76 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
carving purposes. I wonder if this tree could be brought 
in and domiciled as an ornamental shrub; though I do 
not remember seeing it grow anywhere but on slight ridges 
of the Devonian-quartzite formation. I only know the 
simple-leafed variety, though Bentham mentions also a 
pinnate-leafed form. 
Next may be mentioned the ‘‘ Warrior Bush,’’ Apo- 
plyllum anomalum, F.v.M., which, done into English, is 
‘*A strange-looking leafless’? bush, and well does it earn 
its name. Its branches, with only a pretence of leaves on 
them, stretching out like ‘‘the quills of a fretful poreu- 
pine,’’ make, when bound up, good yard brooms. From 
the black berries it gets the name by the children of ‘The 
wild currant bush,’’ though it is not the recognised ‘‘Cur- 
rant Bush’’ of the interior, which is another very similar 
bush known as Hazocarpus aphylla, a sister to our ‘‘ Aus- 
tralian Cherry.’’ The various ‘‘Hop Bushes’’ also de- 
serve notice, if only from the fact that our early settlers, 
having been put about for hops wherewith to make their 
yeast, struck upon the successful idea of utilising the 
fruits of Dodonaca viscosa, L. and other forms, for that 
purpose. The bushes become literally covered with these 
three-four winged capsules about the size of a sixpence. 
These capsules are well adapted for distribution, as the 
wings, being circular and outspreading, are the better en- 
abled to be caught in the wind and to be blown along the 
eround. On account of their bright colours, they are 
used for decorative purposes; yet the staminate flowers on 
dioecious bushes are insignificant, appearing like bunches 
of rust of a red colour. 
There are also shady groves in parts of the ‘‘Pine 
Trees,’’ Callitris gracilis, Baker, and C. glauca, R. Br., not 
C. robusta, as is so often mentioned, and which is a West 
Australian type, having much larger and more strongly 
marked fruits than our OC. glauca. These Pines form a 
bold relief to the otherwise bare surroundings, but when 
they are isolated they impart a decidedly weird appear- 
ance to the country. When shedding their pollen-show- 
ers it is preferable to keep out of their precincts, for fear 
of hay-fever. The C. gracilis is the more graceful of the 
two trees mentioned, and has only been recorded from. this 
district during the last few years. There are a few 
other pines of less note, though the most important, C. 
calcarata, R.Br., used so much for building purposes, is 
almost cut out of these parts. Any paper on this sub- 
