120 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
Perhaps the most fattening and most relished of all dwarf 
salt-bushes of Australia, holding out in the utmost extremes of 
drought and scorched even by the hottest winds. Its vast 
abundance over extensive salt-bush plains of the Australian 
interior, to the exclusion of almost every other bush, except 
A. halimoides, indicates the facility with which this species 
disseminates itself. (Mueller.) 
In the interior of South-eastern Australia, also in Central 
Australia and Western Australia. 
19. Avicennia officinalis, Zzz., N.O., Verbenacez, (Syn. A. 
tomentosa, Jacq.); B.FI., v., 69. 
A ‘‘Mangrove”’ or ‘‘ White Mangrove.” The “‘ Tchoonchee” of some 
Queensland aboriginals, and the “‘ Tagon-tagon ”’ of those of Rockhampton 
(Queensland), and “‘ Egaie”’ of those of Cleveland Bay. 
The leaves of this tree are eaten by cattle, and are considered 
very nutritious. 
All the colonies (round the coast) except Tasmania. 
20. Barringtonia acutangula, Gerin., N.O., Myrtacex, (Syn. 
Stravadtum rubrum, DC.); B.FL., iii., 288. 
Brandis (Forest Flora of India) states that the bark of this 
tree, mixed with pulse and chaff, is given as cattle fodder in India. 
Northern Australia. 
21. Boerhaavia diffusa, Zznz., N.O., Nyctaginee, (Syn. 2. 
pubescens, R.Br.; B. procumbens, Roxb.); B.FI., v., 277, 
Called ‘‘ Goitcho”’ by the natives of the Cloncurry River, Northern 
Queensland. 
The Rev. Dr. Woolls points this out as a useful forage plant, 
which, having a long tap root, can withstand a considerable 
amount of drought, whilst it affords pasture early in the season, 
ere the grasses are fully developed. This plant is not endemic in 
Australia. It is a troublesome weed in some warm countries. 
In all the colonies except Tasmania. 
22. Bulbine bulbosa, Haw., N.O.,Liliacex, (Syn. B. australis, 
Spreng. ; B. suavis, Lindl. ; B. Fraserz, Kunth; B. Hookert, 
