S.A. NAT.^ VOL. XIV. 
May. 1933. 
The Coastal Flora. 
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Minuria leptophylla with pale bluish flowers grows on the slope 
.at Kingston Park. 
In the Chenopodiaccac, Knchylaena tomcntosa is abundant, 
'Salsola kali is caminon as is /Hriplex ucUen (or .7. harratum), 
a diffuse,, almost prostrate plant; Rhagodia ntUans with red fruits 
occurs usually amongst rocks; the spreading adpressed Bassia 
uniflora is also numerous, especially nearer the sea. Convolvulus 
crubtweens spreads out between shrubs, Coniesperma votuhile 
climbs through undershrubs sucli as Beyeria and exposes its 
racemes of blue flowers on their summits, and the Native Cran- 
berry {Asiroloma humifnsiun) is adpressed to the ground. Oxafis 
conncniata, Lavalera pleheja, PUmlago varia, Kennedya pros- 
trata. a Evlaxia. Lotus australis, an Opcrcnlar'ia. W ahlenher Cm 
gracilis and a Fultenaea also occur. Exocar pus aphylla with 
leafless striate branches is not uncommon, fifteii growing on cliffs 
<iverlooking the sea and then mucli wind-stvept. I'rich. alopecuroi- 
deum and 7’. nobile, are both upright, tlic latter with the broader 
heads of flowers (about two inches in diameter), and 7’. spa- 
thulatum. is smaller and spreads looseh- on the ground. Amonest 
tile Liliaceac arc the sweet-scented purple-flowered Dichopogon 
jtricius, colonies of tlie stiff-leafed Dianella revoluta. the yellow- 
flowered Bidhine hulbosa and three species of Lomandra. L. r'- 
Jusa witli leaves with bifid extremities and two smaller species, 
L. glauca and the briglit-green-Icafcd /.. filiformis (?) 'Fhe Am- 
■aryilid Calostevima purpurenm flowers in autumn, but the leaves 
appear in v^lnter and spring. In the sedges, ilie stiff Gahnia lan- 
igera is one of the most abundant plants and there are scattered 
tufts of Lepidosperma concaviim. Of orchids. Microtis porrijoiia 
occurs here but is uncommon. The commonest grasses apart 
from introduced species arc the Spear-grasses (Btrpa), of which 
three species at least occur, one (*S. Drnnimondii) with verv' 
pmbescent leaves, another (S. elaliort) with broad dark green 
Jeaf-.biadcs and a third with narrow scabrous leaves; two or three 
species of Wallaby Grass {Danthouia) are common, one of whicli 
-has ycliow-green leaves and stems. 
As one reaches the edge of the cliffs, and the elTcct of the 
salt spray is greater, several additional plants appear, /triplex 
paludosvm. Nitraria Schoberi. tlie almost white foliaged Calo- 
cephahis Brozenii and Alyxia buxijolia appear as shrubs on the 
sides of the cliffs at their bases, Disphyma australe spreads 
'Over the surface and t rankenia paiicijlora forms mats a 
few inches high. Occasional bushes ol Exocarpus aphylla grow 
■even on the sides of the cliffs. Fufts of Poa caespitosa are met 
