530 INDIGENOUS PLANTS IN THE COBAE DISTRICT, 



of "shelves" on each side of the pod, and whereon 

 rest the seeds, attached by delicate funicles. 



MYOPORINEiE. 



Myoporum deserti a. Cunn. "Bridal Bells." The local 

 "Dogwood." Distri(;t general!}-, In company with 

 the Dodonseas and Apophylhim. An ornamental 

 shrub, thought to be poisonous, but never eaten by 

 stock. 1 frequently see children standing round 

 these bushes and eating the berries. It has pretty, 

 pendent flowers in great abundance. 



M. platycarpum R.Br. Cobar, but scarce. November. 

 The flowers are slighty larger than those of the pre- 

 ceding. 

 Eremophila Bowmanni F.v.M. At Burramugga, and both 

 blue and white varieties on the Devonian plateau of 

 JMount Grenfell. December. 



E. LATiFOLiA F.V.M. "Tea-Bush." A small, viscid 

 bush, principally on sandy slopes about Cobar. 

 June. 



E. longifolia F.V.M. The commonest form of "Emu- 

 Bush," called so on account of the emus being fond 

 of the seeds. It is also a good edible shrub for stock, 

 and grows everywhere about the district. It is not 

 particular as to soil, though I find it grows to a 

 symmetrical and graceful-looking shrub on damp 

 soils. July. 



E. Latrobei F.V.M. On the Devonian quartzite-ridges 

 at Amphitheatre, and at the Peak. A rather 

 straggling bush, and becoming scarce, but should be 

 encouraged. It is a .sih erj'-coloured shrub, with very 

 attractive flowers. 



E. opposiTiFOLiA R.Br. From the fact that the leaves 

 are not often found "opposite," but scattered and 

 crowded, it deserves a more appropriate name. To 

 mv mind, it is the most attractive of local Eremo- 



