5 24 INDIGENOUS PLANTS IN THE COBAR DISTRICT, 



COMPOSIT.^. 



*CENTAUiiEA MELiTENSis Linn. A " Star-Thistle." "Cockspur." 



Becoming a nuisance all over the district. 

 O E\RiA DECURRENS A. Cumi. GoikI for (lecorative purposes. 

 Cobar generall}-. iMarch-lNIa}'. 

 O. PiMELioiDES A. Cunn., var. minor Often in c<jmpany 

 with the previous species, and always follows it in 

 Howeriny. August. 

 O. SUBSPICATA Benth. On stony elevated ridf^es at The 

 Peak. The spikes are short and leafy. 



ViTTADiNiA AUSTRALis A. Rich. Conuiion everywhere. March. 

 V. SCABIJA DC. March. Connnun. 



*EniGER0N LINIF0L1US Willd. "Cobblers' Pegs" A counnun 

 weed . Fel )ruary . 



MiNURiA LEPTOPHYLLA DC. One of the local daisies. Every- 

 where. March. 



Calotis hispidula F.v.M. a burr, as also the following. 

 March. 



C. CUNEIFOLIA R.Br. " The Bogan-Flea." February and 



September. 

 C. LAPPULACEA Benth. About Cobar. 

 Brachycome trachycarpa F.v.M. A local daisy. Plentiful 

 on cultivated flats. February. 

 B. calocarpa F.v.M. Near Cobar. August. 

 B. pachyptera Turcz. Old Reservoir. August. 

 B. MELANOCARPA F.V.M. Near the Cobar Cemetery. 



July. 

 B. heterodonta DC. Cobar. August. 

 *Xanthium SPINOSUM Linn. "The Bathurst-Burr.'" Reputed 

 poison ; but its spinescent leaves make it avoided by 

 stock. 

 Siegesbeckia orientalis Linn. In gullies, at Amphitheatre. 



August. 

 Cotula AUSTRALIS Hk. Everywhere common. June. 



