840 



PLANTS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 



18. JBriza maxima, (Linn.) 



19. ,, minor, (Linn.) 



20. Bromus mollis, (Linn.) 



21. ,, sterilis, (Linn.) 



22. Ceratochloa unilioides, (DC.) 



23. Lolium temulentum, (Linn.) 



24. ,, perenne, (Linn.) 



25. Hordeum nodosum, (Linn.) 



The whole number of such plants for New South Wales may- 

 be about 150 or 160, whilst the indigenous species generally may 

 be thus arranged : 



Orders. 

 .. 22 



Thalamiflorse 



Disciflorse 



Calyciflorce 



Monopetalse 



Monochlamydese . 



G-ymnospermefe . 



Monocotyledonese 



13 



16 

 30 

 17 

 1 

 26 



Genera. 

 68 

 60 

 124 

 201 

 107 

 1 

 195 



Species. 

 174 

 174 

 524 

 654 

 392 

 2 

 579 



125 



756 



2499 



Amongst the monocotyledonous plants of this section, there 

 are some of great economical and medicinal value. Smilax 

 glycyphjlla or the "native Sarsaparilla " is already known to 

 medical men as a useful alterative. The various species of 

 Xanthorrhea yield valuable resins ; whilst many species of rushes 

 and sedges may be utilized in the making of rope, mats, baskets, 

 and paper. Kentia monostachya or the "Walking Stick Palm," 

 is useful for what its name implies ; Livistona australis is not only 

 edible in the tender parts, but its fibre is employed in the making 

 of hats ; and Ptychosperma Cunninyhami is the most elegant of 

 the genus in New South Wales. Typhonium Brownii and Colocasia 

 macrorrhiza, though poisonous in a raw state, may be used as 



