918 PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION G. 
Morgania floribunda, Benth.—“ Poison Herb.” 
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A perennial plant, usually attaining a height of 14 foot, glab- 
rous or nearly so, and more or iess glaucous. Leaves linear or 
narrow lanceolate, and about 1 inch long. Flowers about half 
an inch long, bluish, and often clustered with small leaves in the 
axils of the branchlets. Capsule shortly poimted, and containing 
numerous small seeds. 
Gratiola peruviana, Linn.—“ Poison Herb.” 
The succulent stems of this plant grow from 6 inches to | foot 
high, and are more or less viscid—pubescent. The leaves are 
opposite, stem clasping, and from ovate to lanceolate, usually three- 
nerved when broad, and 4 | to 1 inch long. Flowers sessile or 
nearly so in the upper axils, “and about half an inch long. Capsule 
avoid-globular, containing small seeds. 
LABIATAE, 
*Stachys arvensis, Linn.—‘ Hedge Nettle,” “Stagger Weed,” dc. 
This common weed of cultivation has established itself in a few 
places, but principally in cultivated fields. For further informa- 
tion as to its properties, &c., see my figure and description of the 
plant in the Agricultur al Gazette, N.S. W., Vol. I, page 307, 1890. 
Also in the publications of the West ‘Australian ‘Agricultural 
Department, 1897. 
PHYTOLACCACEX 
Gyrostemon ramulosus, Desf.—‘‘ Camel Poison.” 
An erect, many-branched shrub, attaining sometimes a height 
of 8 or more feet, and often of somewhat fleshy habit. Leaves 
linear-terete, thick or slender, 1 inch to 3 inches long. The male 
and female flowers, which are borne on separate plants, are 
arranged on short, axillary, reflexed stalks. Fruit more or less 
pear-shaped, and composed of a number of carpels (fruitlets). 
EUPHORBIACE®. 
Euphorbia drummondii, Boiss. —“ Caustic Plant.” 
A prostrate or diffuse, many-branched plant, the stems and 
leaves of which abound in a milky juice. The leaves are opposite, 
nearly round or oblong, and about a quarter of an inch long. 
Some plants are of a light grey colour, but others have reddish 
stems and leaves. The flowers and fruits are very small, and 
arranged in the upper leaf axils. 
* Those plants that are marked with an asterisk are introduced. 
