[Poaceae =] GRAMINEAE:

[?] Andropogon laniger, Desf., Fl.

Atlant. 2, 379. Between the Alberga and Mount Olga. Eriachne scleranthoides, F.M., Fragm. 8, 233. Mount Olga. [?] Pappophorum commune, F.M. in Greg. Rep. on Leichh. Search, App., page 10. MacDonnell's Range. [?] Panicum Pseudo-Neurachne, F.M., Fragm. 8, 199. Lake Amadeus. [?] Eleusine cruciata, Lam. Encyc., t. 48, f. 2. Lake Eyre; between the Alberga and Mount Olga. [Aristida browniana] Aristida stipoides, R. Br., Prodr., 174. Between the Alberga and Mount Olga. Bromus arenarius, Labill., Specim. 1, 23, t. 28. Between the Alberga and Mount Olga. Festuca irritans, F.M., Chath. Isl. Veget., 59 (Triodia irritans, R. Br. Pr., 182). Dispersed widely through the deserts, and called Spinifex by the explorers.

CYPERACEAE:

[?] Cyperus textilis, Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap., 18. MacDonnell's Range.

[Class: Pteropsida] FILICES:

[Polypodiaceae]

Cheilanthes tenuifolia, Swartz, Syn. Fil., 129. Rawlinson's Range; between the Alberga and Mount Olga. Cheilanthes vellea, F.M., Fragm. 5, 123. Between the Alberga and Mount Olga; also on MacDonnell's Range. C. Reynoldsii, discovered by Mr. Gosse, does not occur in Mr. Giles's collection, and is probably very local.

Mr. Giles's collection contains also species of the genera Vigna, Tephrosia, Melaleuca, Callistemon, Haloragis, Pterigeron, Brachycome, Dampiera, Ipomoea, Morgania, Enchylaena, and Atriplex; as also additional species of Rulingia, Abutilon, Sida, Dodonaea, Euphorbia, Spyridium, Acacia (many), Eucalyptus, Scaevola, Goodenia, Eremophila, Heliotropium, Rhagodia, Ptilotus, Hakea, and Panicum, but none in a state sufficiently advanced to admit of ascertaining their precise specific position.

INDEX.

Acacia aneura.

Alberga Creek.

Alfred and Marie Range.

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