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for producing early lambs. They are short, compact, fine in the bone, 

 the minimum of fat with the maximum of flesh, and small neck; 

 they mature quickly, and are very prolific; skin, only fair. Their 

 great drawback is, they will net stand a set-back when stinted in feed 

 at the commencement. They will not carry over, as hoggets or ewes, 

 for breeding purposes; yet, in the Hawke's Bay district of New Zealand, 

 they are largely used. The following are the results of an "experiment" 

 held in New Zealand, indicating the m.aturing qualities of the various 

 breeds: — The Southdown gave 96 per cent, of first-grade lambs; the 

 Border Leicester, 93 per cent. ; the Shropshire, 89 per cent. ; and the 

 English Leicester, 86 per cent. While the fecundity of the same was : — 

 Southdown, 130 per cent. ; the English Leicester, 128 per cent. ; Shrop- 

 shire, 126 per cent. ; the Border Leicester, 120 ner cent. The comments 

 in the footnotes have been made by Mr. H. W. Ham, formerly sheep 

 expert to the Department to whom the article was referred. 



VERXACULAR XAMES OE AlCTORTAN PT>ANTS. 



Communicated by Alfred J. Ewart, D.Sc, Ph.D., Chairman, and 

 C. S. Sutton. M.B., Ch.B., Secretary of the Plant Names Committee 

 of the Field Nat'^ralists' Club of Victoria. 



ronfi?iiierl fro'71 pnrje 186, Vnl. XIV. (lOfh March, 1916). 



Botnnic-al Xaine. 



Gentianace.e. 



Villarsia — 



reniforrnis, R.B ■. 

 Limnanthemwn — 



geniinatum. G "isob. 



c -enatum, F.v.M. 

 Sebaea — 



ovata, R.Br. 



albiilflora F.v.31. 

 Erythraea — 



australis R.Br, (spic.ita). 

 Persoon 

 Gentiana — 



quairifaria, Blume 



8j,xosa, Forster 



LOaANIACE.E. 



Mitrasueme — 



montana. Hook. f. 



serpillifolia, R.Br. 



pilcsa, Labill. . . 



polymorpha, R.Br. 



paraloxa. R.Br. 



distylis, F.v.M. 

 Logania — 



ovata. R.Br. 



linifolia, Schlech. 



floribunda, R.Br. 



nula, F.v.M. 



Plantaginace^. 



Plantngo — 



varia, R.Br. 

 tasnianica. Hook. f. 

 stellaris. F.v.M.. . 



Popular Name. 



Use or Character. 



SYMPETALE^ HYPOGYN;*, 



Yellow Marsh-Flower 



Large Marshwoit 

 Wavy Ma shwort 



Yellow Sebaea . . 

 White Sebaea . . 



Austral Centaury 



Dwarf Gentian . . 

 Mountain Gentian 



Mountain Nitrewort 

 Thyme Nitrewort 

 Hairy Nitrewort 

 Varied Nitrewort 

 Curious Nitrewort 

 Tiny Nitrewort . . 



Ovate Logania . . 

 Flax-leaved Logania 

 Narrow-leaved Logania 

 Bare Logania 



Variable Plantain 

 Tasman Plantain 

 Star Plantain 



Sriglit be worthy of cultivation in garden 

 ponds, &c. 



Tliey all contain more or less a bitter 

 • tonic principle, which is sometimes 

 used in domestic remedies. 



Of no known economic value. 



'All more or less worthy of garden cul- 

 . ture, more especially L. linifolia. 



Have a slight pasture value, but are 

 practically weeds. 



