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Solanaceae); in the same kind of rocky habitat another shrub Olax 
phyllanthi (Olacaceae) ; Actiuotus (Xanthosia) rotundifolia, the 
Southern Cross, so-called presumably owing to the arrangement of 
the four or five secondary umbels of each inflorescence in the form 
of a cross (endemic, Umbelliferae); Callistemon speciosus one of the 
“ bottle-brushes ” and two other Mrytaceous genera, mostly confined 
to West Australia— Verticordici the Heath-myrtle with flowers with 
pink feathery calyx and corolla, Beaufortia ( B . decussata and B. 
sparsci) handsome shrubs with vivid red inflorescences, and Acti- 
nodium Cunninghami with heath-like leaves; a pretty pale-blue 
Andersonia, Cosmelia rubra confined to south-west Australia, a 
species of the white-flowered west Australian genus Sphenotoma, 
and Leucopogon verticillatus, another Epacrid characteristic of this 
region, the genus being distinguished by its bearded petals; pink- 
flowered Tremandrese (Tetratheca and Tremandra) and Boronias 
(Rutaceas), three almost purely west or south Australian genera ; 
a Phebalium, another endemic member of the Rutaceae; Stylidium 
scandens, one of the “Trigger” plants with tendril-like leaf-tips, 
belonging to the nearly endemic order Candolleaceae; Patersonia, 
almost the only representative of the Iridacese in Australia; three 
West Australian Papilionaceae—the holly-leaved Chorizema ilici- 
folium , the heath-like Phyllota barbata with its woolly flower buds, 
and a species of Brachysema, a genus in which the shortness of 
the posterior petal (standard) gives the flower a somewhat deformed 
appearance ; various species of Thomasia quercifolia a genus of the 
Australian family Sterculiaceae ; Comesperma an Australian genus 
of Polygalaceae; Leptomeria the Native Currant (Santalaceae); 
species of Anartliria and other Restionaceae showing a marked 
difference between the male and the female plants; jfohnsonia 
(Liliaceae) an Australian genus of rush-like plants ; Dasypogon 
bromelicefolius another endemic Liliaceous plant peculiar to the 
south-west coastal area; Corysanthes, Eriochilus and Cyrtostylis 
reniformis with its single radical leaf, all three small terrestrial 
Orchids belonging to the tribe Neottineag, the two latter being 
endemic. 
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 
Adelaide and the Vicinity. Mount Lofty. The Murray River. 
At Adelaide those joining the Botanical expeditions were 
greatly indebted to Professor Osborn who not only conducted the 
excursions during our visit, but who had given much time previously 
