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ticha were seen in flower. Ilestiaeeae were represented 
by Restio dimorplins, R. ^-vaeilis, Lepyrodia scariosa. and 
in the wetter parts Ilypolaena lateriflora. ljycoj)0(is seen 
were Lyco])odium eenuinni and 1 j. laterale, and in jtatches 
the eorai fern ((f lenehenia elreinnata) was very abundant. 
(5) Open Forest Land. -The forest lands of Moreton 
Island are sandy throu^'hont. and only species capable of 
o’rowino' m eoniparatively barren soil can hope to flourislu 
The tret'.s. shrub and ve^-etation ^-enerally consist of typical 
Australian ])lants for the most part represented by species, 
and in many cases jz’enera not found, or at least I0 only a 
limited evlent, outside Australia. The principal larger 
tre(‘s were : Ei!caly!)tns corymbosa (Hloodwood), E. 
mierantlia (Scribbly Gum — in full flower), E. Planchon- 
iana. E. piliilaris (Hlackbutt), Tristania conferta (Box), 
Acacia (fnnninghamii, Banksia integrifolia (White Ifoney- 
su('kle). and the two almost indistinguishable Red Honey- 
suckles (B. aemnla and B. serrata), Casuarina sn]>erosa 
(She Oak). Gallitris arenosa (Sand Cypress), and the 
Red Ash (A]t)hitonia excelsa). 
In a forest ]')0cket where conditions were slightly 
better for growth were some very large tree 8 of an Ango- 
phora, which T have i)lace(l provisionally as A. Woodsiana. 
blit to Avhat extent this speeies differs from llie tvpical A. 
lanceolata has ytd I0 he proved. In more sheltered gullies 
were semi a few trees of Eugenia cyanocariia and Endi- 
andra Sieberi. On llie forest trees the following species 
of Mistletoe were observed: Loranthms congener (on 
Casuarina). L. pendnliis (on Eucalyptus), and L. celas- 
troides (on Banksia). 
Smalhu’ trees wt're represented by: Leptosjiermum 
stellatnm. Baeckea stenophylla, Monotoca sp (aff. M. 
sco]mrial. Exocarpns ciipressiformis (Native Cherry), and 
Persoonia media (Goebnng)' — a few plants of this last 
were among the few species growing on the large sand- 
desert hehiiid Tangalooma, and its roots were found ex- 
tending for a distance of nearly a hundred feet just under 
the ground siii’face and here and there exjiosed to the 
drifting sand: this wide-s])reading root systinn. adapted 
to take advantage of jiassing showers and heavy dews, 
is characterislie of a number of jilants of arid regions. 
Shrubs and snb-shrubs of the ojieii forest were: Elae- 
ocarpiis cyanens. Zieria laevigata var. laxidora, Boronia 
ledifolia var. rosmarinifolia. Olax retnsa, Dodonaea tri- 
quetra (Hop Bush), Pultenaea villosa. Acacia jimiperina, 
A. suaveolens, Phyllota phylicoides, Dillwynia ericifolia, 
