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E. longifolia, F.v.M., with black shiny fruits. 
EL. Mitchell, Benth. The bark of which is much eaten by rabbits. 
LE. maculata, F.v.M., with pretty red flowers dotted with dark 
spots ; and 
EL. polyclada, F.v.M., which has somewhat the habit of the 
“Lignum” (Muehlenbeckia Cunninghami, F.v.M.), and is often 
confounded by bushmen with that plant. This has pretty white 
open flowers. 
Myoporum deserti, A. Cunn, another plant of this order was 
noticed here and there. 
LABIAT&. 
Mentha australis, R. Br., grows very rank near water, some of 
the stems attaining a height of 8 feet, and giving to the aira 
sweet perfume. 
The only other plant of this order noticed was Teucriwm 
racemosum, R. Br. 
NYCTAGINE. 
Tn all sandy places Doerhaavia diffusa, Linn., was growing. In 
other places this is said to be eaten by stock, but we did not find 
this to be the case. Neither did the rabbits seem to touch it. 
AMARANTACE. 
The common garden weed, Alternanthera nodiflora, R. Br., with 
its little round head of white flowers, was continually met with. 
CHENOPODIACE. 
Fortunately for the stock of the district, there is a good variety 
of the so called cotton and salt bushes, which are useful for helping 
stock to digest some of the harsh foliage of shrubs, such as mulga, 
white-wood, &c. Nearly all the year round these plants supply 
food, for on account of the small rainfall grasses are very scarce. 
Rabbits are very fond of all kinds of these plants, and have 
destroyed immense numbers of them by ringbarking the stems 
and burrowing under them. 
Stock are very fond of the commonest cotton-bush in these parts, 
—viz., Kochia aphylla, R. Br., and we found these so eaten down 
that it was impossible to get good specimens. Plate XXV. 
Other Kochias noticed were K. villosa, Lindl., and KX. brevifolia, 
R. Br., but neither was growing as large as X. aphiylla. 
Fine specimens of the Old-man Saltbush Atriplea nummularia, 
Lindl., also A. jissivalve, F.v.M.; A. vesicaria, Heward; A. 
leptocarpa, F.v.M.; and the small-growing A. Muelleri, Benth., 
Plate XX, were in evidence. 
