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the stomata of the leaves, by exposing the least possible sur- 
face to the direct rays of the sun, and by many other methods, 
thereby enabling the plant to thrive with less loss of water than 
under normal conditions. 
Amongst the bushes were found numerous specimens of 
that beautiful little Lady’s Slipper, Hybanthus filiforme. Tak- 
ing a track down into the gully, a taller and more luxuriant 
growth was found, amongst which towered the beautiful giant 
lily, Doryanthes excelsa, just in flower. Here, too, was found 
Mirbelia speciosa, not before recorded for this district. On the 
bank of the river a delightful spot for camping was found, and 
the energies of the collectors were now confined to the margin 
of the river and to the hill across the other side. Growing 
amongst and between the rocks, close to the river were found 
several bushes of Pseudanthus pimeleoides,—a most beautiful 
shrub, and several other very interesting plants. Growing on 
the bare, exposed slope, across the river, several species of ter- 
restrial orchids were collected. These took careful searching, 
on account of their small size, and the comparatively rare oc- 
currence of some of them. However, during the afternoon, 
quite a large number was collected. 
The following is a fairly complete list of the flowering 
plants collected during the day :— 
Pseudanthus pimeleoides, Daviesia latifolia, Mirbelia speciosa, 
Dillwynia ericifolia, D. floribunda, Phylotta phylicoides, Pultenea 
flexilis, P. stipularis, Gompholobium grandiflorum, G. minus, 
Bossiaea scolopendria, Acianthus raudatus, A. fornicatus (in 
fruit), Crytostylis reniformis, Caladenia tesselata, C. alba, C. 
coerulea, Dendrobium linguiforme, Lyperanthus sauveolens, Thely- 
mitra ixioides, T. carnea (im bud), Prasophyllum elatum, Ptero- 
stylis nutans, Diurus maculata (also fruit), Glossodia major, G. 
minor, Grevillea asplenifolia, G. sphacelata, G. oleoides, Conosper- 
mum planifolium, Hakea saligna var. angustifolia, Isopogon ane- 
monifolius, Petrophila pulchella, Banksia marginata, Lomatia 
longifolia, Persoonia lanceolata (in fruit), P. pinifolia (fruit), 
Comesperma ericinum, Sprengelia incarnata, Epacris microphylla, 
E. obtusifolia, Styphelia setigera, L. lanceolatus, Hybanthus fili- 
forme, Tecoma australis, Pomaderris elliptica, Pomaderris philly- 
taeoides. Westringia eremicola, Lasiopetalum rufum, Actinotus 
minor, Xanthosia pilosa, Amperea spartioides, Bertya pomader- 
doides, Ricinocarpus pinifolius, Aster ramulosa, Baeckia diffusa, 
Calycothrix tetragona, Bauera rubioides, Callicoma  serratifolia, 
Phebalium dentatum, P. squamulosum, Boronia ledifolia, Philo- 
theca australis, Zieria Smithii, Burchardia umbellata, Xerotes 
Brownii, X. longifolia, Doryanthes excelsa, Cassytha glabella, 
Casuarina Cunninghamii, Dampiera stricta, D. Brownii. Dodonea 
triquetra, Drosera peltata, Logania floribunda, Loranthus celas- 
troides, Triglochin procera, Callitris Muelleri, Poranthera. erici- 
folia. 
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