80 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
covered with luxuriant flora. Hakea dactyloides with its mass 
of creamy flowers invites our notice, Grevillea linearis graces 
the landscape, Dampiera stricta gives a splash of blue, Hpacris 
longiflora thrives in its craggy home, while Hpacris microphylla 
in its white raiment loves the moisture. 
Suddenly we are reminded that we are to alight, so we 
follow our leader away to the left, and soon find ourselves in 
Nature’s garden. A carpet of low-growing flowers stretches be- 
fore us. They represent many colours, forms, sizes, families 
and genera. Lavishly has Nature painted our bush; and we 
who came to learn something of their habits of life were not 
disappointed—our leader explained away our difficulties. 
We gathered the following list of flowers which includes 34 
genera :— 
Grevillea busxifolia, G. punicea, G. linearis, Conospermum 
ericifolia, Isopogon anethifolius, Epacris microphylla, E. obtusi- 
folia, Styphelia triflora, Leucopogon microphyllus, Philotheca 
australis, Phebalium dentatum, P. lepidotus, Boronia pinnata, 
Pultenaea stipularis, P. flexilis, Dillwynia floribunda, D. erici- 
folia, Viminaria denudata, Mirbelia reticulata, Platylobium for- 
mosum, Stylidium lineare, Gardenia stelligera, Dampiera stricta, 
Kunzea capitata, Calythrix tetragona, Darwinia facicularis, Lep- 
tospermum stellatum var. grandiflorum, L. parvifolium, Bur- 
chardia umbellatum, Sowerbaea juncea, Stypandra sp., Hibber- 
tia fasciculata, Pittosporum revolutum, Billardiera scandens, 
Tetratheca cricifolia, T. pilosa var. denticulata, Diuris maculata, 
Bauera rubioides, Callicoma serratifolia, Mitrasacme polymorpha, 
Ricinocarpus pinifolius, Xerotes sp. 
Our leader drew our attention to some noteworthy types: 
such as Kunzea capitata and Grevillea buxifolia, the former re- 
ceiving its specific name from its cap-like arrangement and the 
latter from its box-shaped leaves. Then, again, we studied the 
pultenaea and learned to distinguish it from the dillwynia by 
its bracteoles. Our attention, too, was drawn to the fact that 
it was necessary to know more than the names of the flowers; 
it was necessary to learn how to distinguish one genus from an- 
other. Many other things of interest were explained to us, but 
space will not permit their inclusion. 
Laden with flowers we turned our footsteps homewards, hay- 
ing spent an instructive and enjoyable outing, thanks to our 
leader, Mr. Hi. Cheel. 
H. M. Crispo. 
