528 INDIGENOUS PLANTS IN THE COBAR DISTRICT, 



ASCLEPIADE/E. 



Sarcostemma australe R.Br. "Gaoloowurra. " Amphi- 

 theatre. This strange-looking, leafless trailer is not 

 plentiful here. It grows about some hills over old 

 trees antl rocks, and is variously reputed to be poi- 

 sonous to stock. The Blacks used the juice as a lini- 

 ment for small-pox. 



Pentatkopis (D^mia) quinquepartita Benth. Four miles 

 north of Cobar. (In Mr. R. H. Cambage's Collec- 

 tion.) 



Marsdenia Leichhardtiana F.v.M. Growing over small 

 bushes about Cobar. Young plants are plentiful, 

 but very few seem to survive. 



Gentiane^. 



Erythr^a australis R.Br. "Centaury." Cobar generally. 

 It contains a bitter principle, and is used as a tonic. 

 It is frequently made up like tea, by miners as a 

 specific for rheumatism. November. 



Boragine.e. 



Halganta cyanea Lindl. Growing on the hills about Cobar. 

 It has a strong claim to a position in flower-gardens 

 as a border-plant. It has small bird's-eye flowers, 

 with yellow centre. October. 



CYNOfiLOSSUM SUAVEOLKNS R.Br. On cultivated patches at 

 Cobar. June, August. 



Eritrichium Australasicum DC. Common about the dis- 

 trict. August. 



*LiTHospERMUM AKVENSE Linn. "Corn-Cromwell. " Cobar. 

 October. 



CoNVOLVULACEyE. 



EvoLvuLus AivSixuiDK.s Liuu. District generally. December. 



Convolvulus erubescens Sims. Common. November. Also 



a palmate-leafed variety, at Amphitheatre. 



