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Evolvulus alsinoides, Linn. 
A neat little plant, silky-hairy. Flowers, bright blue, about 3 
lines across. 
Solanacee, (Nightshade Family.) 
Solanum viride, R. Br. 
A tall shrub, with deep green leaves. Flowers in spreading 
panicles, blue, with narrow corolla-lobes. Fruit, red, small, and 
globular. 
Physalis minima, Linn., var. indica. 
Plant erect; leaves irregularly sinnate, lobed, men:branous, 
calyx enlarged after flowering, and acutely angled; on waste 
places as if introduced. 
Scrophularinez. (Figwort Family.) 
Adenosma cerulea, R. Br. 
A coarse troublesome weed, about 2 feet high, with blue flowers. 
Vandellia alsinoides, Benth. 
A pretty branching plant of wet places. 
Buchnera tetragona, R. Br. 
An erect plant, the flowers white in four-sided spikes. 
Bb. urticifolia, R. Br. 
The radical leaves almost rosulate, usually rough ; flowers white ; 
the corolla glabrous outside. 
B. ramosissima, R. Br. 
The plant more branched than the last, and the corolla pubes- 
cent outside. All the plants of this genus are found on damp land. 
Bignoniacee. (Trumpet-flower Family. ) 
Tecoma australis, R. Br. 
This climber is met with in most parts of Queensland, varying 
much in size of flowers. 
Diplanthera tetraphylla, R. Br. 
The trees of this grand tree are only met with here in a stunted 
form. The flowers, however, seem of a brighter yellow than on 
the mainland. 
Acanthacee. (Acanthus or Bear’s Breech Family.) 
Nelsonia campestris, R. Br. 
A prostrate herb, the stems and foliage clothed with soft silky 
hairs. Found on damp land. 
Ruellia acaulis, R. Br. 
A low plant, with decumbent stems, from a short stock. Found 
on the hill-sides. 
