354 BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
property of growing and flowering in our hottest and dryest 
weather, without receiving any nourishment from the soil; 
indeed the roots are generally dead before the plant begins to 
blossom. It is an annual, and accidents do certainly occur 
from poison when this species is scarcely far enough advanced 
to be the cause of them; still, I have ascertained that in - 
some of the worst cases, the poisoned animals had eaten a 
considerable quantity of this L. hypocrateriformis, on the day — 
when the disaster happened. It is mostly on a dull cloudy — - 
morning, such as generally rain in the afternoon, that this — 
misfortune takes place, but when the animals are driven and 
hungry, they will eat the deleterious plant at any time - 
If the seeds of the Lobelia germinate with you, it would be. 
rendering a great service to this colony if you will have the- 
plant analyzed. The blood of the poisoned animals is much 
darker-coloured than is natural, and it poisons dogs; the 
raw flesh poisons cats; but the roasted or boiled flesh is eaten - 
by the natives and some of the settlers, without their appearing 
to suffer any inconvenience. A fourth species of Xanthorrhaa 
grows on the ironstone gravel which forms the top of Neer- 
dup; it is a stemless species, with a slender flower-stalk eight 
or ten feet high. ahs" 
Wallup produces about thirty Proteaceous plants belonging - 
to different Genera. One of the most splendid shrubs I have 
seen is a scarlet Grevillea* with multifid leaves, inhabiting the 
ironstone gravel; its seed-vessels and stigma are downy. 
fine scarlet Adenanthos, always in blossom, grows on the same - 
soil; the Leguminose are very abundant; a large 
Kennedya, with large downy leaves and big clusters of flowers - 
is very conspicuous among this tribe. A remarkable plant, - 
having large cordate stem-clasping leaves and curious large 
bracteas, which enlarge and turn brown as the seeds come to 
_ Maturity, is particularly conspicuous; its pod resembles thes 
. of Daviesia. The genera Chorizema and Hovea are fine; We 
seven or eight species of the latter, all bearing beaut! 
bi 2 r G. Thielemanniana. 
