South Australia : its history, productions, and natural resources . plants and shrubs. The low lands near the sea,especially such as are under the influence of the tide, are covered withdense mangroves, Avtcennia officinalis, Lin., and Rhizophora These, as the land ascends to a higher level, give place to palms,Pandanus, Melaleucas, Lep)tospermums, Grevilleas, Eucalypts, andAcacias, forming an open forest. Amongst the underwood are foundferns, Aroids as Amorphophalus campanulatus, Decas, and Taccaceae,Tacca Pinnatijida, Lin. The grass over the whole, or nearly the whole, of the
South Australia : its history, productions, and natural resources . plants and shrubs. The low lands near the sea,especially such as are under the influence of the tide, are covered withdense mangroves, Avtcennia officinalis, Lin., and Rhizophora These, as the land ascends to a higher level, give place to palms,Pandanus, Melaleucas, Lep)tospermums, Grevilleas, Eucalypts, andAcacias, forming an open forest. Amongst the underwood are foundferns, Aroids as Amorphophalus campanulatus, Decas, and Taccaceae,Tacca Pinnatijida, Lin. The grass over the whole, or nearly the whole, of the surface of theground, grows luxuriantly, of which the most prominent genera are thefollowing:—Ftiirena, Cpprus, Eleocharis, Cimbopogon, Fimbrislylis,Panicuni, Setaria, Sporobolus, Anthisliria, EriacJme, &c. The soil ismostly good, and of a dark-brown color, with small nodules of ferru-ginous sandstone upon the surface. Near the sea, and generally upon a watercourse near its junction withthe sea, swampy flats occur, containing timber of large growth and rank. o amo -1-3O P3 ITS FLORA. 157 vegetation. The lakes and waterpools iire covered with waterlilies,Nyniphaea gigantea and Nelionhium speciosum, Willd., showin<r theirbeautiful flowers in various shades of blue, pink, or crimson. The flatson either side of large rivers also contain good soil, except where theyjoin the higher land, where there is a belt of sandy character, poor tolook at, though covered with timber and grass. The same kind of openforest, undulating and flat land, exists over the area, sometimes the soil,changing suddenly from a dark brown to a very light loam, the soilimproving and the vegetation along the rivers becoming luxuriant. Judging from the plants collected by Mr. Schultz, who was employedfor about two years there as a naturalist, during which time he obtainedabout 700 species of plants, the inter-tropical flora of South Australiadoes not present the luxuriant growth and umbrageous foliage we areu
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