220 ./. A. Gil rath: Pardli/sis in Horses dud Coiva. 



when fresh. If the Se/iccio were poisonous, it wouhl prohably act 

 like the ordinary ragwort; that is, it would slowly bring on hepatic 

 •cirrhosi.s as described by Professor Gilruth. The Isotoma and the 

 Lohelid are undoul)tedly poisonous, but seem to affect sheep more 

 readily than larger stock, possibly because they are apt to eat rela- 

 tively more. Anagallix nmensift, " The Pimpernel," was recently 

 responsible for the death of a large number of sheep at Lilydale, the 

 round pods of the plant being found in their stomachs in large 

 (piantities. This plant is a naturalised alien, which has rapidly 

 spread over Victoria, and is one of those plants whicli it is almost 

 impossible to suppress. It appears to act as a narcotic jioison. It 

 frequently remains green for a time when the grass is dying off, and 

 this may attract the stock to eat it in large quantities if it is 

 abundant. I suggest as tlie next stage in the in([uiry. that tlu^ 

 stomachs of the stock affected by the " disease," be examined for' 

 tlie presence of the plants marked 1 to 8, and particularly for 

 numl^rs 1, 4 and 5. 



