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hanging from the lofty branches of the Eucalyptus trees, the leaf- 
form of tree and “mistletoe” appearing sufficiently similar from 
the distance of the ground as to make it difficult to discern where 
host ends and parasite begins. Species of Wattle ( Acacia) are also 
numerous in this region, belonging mostly to the section Phyllo- 
dineae. Among other trees of interest may be mentioned the She 
Oak ( Casuarina ), the endemic conifer Actinostrobus pyramidalis and 
the so-called Christmas Tree, Tree Mistletoe or Cabbage Tree 
(Nuytsia floribunda), a terrestrial member of the Loranthaceae, also 
endemic. An interesting “ find ” was a quantity of young Nuytsia 
seedlings, some 3 to 4 inches in length, but showing no sign of root 
parasitism at this stage. Though full early for the West Australian 
flowers quite a large number of specimens were obtained in bloom. 
Among some of the more interesting herbaceous types may be 
mentioned several terrestrial Orchids, Caladenia Menziesii, Diuris 
spp., Prasophyllum parvifolium, Pterostylis reflexa and P. vittata, 
Thelymitra variegata var. spiralis ; the common Daviesia, the con¬ 
spicuous red Kennedya prostrata and Templetonia retusa, the beautiful 
blue Hovea trispermum and H. chorizemifolia, Bossicea biloba with 
yellow-brown flowers and reduced leaves notched at the apex, and 
facksonia, another yellow-flowered genus mostly of rigid, leafless 
plants (all Papilionaceae); several species of Drosera with pink white 
or red flowers, and varying in size from plants with minute rosettes 
and scapes to climbing types some feet in length. The delicate 
stems of these climbing forms may come in contact with the upright 
shoot of a neighbouring plant up which they twine loosely or to 
which they cling by their glandular leaves, and are thereby enabled 
to reach a height of 4 or 5 feet ( D . macrantha ); or, failing such a 
support, they may lie in loose tangles on the low growth about 
them. When the sunlight catches the red glands with their drops 
of transparent secretion the effect is of leaves strung with tiny 
garnets and diamonds. Of the almost exclusively Australian 
families Goodeniaceae and Haemodoraceae several representatives 
were obtained, including the brilliant blue Leschenaultia biloba, 
also Dampiera, Goodenia and Sccevola (Goodeniaceae); Anigozanthos, 
Conostylis, Tribonanthes brachypetala and Blancoa canescens (Haemo- 
doraceae). Anigozanthos, the so-called Kangaroo Paw, with its 
asymmetrical structure and arrangement and its vivid colouring 
presents a most curious and striking appearance. In the larger 
species (A. Manglesii) the flowering stems were sometimes 3 feet 
high ; when seen in bright sunshine the flannel-like surface of the 
