534 INDIGENOUS PLANTS IN THE COBAR DISTRICT, 



where grass will not grow. "The Old-Man" is a 

 very wholesome plant for fowls, which are very par- 

 tial to it. 



Amarantace^e. 



*Amarantus viridis Linn. A common garden-weed. Gen- 

 eral. April. 

 Ptilotus incanus R.Br. General. November. 



P. OBOVATUS Gavid. The commonest form here. April. 

 P. ALOPECUROiDEUS Fv.M. In Several places. April. 

 P. PARviFLORUS Lindl. On the hills about Cobar. May. 



Also a glabrous variety from Kergunyah. 

 P. coRYMBOSUs Gaud. Prefers the fiats generally. It 

 has a spreading habit, with ascending branches. 

 May. 

 Alternanthera nodiflora R.Br. General. March. 

 A. denticulata R.Br. At Brura Tank. August. 



Polygonace^. 



Rumex Brownii Campd. "Dock." On rubbish-heaps and 



waste places generally. March. 

 Polygonum prostratum R.Br. Old Reservoir, Cobar. July. 



*P. aviculare Linn. Knot-grass. General. March. 

 Emex australis 8teinh. Near the Great Cobar Tank. 



August. 



Nyctagine^. 



BoERHAAViA DIFFUSA Linn. District generally. A good fod- 

 der-herb. There are three forms in the district, dif- 

 fering in their foliage. February, March. 



Proteace^. 



Grevillea striata R.Br. "Beefwood." Amphitheatre and 

 Kergunyah. A handsome tree, preferring stony soil. 

 The foliage is over one foot in length. I have used 



