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INDIGENOUS PLANTS IN THE COBAR DISTRICT, 



Indigenous Plants in ihe ClBar District. 



Class I. DICOTYLEDONS. 



Subclass POLYPETAL^. 



Series i. Tlialamiflorje. 



Eanunculace^. 



Ranunculus parviflorus Linn. In damp situations, five miles 

 from Cobar, on the Wilcannia Road, and at The Peak. 



August. 



Papavkkace.?:. 



*Argemone mexicana Linn. >• Mexican Poppy." Cobar gene- 

 rally; February-March. On waste places. A trouble- 

 some weed, having prickly leaves and very narcotic 

 seeds. Known also as the " Infernal Fig "' of the 

 Spaniards. I have used a decoction of tlie juice as a 

 stain imitating a light oak. 



Crucifer^. 



Bakisakea vul(;akis li.Br. A yelluw-ilowered weed about home- 

 steads in many parts. May. 



Blennodia teisecta ]^>enth. General in the district. Flowers 

 most of the year. A\'hite. 



B. LASiocARPA F.v.M. General. March. 

 Stenopetalum lineare R.Br. At Nullinmt Tank. August. 

 Capsella elliptica Meyr. Cobar. August. 



C. humistrata F.v.M. Cobar generally. May. Yellow. 



