Notes on the Vegetation of the North-Eastern Goldfields. 
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The following soil depths were recorded along the two transects : 
V. 13", 8", 8", 18", 21", 25", 27", 15", 20". 
X. 9", 9", 12", 14", 11", 12", 11", 11", 12". 
Tixmsects VL and IX. 
Botli these were worked in " lake ” countr\' and were within half a mile 
of each other. The transects lines were roiighiy parallel to the long axis of 
Lake Raeside so that both dealt with plants of the edible shrub zone only. 
The area chosen lay to the nortli of tlie lake. 
VL 
IX 
Kochia pjpxnnidata (sagobush) .... 
3 
95 
Kochijf sedijolia (bluebush) 
1 
4 
Atrlplejc hipnenotheca (saltbusli) 
79 
97 
lihagodia sp. T 
14 
15 
H])- II 
29 
30 
Cratystyiis conocephahi (sage) 
69 
17 
Lychan ausU'ale (w^aterbush) 
13 
88 
EremopJiila miniata 
0 
3 
Acacia aneiira 
0 
2 
The following soil depths were recorded : — 
VL 28", 28", 31", <52", <52", 22", 14", 17", 18". 
IX. 10", 28", 21", 9", 13", 10", 9", 4", 4". 
Transect VII. 
This transect area was reported to have formerly carried edible slirubs. 
Most of the few shrubs left were dead, owing to drought or overstocking or 
possibly both. 
Atriplex Jrymenotheca 
1 
Atriplex halijnoides 
6 
Ifhayodia sp. 
27 
B a ssi a d. iva ri cata .... 
6 
Frankenia fexvnda 
70 
Frankenia sclosa 
12 
Cratystylis conocephala 
6 
Dead slu*ubs 
104 
(all very small) 
Xo soil dejjth tests were made in this area. 
Transects- VIII. a'tnl XL 
The wandarrie country was in poor condition, most of the perennials 
looking shru-elled and browned. Many of the poverty bushes lacked leaves 
M'hen seen in April but shewed fresh growth in August. It is often difficult 
to state with certainty w'hich plants are dead and which still capable of re- 
covering. The tw^o transects w'ere mapped within a hundred yards of each 
other and parallel. 
