174 Alfred J. Eiuart 



Drakaea Huntiana, F. v. M. (Orchidaceae). " Tiuy Hammer 

 Orchid." 



Cravensville, R. S. Rogers, December, 1917. A new record for 

 Victoria of this rare orchid, which was first described from speci- 

 mens found on Tingiringi mountain, New South Wales, in 1889, 

 by Bauerlen. 



Erica arborea, L. "Tree Heath." (Ericaceae). 



Selby, C. French, junr., October, 1917. 



Becoming very common along the Gembrook line. It was first 

 recorded at Wheeler's Hill (J. W. Audas), and Beaconsfield (Mrs. 

 Dancocks), and must now be regarded as definitely naturalised. 

 The plant has no injurious properties, and is a decorative shrub, 

 which has escaped from gardens. As Epacrideae in Victoria take 

 the place of Ericaceae in England, it will be of interest to see to 

 what extent this introduced Erica will ou.st the native EjDacrideae. 



Hypericum tetrapterum, Fries. (Hypericineae). 



Government House Domain, Melbourne, P. F. Morris, January, 

 1917. 



This plant, a close relative of the St. John's Wort, is a native 

 ■of Europe and North Asia, may be classed as an exotic not yet suffi- 

 ciently established to be considered naturalised. 



Inula graveolens, Desf. "Stinkwort." (Compositae). 



Tyabb, Victoria, A. S. Krcrouse, May, 1917. 



This plant, which is proclaimed under the Thistle Act for the 

 whole State, is now evidently spreading in the above district. 



Lactuca scariola, L. " Prickly Lettuce." (Compositae). 



Near Deniliquin, N.S.W., per Mercantile Land and Finance Co. 

 Ltd., April, 1917. 



A native of Europe and Central Asia. It is an annual or bien- 

 nial weed of no economic value, and apt to iDe spread readily by 

 seed. Sheep will eat it down, particularly when it is young. This 

 plant was recorded as a naturalised alien in the northen parts of 

 Victoria in 1913, and is now evidently spreading in New South 

 Wales. 



