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" Cutting Grass." Very like the Native Lily, when out ox 

 flower, — but the leaves are tipped with two unequal brown 

 points, and the flowers are extremely small, straw colored,and 

 clustered in flat spikes. 



Kangaroo Grass {Anthistiria Australis, Br.) 



Tussocks {Foa Aiistralis, Br.). The common well-known 

 tussocky grass. 



Common I'ern (Pteris aquilina L. var esculentaj. — When 

 growing to the height of 2 to 3 feet. 



AGRICULTURAL LAND. 



Dogwood {Fomaderris aj^eiala, Lab.) — When growing to 

 the height of 20 to 30 feet. This species is the largest of the 

 plants called "Dogwood." It has leaves 3 to 5 inches long, 

 and panicles of insignificant huffish flowers, destitute of petals. 



Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon, Br.) — When growing to 

 the size of trees with a diameter of 9 to 18 inches. A small 

 stunted variety grows in very jDOor soil. 



Musk Tree {Euryhia arcjoi)hylla, Cass.) 



Common Nettle (Urtica incisa, Poir.) 



Tussocks {Foa Australis, Br.) — When growing very large 



Common Fern (Fteris aquilina L. var. esculenta). — WheiL 

 growing to the height of 5 to 7 feet. 



SWAMPY LAND. 



Swamp Tea Tree (Melaleuca ericcefolia Sm.) 



Hairy Tea Tree {Leptospermum lanigerum, Sm.) 



Swamp Eurybia (Euryhia glandulosa, D.C.) — A shrub 3 

 to 5 feet high, with sticky, needle-shaped leaves, 1 to 1 J inch 

 long, and daisy-like flowers. 



Swamp Daisy (Bracliycortie linearifolia, D.C.) — A large 

 daisy, vdth long, leek-like leaves. 



Smooth-leaved Buttercup) Ranunculus glahrifoUu^f'Rodk), 

 — A bright yellow buttercup, with 7 to 10 petals, and deeply- 

 cut leaves. 



Cress (Cardamine, &c., species). — All the plants of the Cress 

 tribe in Tasmania indicate, more or less distinctly, the presence 

 or proximity of water. 



Prickfoot (Eryngium vesiculosum, Lab.) — A very small, 

 trailing plant, with inconspicuous flowers, and leaves with 

 toothed spiny margins. 



Patersonia (Fatersonia glauca, Br.) — A small plant, 

 somewhat like a diminutive Native Lily,with extremely fragile, 

 bluish flowers, on scapes 1 to 3 inches long. 



Self Heal (Frunella vulgaris, L.). — A small plant, common 

 in England, with several mint-like bhie flowers at the end of 

 the erect stems, and leaves 1 to 2 inches long. 



Rushes (Juncus, &c., species). Plants like those of the 

 Lily tribe, but with dry, brownish flowers. Their seed vessels 

 contain small seeds. 



Sedges (Cyperus, Carex, &c.^ species). Plants often re- 

 sembling grasses, but easily distinguished from them by being 

 stiffer and less succulent, and having solid stems, — and by 

 their seed-like, flat or three-sided nuts, each containing a 

 single seed. 



