THE CAMEL FODDER-PLANTS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 167 



44. S. lautiis Forst. Coolgardie, Aug. 



45. Sonchus oleracens L. This, which is a great favourite with 

 camels, is not by auy means a common plant. It is usually small 

 in size, and is not seen after the warm weather has set in. 



All the above-named Cumpositcc yield excellent forage for camels, 

 and it is in great part to tiie abundance of this and other lowly 

 herbaceous vegetation during early spring that is to be ascribed the 

 rapidity with which these animals get into condition at that period 

 of the year. 



GOODENIACE^. 



46. SccEvola spinescens E. Br. A common shrub in the Cool- 

 gardie district, of which camels will sometimes eat sparingly. 



47. Goodenia mimuloides, sp. nov. Herbacea, pilosa, habitu 

 G. pinnatijiihe Schlecht., foliis radicalibus longipetiolatis ambitu 

 oblongo-obovatis pinuatifidis, segmentis ovato- vel lineari-oblongis 

 obtusis, caulinis parvis sparsis ovatis iutegris vel subintegris, 

 pedunculis axillaribus elongatis gracilibus ebracteolatis, calycis 

 lobis oblougo-lanceolatis tubo campanulari subfequilongis integer- 

 rimis, corollae modicee lutete extus pubescentis lobis inferioribus 

 latiuscule unilateraliter alatis inferne ciliatis, superioribus fequaliter 

 alatis ultra medium connatis, stylo pubescente, ovario ovato, ovulis 

 magnis quove in loculo 6-7, stigmate brevissime bifido, capsulis 

 baud visis. 



Hab. In variis locis juxta Gibraltar floret mens. Sept. 



Planta spithamea vel minus, ramis pateuti-ascendentibus tereti- 

 bus striatis. Folia radicalia (petiolis gracilibus inclusis) usque 

 4-0 cm. long., utrinque piloso-pubescentia, eorum lobi 0-3-O"5 cm. 

 long., 0-2-0-3 cm. lat. ; caulina circa 0*5 cm. long., brevipetiolata. 

 Pedunculi 2-5-60 cm. long., erecto-patentes, pilosi. Calyx pubes- 

 cens, circa 0-5 cm. long., 0'25 cm. lat. ; lobi obtuse acuti, 0-3 cm. 

 long. Corolla tota usque 1-2 cm. long. ; tubus 0-1 cm. long. ; lobi 

 superiores alte retusi. Anthera 0-12 cm. long. Stylus sursum 

 gradatim ampliatus, 0-5 cm. long. Indusium aliquauto bilabiatum. 



This might be taken for a small form of (J, pinnatijUa, which, 

 however, is larger in all its parts, and has a more tubular calyx. 

 The upper lobes of its corolla are also more deeply divided, and the 

 stamens are larger than is the case with the new plant. The style, 

 too, of G. miDiuloidcs is markedly different, as it has the rudiments 

 of two divisions, and thus shows a slight approach to Calogijne. 

 Camels are very fond of this plant. 



Apocynace^. , 



48. Alyxia huxifolia E. Br. This, which is well known as the 

 " Hop-bush," is an excellent food for camels, in spite of its belonging 

 to a suspicious order. It is common in the Coolgardie district. 



Myoporine.e. 



49. Eremnphila Oldfichlii F. Muell. var. an (jmti folia. Between 

 Doyle's Well and Mount George, June. Many species of this genus 

 were secured, but the above is the only cue seen to be touched by 

 camels, and then not freely indulged in. 



