FORAGE PLANTS. 121 
Kunth; Anthericum bulbosum, R.Br.; A. semibarbatum, 
Hook.) ; B.FI., vii., 34. 
“‘ Native Onion,” ‘‘ Native Leek.” 
Mr. W. N. Hutchison, Sheep Inspector, Warrego, Queens- 
land, reports of this plant: ‘Its effects on cattle, sheep and horses 
are almost the same, continually lying down, rolling, terribly 
scoured, mucous discharge from the nose, of a green and yellowish 
colour. Cattle survive the longest; sheep take some three days, 
and horses will linger for a week.” In Plants Injurtous to 
Stock (Bailey and Gordon) two cases of poisoning are also 
instanced. : , 
All the colonies except Western Australia. 
23. Bursaria spinosa, Cav., N.O.,-Pittosporeze, (Syn. //ea spinosa, 
pdr); B.FI., i., 115; 
“ Native Box.” 
It is greedily eaten by sheep, but its thorny character preserves 
it from extinction upon sheep-runs. It is very variable in bulk ; 
usually a small scrub, in congenial localities it developes into a 
small tree. 
All the colonies. 
24. Cassia eremophila (nemophila), 4. Cun, N.O., Leguminosz, 
(Syn. C. canaliculata, R.Br., C. heteroloba, Lindl.); B.F1., 
it, 207. 
Mr. S. Dixon states that both the pods and leaves of this 
plant are eaten by stock. 
In all the colonies except Tasmania. 
25. Castanospermum australe, 4. Cunun; N.O., Leguminose ; 
Beh. A. 275. 
“Moreton Bay Chestnut.” ‘Bean Tree.’ Called ‘‘Bogum” and 
“Trtalie” by the aborigines. 
Stock owners are destroying this tree owing to the belief that 
cattle are poisoned through eating the seeds. They are, however, 
quite harmless when cooked, and form, in fact, part of the diet 
of the aborigines. 
