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distinguished from A vesicarium, to which it is allied. 



Fruits have two large, thick, nearly basal ovate-lanceolate 



appendages. 

 Rhagodia spinescens, R. Br. Useful fodder. Spinescent only 



when very old, or in adverse seasons. Aboriginal name, 



Yillaroo. 

 Rhagodia nutans, R. Br. Good fodder. 

 *Chenopodium nitrariaceum, F. v. M. 

 Chenopodium auricomum, Lindl. Good fodder. 

 Chenopodium cristatum, F. v. M. Fodder. 

 Enchyl?ena tomentosa, R. Broivn. Fodder. Aboriginal name, 



Burlahmee. These fruits are an article of food for the 



natives. 

 *Tlirelkeldia proceriflora, F. v. M. 

 Kochia lobiflora, F. v. M. Rare. 

 Kochia brevifolia, R. Brotvn. " Bluebush." 

 Kochia pyramidata, Benih. " Bluebush." Aboriginal names, 



Ooneroo and Koonamhirra. 

 Kochia eriantha, F. v. M. Rare. 

 *Kochia spongiocarpa, F. v. M. " Bluebush." 

 Kochia villosa, Lindl. " Cotton-bush." Four forms have been 



noticed here ; the difference is principally in the more or less 



dense woolliness of stems and foliage, size of fruits, and 



habit of growth of the plants. 

 Kochia sedifolia, F. v. M. " Bluebush." 

 Kochia aphylla^ R. Br. " Cottonbush." Valuable fodder, often 



spinescent. Aboriginal names, Bulka and Poondoo-poondoo. 

 Kochia ciliata, F. v. M. Aboriginal name, Moodlee. 

 Kochia brachyptera, F. v. M. 

 *Bassia Dallachyana, Benth. Fodder, but injurious to sheep 



when in fruit, as these are densely enveloped in cottony 



wool, and if partaken of in quantities they will form 



indigestible felty balls in the entrails of sheep, which often 



die in consequence of them. 

 Bassia tricornis, Benthain. 

 Bassia biflora, F. v. M. 

 Bassia paradoxa, F. v. M. 

 Bassia lanicuspis, F. v. M. 

 Bassia diacantha, F. v. M. 



* Bassia uniflora, F. v. M. 

 Bassia bicornis, F. v. M. 

 Bassia eriochiton, Tate. 



* Bassia quinquecuspis, F. v. M. Aboriginal name, Tate. 



* Bassia divaricata, F. v. M. Aboriginal name, Yalkirray 

 Bassia bicuspis, F. v. M. 



* Bassia Tatei, F. v. M. 



