Sutton, Notes on the Sandrim'liam Flora. F^'^V^ '^^^' 



' ^ L May 



s Cladium schoenoides. R. Br. 

 h Carex pumila, Thunb. 

 Gramine^ — 



s Panicum crusgalli, L. 



h Spinifex hirsutus, Lab. 



h Lepturus incurvatus, Trin. 



h ,, cylindricus, Trin. 



s Anthistiria ciliata. L. 



5/Dichelachne crinita, Hook. f. 



/ Stipa teretifolia, Steud. 



5 ,, semibarbata, R. Br. 



s Sporobolus indicus, R. Br. 



I Agrostis solandri, F. v. M. 



(Deyeuxia Forsteri, 



Kuiith.) 

 s ,, (Deyeuxia) quad- 



riseta, R. Br. 

 s Deyeuxia minor, Benth. 

 5 Danthonia penicillata, F. v. M. 

 / Cynodon dactylon, L. C Rich. 



(Pers.) 

 h Chloris truncata, R. Br. 

 / Poa billardieri, Steud. 

 h Festuca littoralis. Lab. (Sclied- 

 onorus littoralis, Beauv.) 



h Distichlis maritima, Ralin. 

 h Bromus arenarius, Lab. 

 s Agropyrum scabrum, Pal. 

 a Arundophragmites, Do. (Phrag- 

 mites communis, Trin.) 



Rhizosperm.e — 



a AzoUa filiculoides, Lamarck (A. 

 rubra, R. Br.) 



Lycopodine-?; — 



*sLycopodium laterale, R. Br. 

 Selaginella uliginosa, Spring. 

 a Phylloglossum Drummondii, 

 Kunz. 



FiLICES — 



sZOphioglossum vulgatum, L. 

 *sBotrychium lunaria, Swartz. 

 *5Schiza>a fistulosa. Lab. 

 5 ,, dichotoma, Sw. (S. bi- 



fida, Willd.) 

 *5 Gleichenia circinata, Swartz 

 s Lindsaya linearis, Swartz. 

 5 Adiantum a;thiopicum, L. 

 s Pteris aquilina, L. 



The late Mr. O. A. Sayce, A.L.S. — Just as we are going to 

 press the sad announcement has been made of the death, after 

 only a few days' illness, of Mr. O. A. Sayce, who was present at 

 the last meeting of the Club, and received the congratulations of 

 his fellow-members on his new appointment, mentioned in the 

 April Naturalist. Time has not allowed for an adequate record 

 in this issue of Mr. Sayce's work on behalf of natural science — 

 this will appear next month. 



Euphorbia Juice as a Caustic. — Mr. M'Fadzean, dairy 

 supervisor, Department of Agriculture, recently forwarded to 

 the Herbarium a specimen of a plant. Euphorbia pephis, L., 

 with the statement that a resident of Hawthorn had a small 

 growth on his cheek below the eye, which, under medical advice, 

 he was about to have removed by operation. He was, 

 however, advised to try the effects of a daily application of 

 the milky juice of this weed. Under this treatment the 

 surface of the growth gradually peeled off, and in some 

 three weeks the sore was healed, leaving only a slight 

 and barely perceptible scar. There seems to be no reason 

 to doubt this observation, which is well authenticated, and 

 the milky juice of many species of Euphorbia has a strong 

 action on the skin when applied to it one or more times. 

 Hence, this matter seems worthy of further investigation, 

 preferably by a medical man, to definitely determine its 

 accuracy, and also to what extent so simple a treatment is 

 applicable in similar cases. — Alfred J. Ewart, National 

 Herbarium. 



