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Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [lo June, 191 i. 



Vernacular Names op Victorian Plants — continued. 



Botanical Name. 



Use or Character. 



MoNocoTrLEDONE^ — EucALYCE^ Hypogyn.e — Continued. 



LILIACEjE — continued. 



Xerotes — 



dura, P.v.M. 



longifolia, R.Br. 



Brownii, F.v.M. . . 



sororia, F.v.M. . . 



effu<!a. Lindl. 



micrantha, EudL 



Thunbergii, F.v.M. 



glauca, R.Br. 



juncea, F.v.M. . . 



leucocephala, R.Br. 

 Xanthorrhom — 



hastilis, R.Br. . . 



minor. R.Br. 



australis, R.Br. . . 



Palm^. 



Livistona — ■ 



australis, Martius 



Typha — ■ 



angiistifolia, L. . . 



Sporgnniuin — 



stenophyllum, Max. 



LEMNACE.E. 



Leinna — 



trisuU-a. L. 

 minor. L. 

 oligorrhiza, Kurz. 

 polvrrhiza, L. . . 



Michel ii,Schl. .. 



Naiadace^. 



Najas — 



tenuifolia, R.Br. 

 Lepilcena — 



australis, J. Drum. 



Pieissii, P.v.M. . . 

 Cymodocea^ 



zosterifolia, P.v.M. 



Zostera — ■ 



nana, P. K. Mertens 



tasmanica, G. v. Martens 

 marina, L. 

 Posidonm — - 



australis, Hook. f. 



Hard Mat Rush 

 Long Mat Rush . . 

 Brown Mat Rush 

 Small Mat Rush 

 Scented Mat Rush 

 Small-flowered Mat Rush 

 Wattle Mat Rush 

 Pale Mat Rush . . 

 Desert Mat Rush 

 White JIat Rush 



Spear Grass Tree 

 Small Grass Tree 

 Southern Grass Tree 



Cabbage Tree Palm 



Bulrush 



Bur Reed 



Ivy-leaved Duckweed 

 Lesser Duckweed 

 Thin Duckweed 

 Greater Duckweed 



Tiny Duckweed 



Water Nymph . . 



Austral Water Mat 

 Slender Water Mat 



Sup pin — ■ 



maritinia, L. 



Sea Nymph 



Dwarf Grass Wrack 



Tasman Grass Wrack 

 Broad Grass Wrack 



Fibre-ball Weed 



Sea Tassel 



Several of these plants may prove useful 

 V for weaving. X. longifolia furnishes 

 '" a valuable pulp suitable for paper 

 manufacture 



Contain a resin soluble in alcohol 



The aborigines eat the centre or heart of 

 this palm. The wood, or outer part of 

 the stem, is moderately hard, and some- 

 times used for walking sticks. The 

 leaves are used for making baskets 



The voung shoots are edible ; the pollen 

 is "used as food by the natives. The 

 leaves are used for making mats in 

 some parts of the world. The plant is 

 not confined to Australia. Furnishes 

 material for paper-making, and a fibre 

 of fair strength 



Has no special economic value ; hungry 

 stock will eat it, but it only grows in 

 lakes, rivers, backwaters, or swampy 

 places 



Water weeds of no kno-mi economic 

 value 



\ Grow in saline waters ; of no kno\sTi 

 / economic value 



Grows round the sea shore ; of no known 

 economic value 



Saltwater plant ; grows round the coast; 



Greedilv eaten by cattle 

 \ Saltwater plants grow round the coast; 

 / no known economic value 



Marine submerged plant, deposits of 

 which on coast of South Australia are 

 being made use of for its fibre 



Marine submerged plant 



