142 BOTANY OF SOUTH-WESTERN NEW SOUTH WALES, 



shrubby or subarboreal state, occur mostly in the western portion, 

 many of the species being admired for their singularly beautiful 

 flowers. I have grown several of them in the eastern portion of 

 the continent, and they succeeded admirably when planted in 

 dry situations. I have also seen a few species successfully culti- 

 vated in some of the plant houses in Europe. Several species of 

 the Labiate family are strongly scented, and some of them are 

 widely distributed both on high and low land. Prostanthera is 

 more largely represented by species than any other genus of the 

 Order, and when these shrubs are in bloom they make a charming 

 floral display, especially P. nivea, A. Cunn., whose flowers are 

 rather large and mostly white. Notwithstanding the fact that 

 the leaves of these plants are studded with resinous glands, sheep 

 and rabbits eat them as well as those of the two species of 

 Teucrium. Several exotic Labiates have established themselves, 

 and some species now are apparently wild, especially in the 

 eastern portion. 



C odonocarjnvs cotinifolius, F.v.M., of the Phytolaccacece, is one 

 of the most remarkable trees in the interior, and is known locally 

 as the "horse-radish tree." Its curious flowers and fruits render 

 it a very interesting object to the botanist. It is figured and 

 described in my work on the indigenous " Forage Plants of Aus- 

 tralia" (non grasses). Gyrostemon cydotheca, Benth., is an allied 

 species of shrubby habit with dioecious flowers. Both these 

 species are usually found on low sand hills or on sandy country, 

 but not plentifully. Amongst the most useful plants, from 

 a pastoralist's point of view, are the numerous species of 

 the saltbush family {Cheiiopodiacece), and they are widely dis- 

 tributed, but not nearly as plentifully as in former years. This 

 Order comprises no less than twelve genera and sixty-one species, 

 all the most important of which I have figured and described, as 

 to their economic value, under the authority of the Government 

 of New South Wales. Although the greater number of the 

 plants of this Order are of a high economic value from a stock- 

 owner's point of view, there are a few species, especially when in 

 fruit, of an undesirable character. Stockmen call the ripe fruits 



