716 PLANTS OF HEW SOUTH WALES, 



The gigantic climbers Lyonsia straminea and reticulata of the 

 Apocynese are remarkable for finding their way to the summits 

 of lofty trees, whilst several species of the Gentian Family are 

 likely to be utilised as medicinal plants. Nor should I omit to 

 mention in the same category Duboisia myoporoides and D. 

 Ifopivoodii, which have lately elicited some valuable correspondence 

 in these colonies, particularly from Dr. Bancroft of Brisbane. 

 Perhaps I may be permitted to mention, that my excellent friend 

 the late Mrs. Calvert called my attention to the properties of D. 

 myoporoides some years since, and that in my " Contribution to the 

 Flora of Australia," p. 178, I alluded to the fact, that from this 

 plant the blacks were in the habit of preparing some intoxicating 

 beverage. Of the Myoporinese, the genus Eremophila is limited 

 to Australia, and several species are worthy of cultivation for the 

 beauty of their flowers. E. Mitchellii is the Sandal-wood of the 

 interior, and Ifyoporum Cunninghami (which Mr. Bentham regards 

 as a narrow-leaved variety of If. acuminatum) extends from the 

 interior of Queensland to the borders of Victoria. The Labiates 

 of New South "Wales are limited to 11 genera, including 41 

 species, of which 22 belong to the genus Prostanthera, which so 

 far deviates from the ordinary type of Labiates as to afford in 

 P. lasiantlms the largest known plant of the order, with showy 

 flowers and strongly scented glands. Mr. Bentham states that 

 the genus is limited to Australia, and that only two species are 

 natives of Western Australia. Of the herbaceous species of the 

 order, the Mints {Mentha australis, and If. satureoidesj afford a 

 highly scented volatile oil, whilst of the introduced species, 

 Marrubium vulgare and Stachys arve?isis have established them- 

 selves here and there throughout the colony in waste places and 

 cultivated ground. The Verbenacere, like the preceding order, 

 comprehend both trees and herbs, for whilst Clerodendron, Gmelina, 

 Vitex and Avicennia may be reckoned amongst the former, many 

 of the species are of the latter class. The common Verbena 

 officinalis, is looked upon as being indigenous, but V. Bonariensis, 



