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Stenotaphrum americanum Schrank. : Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 23, 

 . • 151, 1898. 

 Sporobolus indicus K. Br. : Moore, Lord Hove Id. Official Visit, 26, 1870 



(S. elongatus). 

 Polypogon monsp>eliensis Desfont. : F. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. viii, 



114, 1873 (as indigenous). 

 Cynodon Dactylon Pers. : Moore, Lord Howe Id. Official Visit, 26, 1870 



(as indigenous). 

 Briza minor L. : Bentham, Fl. Austr. vii, 660, 1878. 

 Poa annua L. : Bentham, Fl. Austr. vii, 654, 1878. 

 Bromus unioloides H. B. & K. : Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 23, 151, 



1898. 

 Crinum pedunculatum Br. : Moore, Lord Howe Id. Official Visit, 26, 1870 



(as indigenous). 

 Chenopodium murale L. : Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 23, 150, 1898. 

 Mirabilis jalapa L. : Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 23, 150, 1898 

 Portulaca oleracea L. : Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 23, 149, 1898. 

 Stellaria media L. : Macgillivray, Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. 1854. 

 Cerastium vulgatum L. : Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 23, 149, 1898. 

 Polycarpon tetraphyllum Loefl. : Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 23, 149, 



1898. 

 Lepidium ruderale L. : Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 231, 1896 (as indigenous). 

 Senebiera didyma Pers. : Moore, Lord Hoive Id. Official Visit, 24, 1870. 

 Cakile maritima Scop. : Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 23, 123, 1898 (as 



indigenous). 

 Capsella bursa- pastoris Moench. : Moore, Lord Howe Id. Official Visit, 24. 



1870. 

 Cassia laevigata Willd. : Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 23, 149, 1898. 

 Medicago denticulata Willd. : Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 23, 149, 1898. 

 Vicia sativa L. : Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 23, 149, 1898. 

 Ricinis communis Willd. : Moore, Lord Howe Id. Official Visit, 25, 1870. 

 Anagallis arvensis L. : Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 39, 382, 1914. 

 Verbena bonariensis L. : Moore, Lord Howe Id. Official Visit, 25, 1870. 

 Physalis peruviana L. : Moore, Lord Howe Id. Official Visit, 25. 1870. 

 Erigeron linifolius DC. : Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 23, 150, 1898. 

 Taraxacum dens-leonis Desf. : Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 23, 150, 



1898. 

 Senecio vidgaris L. : not hitherto recorded. 



2. Animals. 



Important changes have been wrought in the forest on Lord Hove 

 Island by goats and pigs liberated by the early settlers. These animals 

 have overrun most parts of the island, but are not on Transit Hill, close 

 to the settlement, nor have they been able, thanks to the precipices, to 

 ascend to the summits of the mountains. Throughout the area over which 

 goats and pigs roam the undergrowth has been largely depleted. Goats 

 eat herbage and bark, while pigs uproot the plants on which they feed. 

 Where these animals are found there is little or no undergrowth, where 

 formerly one is forced to believe there must have been a considerable 

 amount. In such places as the summit of Mount Gower, Transit Hill, and 

 the slope at the western base of Mount Gower there is often a dense under- 

 growth. Over most of Erskine Valley it has almost vanished. Certain 

 species are known to have been common in the forest, but are now very 



