TO July. 191 2.] Vernacular Names of Victorian Plants. 



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Vernacular Names of Victorian Plants — continued. 



Botanical Name. 



Popular Xaiuc. 



Use or Character. 



Dicotvledoxe.t: -Choripetale-"e Hypduvx.^ — continupd. 



XyMPHACACE.B. 



Erase nia — 



Si'lirel)eri. Gnielin 



Magxoliace.i; 



Driiiiyg — 



aroniatica, F.v.M. 



EupdlHUtiu — 



laurina. R.Br. 



MOSIMIACE^. 



At)wrospeniin — 



inoscliatuni, Labill. 



IledjfCarya — 



Cunniiighami. Tulasne 



LArRACEiE. 



CKSsythd — 



glabella, R.Br. . . 

 piibescens, R.Br. 

 phaeolasia. F.v.M. 

 paniculata, R.Br. 

 luplaiitha. R.Br. 



MEXISPERMACEiE. 



SarcopetuJii in — 



Harveyauuni. P.v.il. 

 Srepkmiia — 



hernandifolia. Walpers 



Papaverace.e. 



Papaver — 



aculeatum, Thuiili. 



t'APPARIDACEiE. 



Cappftris — 



Jritchellii, Lindley 



CRl'CIFER^. 



yastiirtium — 



terrestre. R.Br. 



Barbiirea — 



vulgaris. R.Br. 

 Afthis — 



glabra. Crantz. . . 

 Ctrdamine — 



stylosa. D.C. 



dictyosperma, Hook?r 



laciuiata. F.v.M. 



hir.^uta, L. 



eiistylis, F.v.M. 



Water Shield 



Mountain Pepper 



Southern Sassafras 

 Austral Mulberrv 



Tangled Dodder-laurel 

 Downy Dodder-laurel 

 LouK-spiked Dodder-laurel 

 RibljiMl Dodder-laurel 

 Lart'e Doihler-laurel 



Bigleaved Vine 

 Stephania 



Austral Poppy 



Desert^Caper 



Yellow Water-cress 



Bitter Water-cress 



Smooth Rock-cress 



Long-styled Bitter-cress 

 Forest Bitter-cress 

 Jagged Bitter-cress 

 Hairy Bitter-cress 

 Dwarf Bitter-cress 



The leaves are astringent, have been em- 

 ployed in medicine. 



The fruit is sometimes used as a substitute 

 for pepper or allspice. The leaves and 

 bark also have a hot biting cinnamon- 

 like taste. 



A small tree. The wood is soft, close' 

 coarse grained. 



The wood is close grained, useful for 

 cabinet making, A-c. 



The wood is close grained and tough, 

 suitable for cabinet making. 



^ These unsightly parasitic plants often 

 V have a detrimental effect on ithe 

 j growth of the trees and shrubs which 



J they infest. 



i^Hardy evergreen climhers.^sonietinies 

 f grown in gardens. 



A^weed, perhaps feebly poisonous 



Fruit 1 to 2 inches in diameter. The pulp 

 is eaten by the natives. 



When luxuriant, mav be used as a pot- 

 herl). 



Of uo known economic value. 



\ Of slight fodder value, but generally 

 considered to be weeds. 



