nd Barrow's Range.
[Casuarinaceae] CASUARINEAE:
Casuarina Decaisneana, F.M., Fragm. 1, 61.
From the Alberga and Finke River to Mount Olga; Gardiner's and
MacDonnell's Ranges; Glen of Palms; also near Musgrave's
Range and on Rawlinson's, Petermann's, and Barrow's Ranges;
Gibson's Desert.
[?] CYCADEAE:
[?] Encephalartos Macdonnelli, F.M. in Vers. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam,
15, 376.
On Neale's River, found by J.M. Stuart, and probably the same
species on Gill's Range.
[Cupressaceae] CONIFERAE:
Callitris verrucosa, R. Br. in Memoir. du Mus. Paris 13, 74.
It is supposed that it is this species, which was seen on the River
Finke, Lake Amadeus, and in the MacDonnell's, Gill's,
Rampart's, Musgrave's and Gosse's Ranges, as it is the only
one hitherto recorded from Central Australian collections.
LILIACEAE:
[?] Thysanotus sparteus, R. Br., Prodr., 283.
Between Mount Olga and Barrow's Range.
[?] Anguillaria Australis, F.M. Fragm. 7, 74.
Between Lake Eyre and the River Finke. A species of
Xanthorrhoea, reaching a height of twelve feet, was seen on the
ranges along Rudall's Creek, but no specimen for examination
was secured.
[?] PALMAE:
[?] Livistona Mariae, F.M., Fragm. 9, ined.
Glen of Palms. Height up to 60 feet.
TYPHACEAE:
Typha Muelleri, Rohrb. in Verhandl. Brandenb., 1869, page 95.
It is probably this species which is recorded in the Journal as
occurring in the swamps of Rawlinson's Range.
[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 tenuifoli
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