lo Aug., tqti.] Vernacular Names of Yicfrnaii Plaiiis. 



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Vernacular Xamks of Victorian Plants — continued. 



Botanical \ame. 



Popular Name. 



Use or Character. 



MONOCOTYLKDONE/E — ACALYCE,^ — HyPOGYN.*; — COntiuwd. 



Geamine.E — continued. 



Agropyrum— 



scabrum, Palisot 



velutinum, Nees. 

 pectinatum, Palisot 



Arundo— 



Phra«inites, L. 



C'allUrix — 



rol)U'>ta. K.Br. 



cupressiloriiiis. Vent. 

 calcarata, K.Br. 



I'odorarpua — 



alpinu-;. K.Br. 



Common Wheat Grass 



Velvet Wheat Grass 

 (■(.ml. Wlieat Grass 



Cuiniuou Reed . . 



Murray Pine, or Marons 



Cypress Pine 

 Red Cypress Pine 



.\lpine Podocarp 



Rather harsh grass when in seed, but 



useful for fodder when young 

 Of little value as a fodder grass 

 Of fair fodder value when young 



A tall, coarse, perennial grass, growing on 

 the borders of ponds and streams. 

 Not of much value for fodder. Useful 

 for thatching 



Wood obnoxious to wliite ants. Hard, 



heavy, light-coloured ; tit for furniture 



and flooring 

 Its timber is not nnich used, and is light 



in weight as well as in colour 

 Wood dark and ornamental ; useful for 



wainscotting, panelling, &e., and is 



immune from termites 



Grows in alpine situations ; value of 

 tiinlier unknown 



CRYPTOGA'VS/E. 



Vascular :•:«. 



RHI/()S1'EKM.K. 



Azolla— 



pinnata, R.Br. . . 

 rubra, R.Br. 



MarsilM — ■ 



quadrifolia. L. . . 



Piluluriu — 



globullfera. I,. . . 



Isoeles — 



Drumiiiondii. A. liraun 



liVCOl'OIIIN.K. 



Psiloluiii — 



tri(|uetrum, Swartz 



Tmesipteris — 



Taunensis, Mrmb. 



Lycopoditim - 

 Selago, L. 

 clavatuni. b. 

 ('arolini.'iiiiiiii, b. 

 hiterale. K.lir. . . 

 densuiii, baliill. 

 scarlosuni, (i. Korsti-r 



SeluijinelUi - 



1'reis.siana. Spiing. 

 uliginosa, ."Spring. 



l'l,i,ll„ul<,K.,„„ - 



l>njriiiii..nilii. Kiiii/le 



Common AzoUa 

 Red Azolla 



Xardoo 



Creeping I'illwort 

 (Juillwort 



Skeleton Clul) Moss 

 I'eni (lull Moss. . 



Kir (lull .Moss 

 Coinnion Club Moss 

 Sitreailiiig Club Jfoss 

 Cre<'|)ing Club Moss 

 Mountain Club Moss . 

 .\lpiue (lull .Moss 



Pr.'iss Chill .Moss 

 Swamp (lull Muss 



DruiMiimnd Club Moss 



r I 



I Troublesome weeds of p.inds. shallow 

 / lakes, (tc. 



The fruit is edible ; forms part of the food 

 of some of the aboriginal inland tribes 



Ha-; no pasture value 



Plant ot mnlst places ; of nn iiasture value 



Grows in rocky places, itc. Koiiud also in 

 Asia, Africa, and America .j._ 



Grows on trunks of trees, ferns, in'fern 

 gullies, Ac. 



' Yields l.ycopodiiim powiler 



Capable of pot eullure iu'cri'i'Mliouses 



