Apr., 1923] 
CAMPBELL-AUSTRALASIAN BOTANICAL NOTES 
183 
The first day I was driven over a large area in the neighborhood of Albany, 
and the number of species met with was astonishing. At every stop new 
things were found, until one was fairly bewildered at the number of novel¬ 
ties. This was largely due to the remarkable number of species in such 
genera as Drosera, Stylidium, Hibbertia, and the innumerable Papilionaceae. 
The region which provided this remarkable variety of interesting and 
beautiful plants was largely a sandy, moist, peaty moorland. This moorland 
was quite bare of trees or large shrubs in some places, but often there were 
groves of Eucalyptus, Casuarina, Banksia, and other small trees, as well 
as a dense scrub of species of Leptospermum, Melaleuca, Leucopogon, and 
various Leguminosae and Proteaceae. One of the most conspicuous of the 
latter was a Banksia, with brilliant scarlet flowers. Another remarkably 
showy shrub was a Callistemon, with huge scarlet bottle-brush inflorescences. 
Among the hundreds of showy flowers it would be hard to decide which 
were the most characteristic. The Droseras were very abundant and of 
many species. Of the forty-five species found in Western Australia, prob¬ 
ably the greater number occur in the Albany district. I failed to find the 
peculiar Australian pitcher plant (Cephalotus), which is known only from 
this region. The species of Stylidium were very numerous and varied, and 
one may guess that a large part of the 84 West Australian species are found 
near Albany. Various species of Goodenia, Dampiera, and Leschenaultia 
represented the characteristic Australian family Goodeniacae, and most 
of the genera already referred to as occurring near Perth were abundant 
about Albany, but generally represented by different species. Thus the 
green and scarlet "Kangaroo paws” of the Perth region was replaced by 
red and yellow, or yellow and green species. Boronia and Tetratheca are 
especially abundant in West Australia and include some very attractive 
species. 
As elsewhere in Australia, Leguminosae are very much in evidence. 
Acacias in great variety abound, and are usually known as "wattle.” The 
Papilionaceae are everywhere extremely abundant and comprise a great 
number of showy species. The colors are often extremely brilliant and the 
flowers are produced in great profusion. Many genera—Brachyzema, 
Chorizema, Gastrolobium, Jacksonia—are either entirely West Australian 
or predominantly so. 
The Umbelliferae are fairly well represented and include some very 
peculiar types. Perhaps the most striking genus is Actinotus, one species 
of which, A. Helianthi of New South Wales, is known as "flannel flower,” 
the inflorescence being very suggestive of the Swiss Edelweiss. In Western 
Australia the showy "southern cross,” A. rotundifolia , is common. Space 
forbids a further enumeration of the Albany flora, which I think is the most 
varied that I have ever seen. 
In company with Mr. Lane-Poole and Professor David, I visited Den¬ 
mark, some forty miles from Albany, and once an important lumbering 
