168 THE CAMEL FODDER -PLANTS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. • 



BORAGINE^. 



50. Ecliinospermum concavxim F. Muell. Common in Coolgardie 

 district in springtime, growing there mixed with other lowly herbs. 



Plantagine^. 



51. Plantar/o varia R. Br. Common round Coolgardie, Aug. 

 A good fodder-plant, but, as it occurs only in the small forms, not 

 of much account. 



Phytolaccace.^ . 



52. Codonocarpus cotinifolius F. Muell. Mr. Ernest Giles, the 

 well-known traveller, whose acquaintance I made at Coolgardie, 

 assured me that this is a favourite food of camels. I did not come 

 across the plant. 



AaiARANTHACEiE. 



58, TricJtinium CarlsoniF. TsLneW. This charming little Amaranth 

 is common in certain places round Coolgardie in springtime. The 

 flowers are sometimes yellow, sometimes deep orange. 



54. T. cxaltatnm Bth. Common in various places in the Cool- 

 gardie district. Camels are very fond of this when it is young, the 

 rosetted leaves containing abundance of moisture. When the large 

 fluflfy flower-head springs up, they will not touch the plant ; the 

 inflorescence thus has the curious property of protecting the plant 

 from injury. 



Chenopodiace^. 



55. Bhagndia BUlardieri R. Br. var. linearis. Gnarlbine, Nov. 



56. R. coralliocarpa, sp. nov. Frutex ramis albide furfuraceo- 

 tomentosis denium glabris, foliis lougipetiolatis hastatis rare has- 

 tato-oblongis subtus furfuraceo-tomentosis supra demum fere glabris, 

 paniculis ramosis ramis folia excedentibus plurifloris furfuraceo- 

 tomentosis, floribus polygamis ?, perianthii ultra medium fissi lobis 

 oblongo-ovatis acutis furfuraceo-tomentosis, baccis globosis succa 

 rubra indutis. 



Hab. Crescit juxta puteum "Kilkenny soak" dictum, inter 

 Mt. Margaret et Mt. George ubi mens. Jun. fructificat. 



Rami subteretes in lougitudinem eximie striati, nonnunquam 

 sursum nudi et spiuescentes. Folia alterna, plana, 0'6-l-2 cm. 

 long., medio 0'5-0-7 cm. lat., supra viresceutia, obtusa vel obtusis- 

 sima, integra vel raro obscure denticulata ; petioli foliis subaequi- 

 longi, furfuraceo-tomentosi. Panicula? 2'0-4-0 cm. long., 1 •5-2-0 

 cm. lat., ejus rami congesti, usque I'O cm. long., plerique vero 

 breviores. Stamina non vidi. Calyx sub fructu usque 0-35 cm. 

 ampliatus, ejus lobi 0*27 cm. long. Baccte in sicco circa 2-0 cm. diam. 



A very distinct-looking plant, intermediate, so far as regards its 

 inflorescence, between the species with a much-branched and those 

 with a not much branched or simple panicle. Among the former 

 it may be compared with R. parahulica R. Br., which it somewhat 

 resembles in leaf, though the markedly hastate form of the leaves 

 of E. coralliocarpa affords a distinction, and the indumentum is not 

 the same in the two cases. Moreover, the spiny character and the 



