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This weed is very troublesome in some districts, owing to the 
bristles of the fruit getting entangled in the wool of the sheep; 
it is also a pest to housewives from their adhering to linen exposed 
to dry on the grass; and, as well as many of the species, a 
common annoyance to travellers through catching in their clothes. 
(Treasury of Botany.) 
All the colonies. 
4. Adenanthera pavonina, Linn., N.O., Leguminose, Muell. 
Cens., p. 43. 
“ Barricarri”’ of India. 
The seeds -are of a brilliant scarlet colour, and are strung 
together to form ornaments for personal adornment. In India 
advantage is taken of their uniformity of weight (about 4 grains 
each) to use them as weights. ' Powdered, and mixed with borax, 
they form an adhesive substance. (Zreasury of Botany.) 
Northern Queensland. 
a Agiceras majus, Gaertn.; (Syn., 4. fragrans, Koen.; 4. 
corniculata, Blanco); N.O., Myrsinez, B.F1., iv., 277. 
“River Mangrove.” 
Useful for consolidating sea shores liable to floods. Other 
mangroves are useful for this purpose. This plant is not endemic 
in Australia. 
New South Wales, Queensland and Northern Australia. 
6. Albizzia lophantha, Benth.; (Syn., Acacia lophantha, Willd.;. 
Mimosa distachya, Vent.; M. elegans, Andr.); N.O., Legum- 
inose, B.FI., ii., 421. . 
The dry root contains about 10 per cent. of saponin. 
(Rummel.) 
Western Australia. 
7. Ardisia pseudo-jambosa, F.v.M., N.O., Myrsinezx, B.FL., iv., 
270; 
** Gaon-Gaon” of some Central Queensland aboriginals. 
This is but a shrub, and, therefore, insignificant as a timber- 
tree, but Mons. Thozet points out that it well deserves a place in 
