Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1896. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... botany. By ralph tate, Professor of Natural History in the University of Adelaide. With an Appendix by J. H. Maiden, F.L.S. contents. Chapter I.--The Larapintine Flora. 1.--General Physiography and Boundaries of the Larapintine Eegion. 2.--Botanical Characteristics. a. Introduction. b. Salient Botanic Features of the North Eremian Region. c. The Lowland Vegetation. d. The Saxatile Vegetation. 3.--Origin of the Flora. 4.--Previous Explorations. 5.--Enumeration of the Flowering Plants and Vascular Cryptogams. 6.--Diagnoses of New Genus and Species. Chapter ii.--The Central Eremian Flora. i.--Physiographic and Botanic Characteristics. 2.--List of Plants new or rare in the Region. Chapter I.--The Larapintine Flora. 1. General Physiography And Boundaries Of The Larapintine Region. In my arrangement of South Australian Plants, in "A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia," Adelaide, 1890, I have demarked the area occupied by the Eremian flora and its subdivisions; therein the northern and central regions are separated from each other by a latitudinal line through Charlotte Waters. On physiographic grounds this is a good line, as up to the River Coglin the dominant feature is that of stony table-lands of Cretaceous rocks, which, though not ceasing there, continue further north, but only as small outliers with extensive intermediate low-level areas covered with loose detritus. Now, as the result of personal knowledge of the country, I propose to shift the boundary to the latitude of Engoordina, which will accord better with physiographic and botanic contrasts. To the north of this latitude the prevailing feature is a table-land of Ordovician sandstone of an average elevation of 2500 feet, which rises from a base of about 1000 feet, gradually increasing t...
