BY J. H. xMAIDEN. 121 



" At a zone in the mountains the cabbage palms diminish in 

 size, and a little higher up they fail altogether, but another 

 species with entire leaves supplies their place, with a variety of 

 trees not found in a lower position. A poisonous leguminous 

 plant bearing large green pods,* a pale violet Lobelia,^ and many 

 other Australian weeds, grow in different parts. A poisonous 

 umbelliferous plant, | with deeply divided leaves and lateral 

 umbels, grows plentifully in moist places. The Senebiera 

 coronopus% (one of the British Cruciferse) flourishes in wild 

 luxuriance on both sides of the island, more especially on the 

 sandy parts. The Shepherd's Purse.|| the common chickweed,^ 

 the sow-thistle,** the butter-cupff and daisy; | grow wild upon 

 the island; but the two latter are only to be found in the moun- 

 tainous parts. The Lignum Vit8e§§ or Guaiacum tree and other 

 useful woods grow on the hills. There are many species of ferns, 

 mosses, and fungi, and the sea-weeds are very numerous. 



" All the fruit trees and culinary vegetables at present growing 

 on the island have been introduced — the bananas and vines from 

 Port Stephens, melons. Cape gooseberries and mint from Sydney. 

 The potatoes have been chiefly grown from Derwent (Tasmania) 

 seed. Some time ago egg-plants and marsh [? musk — J.H.M.] 

 melons were plentiful, but they have been neglected latterly. . . 



* Canavalia obtusifolia. Forrest also records a case in which the raw 

 seeds poisoned sailors. See my Useful Native Plants of Audralia, p. 12. 



t L. anceps. 



X Apium anstrah, without doubt. I was not aware, however, that it is 



actually poisonous, although Umbellifers growing in such a situation are 



often acrid. 



§ Ante, p. 119. 



II Gapsella Barsa-pastoris. Moore, Rep., p. 2, has since recorded this. 

 I did not observe it, and it may have been exterminated. 

 H Probably Cerastium vulgatum. 

 ** Sonchus oleraceus 

 tt Probably a mistake. Ranunculus has not been found on the island. 



See p. 1.36. 



XX Perhaps Brachycome se mentosa. 



§§ Sophora tetraptera. 



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