124 
Nancy T. Bttrbidge. 
Transects III. and IV. 
Tranyect III. was in line with biit in the opposite direction to Transect 
IV,, so that they give a strip 400 yards in length. All but 48 yards of this 
distance was in t;\ 7 )ical flood j:>Iain country, tlie mulga and curara bush when 
considered together averaging about one and a lialf plants per 64 scpiare 
yards. The ground was completely bare. Accordiirg to Melville the miilga 
association is a closed one. 
Fn the last 48 yards sand cov(a’('d the loam of the flood plain and there 
was an abrupt change into wandarrit^ contlitions. Tlie wandarrie grass in 
the list l)elow refers to tlu* doi-Tuant stumps only. It was impossible to tell 
liow many of these were capable of regrowth, so all were counted. This 
principh^ was adhered to in all transects. 
1st 352 
last 48 
Acacia aneura : 
yds. 
yds. 
Medium-leaved tn'e 
38 
3 
Narrow-leaved tr-ee with pine habit .... 
5 
0 
Broad-leav(Hl inedibU' shrub .... 
1 
0 
T)cad 
42 
1 
Acacia gcnistoidcs (curara) ' 
17 
0 
Acacia hrachystachya (bogada) .... 
1 
6 
Eronophila IcHCOpJiylla (pox'erty ) 
4 
3 
Ere/niopfiila loinji folia 
1 
0 
Ercniophila sj>. . , 
4 
0 
Abutilon otocarpnnt 
2 
0 
Wandarrie grassi's .... 
0 
113 
The following soil d('pths were recorded : — ■ 
ni.-IV. 12", 15", 11", 17", 28", 30", 11", 
19", 10", 
12", 17", 21", 19", 
39", 15", 18", 14", 18". (The last three on wandarrie 
ridge.) 
Transects T. and X. 
These transects were worked parallel to one another and 
within a hundred 
yards. The ({uantity of edible shrubs, mixed with flood plain plants, is in 
marked contrast to the two previous transects. 
Wandarrie grass appeared 
■wherever the surface became sandy. Blsewhere 
clay-loam. 
the soil 
was a sunbaked 
Acacia aneura : 
V. 
X. 
Medium-leaved tree 
10 
10 
Broad-leaved tree 
1 
1 
Broad-leaved shru]> 
2 
7 
Dead 
20 
11 
Acacia geyiistoides .... 
5 
8 
KocJiia sedifolia (bluel)ush) 
1 1 
15 
Kochia pyrainidalt (sagobush) 
2 
9 
Kocliift villosa (glabrous type) .... 
5 
5 
Afriple.r. Inpnenotheca (saltbush) .... 
16 
19 
Hhagodia sp. .. . 
16 
6 
I^ycium australe (waterbush) 
2 
9 
Scaevola spinescens (curraiitbush) 
8 
8 
I^olanuni orhiculaluni 
8 
0 
Cassia eremophiht .... 
6 
4 
Eremophila leucophylla (]K)verty) 
1 
0 
W-andarrie grasses .... 
123 
57 
Dead shrubs 
29 
30 
