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swells to an enormous extent, becoming so heavy that the animal 
cannot support it, and therefore drags it along the ground; the 
ears get much swollen, and suppurate. (Bailey and Gordon.) 
Following is Mr. S. Dixon’s remarks on this plant :—“A 
friend of mine fed some old ewes on the undoubtedly poisonous 
E. Drummondii, but could not kill them, although he had often 
lost an odd sheep or two from pees and no other known po 
ous plant exists on his property.’ 
Throughout the colonies. 
45. Huphorbia eremophila, 4. Cunn. (Syn. £. deserticola, 
F.v.M.); N.O., Euphorbiacez, B.FI., v., 52. 
This plant should be, perhaps, placed in the “ suspected ” 
list. In the western interior some people say it is highly poisonous, 
others, as usual, say that they have seen sheep eat it with not the 
least injurious result. 
Mr. Bauerlen gathered a quantity of this plant for the Tech- 
nological Museum, and appended the following note :—“ The 
plants I send I gathered in a horse paddock. There was plenty 
of evidence on the plants that horses or cattle browse on it, but 
no injurious result is recorded at the station.” 
In all the colonies except Tasmania. 
46. Ficus glomerata, Wel/d., (Syn. F. vesca, F.v.M.; Covellia 
glomerata, Miq.); N.O., Urticez, B.FI., vi., 178. 
‘Clustered Fig.” 
The leaves are used in India for cattle and elephant fodder. 
(Gamble, Manual of Indian Timbers.) 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
47. Flagellaria indica, Z7z., N.O., Liliacez, B.FI., vii. 10. 
A “ Lawyer Vine.” 
Leichhardt (Overland Fourney to Port Essington), p. 424, 
speaks of his bullocks feeding heartily upon this plant, particularly 
as the country was most wretched and the grass scanty and hard. 
This plant is not endemic in Australia. 
New South Wales, Queensland, and Northern Australia. 
