperus vaginafiis on the flats, along the 
channels Alltruanihera clerJ.iculala grows as their w'aters dr}' up, 
an occasional plant of Rhagodia nutans with its red fruits may 
be found on the banks, and the (meat Bindweed Calystegia sepium 
with its pale pinkish Convolvulus flowers climbs amongst Box- 
th.orns and other introduced shrubs. 
As the narrow channel of the Torrens approaches the sand- 
hills, most of the waters are now deviated southwards by an 
irregular course to junction with the waters of the Patawalonga, 
tJiough some still find a route towards the Poit River. The latter 
direction naturally leads to some silt reaching the navigable 
portion of this River, so endeavours are made to restrict any 
flow to the north. 
Further back towards Adelaide an overflow has been cm 
leading away floodwaters from the Torrens, at its entrance into 
Captain White’s property of Weetunga, to the south where these 
can junction with tidal branches of the Patawalonga and thus 
obviate flooding. The Torrens at this spot has banks partly 
artificially raised, which arc 15 feet high, d'he following plants 
have been noted on the banks of the river and m and along the 
break-away channel as it passes under the main road and runs 
along the west side of the Kooyonga Golf Links: — ^The grasses- 
Paspaliim distichiim, Rolypogon vionspieliensis^ Agrostis alba (?), 
Calamagrostis filiformis, Phragmites commims (the Common 
Reed, eaten by cattle when young), flolcus lanatus, and Rice 
Grass; Polamogeton crispus (Curly Pondweed) in the ^water in 
the Breakaway Creek; the sedges Cyprrus wtundus (Xut-grass,. 
a pest evidently brought down from Adelaide by flood waters) 
and Scirpus inarithmis; the Toad Rush {funcus huionlus), and 
/. pauciflorus; the Bulrush; Po/ygoninn serniiatum, Allernanthera 
denUcuIata, W'ater-cress, a Ranvnciihis, Euphorbia peplus (a 
spurge), Lythrum Nyssopifolia (Lesser Loosx-strife), the intro- 
duced wh.ite-flowered Convohndus (C. arvensis. a pest washed 
down from Adelaide b\' flood-waters). Datura^ the intioduccd 
Antirrhinuvi Oronthnu, Verbena bonariensls and I . supina, Plan- 
tago major, Aster subulatus , Bathurst B.urr, C.otula corouopijolie 
and the introduced lid Lettuce. 
