300 Alfred J. Ewwrt : 



DiURls MACULATA, Sill. "Leopard Oicliid." (Oichideae). 

 .Vereker Range, Wilson's Promontory. J. W. Audas. August, 

 1914. 



Previously recorded for Sealer's Cove by F. v. Mueller. 



Eragrostis curvula, Nees, var. valida, Stapf. " African Love 

 Grass." (Grainineae). 



Between Drouin and Warragul. Vict. W. (i. Anderson, Fel).. 

 1913. 



This puzzling grass, which could for a long time not be referred 

 to any described species of Eragrostis, is considered by Mrs. Agnes 

 Chase to be the variety described by Stapf. It is a native of South 

 Africa, and the ordinary forms are sometimes grown as fodder 

 plants. When old, however, the stems are rather fibrous and the 

 foliage scanty. It can hardly as yet be regarded as definitely 

 naturalised. 



Krechtitks Atkinsoniak, F. v. M. (Conipositae). 

 Otukai, New Zealand. H. Carse, April, 1914. 



Not previously recorded as growing wild in New Zealand. It is 

 a native of New South Wales and Queensland. 



Ehkchtitks valkrtanakfolta, 1). C. (Coiiiposirae). 



Otukai, New Zealand. H. Carse, April. 1914. A native of 



North America not previously recorded as introduced in New 



Zealand. This plant lias been recorded as a naturalised alien in 



New South Wales, but has not yet made its appearance in Victoria. 



Erigkron caxadknsk, L. "Canadian Fleab.ine." ((^onipositae). 

 Orbost. N. Wellington, 23/3/1914. 



A widely spread naturalised alien first recorded as naturalised in 

 1908, and which has now reached the Orbost district. 



(tladiolus grandis, Thunberg. (Iridaceao). The liH rge-floweied 

 Cladiohis. 



A native of S. Africa, which was recorded as a spreading garden 

 escape at Eltham in 1911, and has now appeared in thousands 

 along a drain at Digger's Rest, on the Bendigo line. (C. French, 

 Jr., Oct., 1914.) 



The perfume is very strong, not unlike the scent of primroses. 

 The plant does not seem to have any obnoxious qualities, but many 



