SUPPOSED POISONOUS PLANTS—WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 919 
Euphorbia eremophila, A. Cunn.—‘ Poison Plant.” 
An erect, rigid-growing plant, rarely attaining more than 1 
foot in height, and often only 6 inches. The whole plant abounds 
in a milky juice. The linear or oblong leaves are about 1 inch 
long. The flowers and fruits, which are very small, are arranged 
singly in the leaf axils. 
Beyeria viscosa, Miq.— Poison Bush.” 
A. tall shrub or small tree, the flowering and fruiting branches 
usually viscid. The leaves are exceedingly variable in length and 
breadth, and in the whiteness of the under surface. Flowers 
arranged on axillary recurved stalks, about half an inch long, the 
females singly and the males often two or three together. Fruit 
ovoid, about one-third of an inch long, hard and glutinous. 
CYCADEX. 
Macrozamia spp.—* Burrawang,” ‘Wild Pine Apple,” “ Zamia 
Palm.” 
See my description of Macrozamia miqueli, F.v.M., and its 
relation to the disease known as rickets in cattle (Agricultural 
Gazette, New South Wales, Vol. IV, page 158, 1893). See also 
my figure and description of the plant (Zown and Country 
Journal, 1892). 
LILIACE®. 
Bulbine semibarbata, Haw.—‘ Native Leek.” 
A fibrous rooted plant with usually narrow-linear, radical 
leaves, from a fewinches to about a foot long. The small, yellow 
flowers are arranged on stalks, about a foot long. The small 
fruits usually contain three or four black, angular seeds when 
ripe. This plant is usually found on wet, sandy land. 
Stypandra glauca, R.Br.—‘‘ Blind Poison Herb.” 
A perennial plant, with leafy stems, attaining sometimes a 
height of 3 feet and branched at the base. Generally, however, 
the plant is much lower. The leaves are linear or lanceolate, 
usually 3 or 4 inches long, but sometimes twice that length. 
The beautiful, rather large, blue flowers are borne in terminal 
cymes. The fruit is about a quarter of an inch long, containing 
several flat, smooth seeds. 
