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leaf Rush is a tufted water plant widely distributed over Australia. 

 The fibre is obtained by the boiling process. 



Heleocharis acuta, R. Br., " Tall Spike Rush "; order, Cyperacese ; 

 distribution, Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, 

 Queensland, Northern Australia, Western Australia, America, New 

 Zealand. The Tall Spike Rush is common in moist places over a con- 

 siderable portion of Victoria. It is exquisitely adapted for the making 

 of good printing and tissue papers, and fairly good writing-paper. 



Lepidospernui (jladiutum, Labill, "Coast Sword Sedge"; order, 

 Cyperacese; distribution, Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, 

 Tasmania, Western Australia. The Coast Sword Sedge is found every- 

 where on the maritime shores of this State, wliere it tends to bind the 

 shifting sand. It has been subjected to successful tests of paper fabrica- 

 tion, the article produced therefrom being of stron? texture. A manu- 

 facturer in England who has tried the paper-making qualities of this 

 plant reports that there is no doubt whatever that it will make good 

 paper. It may be cut down annually, and will spring up year after year 

 from the same roots. If allowed to remain on the ground for ten or 

 fifteen days after cutting, exposed to the action of the weather, and 

 turned over occasionally, it will become partially bleached. 



Lejndosperma lonf/itudin/ile, Labill, "Swamp Sword Sedge"; 

 order, Cyperaceae; distribution, Victoria, New South Wales, South 

 Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia. The Swamp Sword Sedge 

 is one of the tall sword rushes very abundantly distributed on marshy 

 land of the south-eastern portion of Victoria. It is a good paper- 

 producing plant under somewhat similar treatment to that suggested for 

 Coast Sword Sedge. 



LtpidoHperma elatius, Labill, "Tall Sword Sedge"; order, 

 Cyperaceae; distribution, Victoria, Soutji Australia, and Tasmania. 

 The Tall Sword Sedge attains a height of from 5 to 8 feet, and is very 

 common in forests and damp soils in the eastern and southern portions 

 of the State. Like most of the genus it yields a good paper pulp. 



Juncus communis, E. Mey, " Commox Rush " ; order, Junceae ; distri- 

 bution, Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, 

 Queensland, and Western Australia, Europe, Asia, Africa, America, 

 Polynesia, and New Zealand. The Common Rush is a cosmopolitan 

 species, and may be obtained in enormous quantities in moist places 

 throughout the whole of the extra tropical parts of Australia. It makes 

 excellent material for printing tissue, 



J uncus pallidum, R. Br., "Pale Rush"; order, Juncege ; distribution, 

 Victoria, New South Whales, South Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, 

 Western Australia, and New Zealand. The Pale Rush, like the Com- 

 mon Rush, has a very wide geographical range, being plentiful in 

 marshes and moist sandy tracts n^ar the sea coast. It also makes mate- 

 rial for a good paper stock. 



Juncus paucijiorus, R. Br., "Few-flowered Rush"; order, 

 Juncese; distribution, Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Tas- 

 mania, and Queensland. The Few-flowered Rush is abundant through- 

 out the State. It is supposed to be an excellent paper material, and 

 furnishes also a fibre of considerable strength. 



Juncus prismaticarpiis, R. Br., " Braxching Rush " : order, 

 Juncese; distribution, Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, 

 Tasmania, Queensland, and Western Australia. The Branching Rush 



