FORAGE PLANTS. IAI 
sheep takes to eating this plant it seldom or never fattens, and 
may be said to be lost to its owner. The late Mr. Charles Thorn, 
of Queensland, placed a lamb which had become an “indigo 
eater’ in a small paddock, where it refused to eat grass. It, how- 
ever, ate the. indigo plant greedily, and followed Mr. Thorn all 
over the paddock for some indigo he held in his hand. 
At Taroom (Q.) horses were hobbled for the night at a place 
where much of this plant was growing. On the following morning 
they were exceptionally difficult to catch, and it was observed how 
strange they appeared. Their eyes were staring out of their heads, 
and they were prancing against trees and stumps. The second 
day two out of nine died, and five others had to be left at the 
camp. When driven they would suddenly stop, turn round and 
round, and keep throwing up their heads as if they had been hit 
under the jaw ; they would then fall, lie down for a while, rise, and 
repeat the agonising performance. On one station, in the course 
of a few weeks, eight head were shot, having injured themselves 
past hope of recovery. Plants Injurtous to Stock (Bailey and 
Gordon). 
The Rev. Dr. Woolls, however, points out (Proc. Zinn. Soc., 
N.S. W., vii., 315), that from experiments made near Mudgee, 
New South Wales, it does not appear that this species is dele- 
terious when eaten with other herbage. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
85. Swainsonia Greyana, Lindl., (Syn. S. grandiflora, R.Br.) ; 
N.O. Leguminosz, B.FI., ii., 216. 
“ Poison Bush.” 
This plant is reported to cause madness, if not death itself, to 
horses. The poison seems to act on the brain, for animals 
‘affected by it refuse to cross even a small twig lying in their path, 
probably imagining it to be a great log. Sometimes the poor 
creatures attempt to climb trees, or commit other eccentricities. 
(Woolls.) It is regarded with great horror on the Darling, 
especially in dry seasons, when other herbage fails. Baron 
Mueller believes in the poisonous properties attributed to this 
