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Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [lo July, 1912. 



Vernacular Names of Victorian Plants — continued. 



Botanical Name. 



Popular Name. 



Use or Character. 



DicoTYLEDONE.E — Choklpetale^ Hypog yn^ — cow^mMerf. 

 CRtJCiFEii.«! — continued. 



Malcolmia— 



africana, R.Br. . . 

 Blennodia — 



trisecta, Beath. 



nasturtioides. Benth. 



Lucae, F.v.M. . . 



cardaminoides, F.v.M. 



curvipes, F.v.M. 



brevipes, F.v.M. 



lasiocarpa, F.v.M. 



alpestris, F.v.M. 

 Alyssum — 



minimum, Pallas 

 Stenopetalum — • 



velutiQum, F.v.M. 



lineare, B.Br. 



sphaerocarpum, F.v.M. 

 Geococeus — - 



PusiUous, D. & H. 

 Menkea — 



australis, Lehmanu 



elliptica, C.A. Meyer 



aatipoda, F.v.M. 



pilosula, F.v.M. 

 Lepidium — 



leptopetalum, F.v.M. 



phlebopetalum, F.v.M. 



monoplocoides, F.v.M. 



papillosum, F.v.M. 



foliosum, Desvaux 



ruderale, L. 

 CakiU — 



maritima, Scopoli 



VlOLACE^. 



Viola— 



betonicifolia, Smith 



hederacea, Labill. 



Caleyana, G. Don. 

 Hyhanthus — 



floribundus, F.v.M. 



Veraonii, F.v.M. 



flliformis, F.v.M. 

 UymenarUhera — 



Baaksii, F.v.M. 



PlTTSOPOEACE^. 



PUtosporum — 



*undulatum, Andrew.-: 



revolutum, Alton 

 phiUyraeoides, D.C. 



bicolor, Hook . . 

 Bursaria — 



spinosa, Cavanillcs 



Malcolmia 



Woody Blenaodia 

 Yellow Blennodia 

 Robust Blenaodia 

 Sand Blennodia 

 Curved Blennodia 

 Short Blennodia 

 Hairy Blennodia 

 Mountain Blennodia 



Desert Alyssum 



Velvety Thread-petal 

 Narrow Thread-petal 

 Pea Thread-petal 



Earth Cress 



Fairy Spectacles 



Oval Shepherd's Purse 

 Southern Shepherd's Purse 

 Hairy Shepherd's Purse . . 



Slender Pepper-cress 

 Veined Pepper-cress 

 Winged Pepper-cress 

 Warty Pepper-cress 

 Leafy Pepper-cress 

 Rubble Pepper-cress 



Sea-rocket 



Purple Violet 

 Common Violet 

 Forest Violet 



Shrub Violet 

 Erect Violet 

 Slender Violet 



Tree Violet 



Allied to the Virginian stock. 



Has a certain fodder value for sheep, 

 but gives an unpleasant flavour to 

 the milk and butter of cows. B. lasio- 

 eirp.i is perhaps the most readily 

 eaten. 



Sweet Pittosporum 



Curled Pittosporum 

 Weeping Pittosporum 



Banyalla 



Sweet Bursaria . . 



-All have a slight pasture value, but are 

 generally classed as useless weeds. 



-Of very slight pasture value, but usually 

 classed as weeds. 



All are pretty plants, and might be im- 

 proved by cultivation in gardens. 



A shrub adapted for formation of close 

 hedges. Stands clipping well. Flowers 

 very fragrant. 



Wood close grained. Easily wrought and 

 well adapted for turners' purposes. 

 Flowers give.a fr^gra^t.. volatile oil on 

 distillation. A useful hedge plant. 



No special economic value, but might be 

 used for hedges. 



A valuable stand-by for stock in drought 

 time. Timber very hard, makes excel- 

 lent tool handles, and can be recom 

 mended for wood engraving. 



Useful for hedges. 



Varies from a shrub to a small tree. Would 

 form a fragrant hedge. Foliage eaten 

 by sheep. Often covered with a sooty 

 fungus (Capnodium). 



Plants marked thus are listed either as growing plants or as seeds by one or more of our florists. 



