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All the Bassias, especially in the earlier stages of growth, 

 provide palatable and succulent fodder for stock ; and, 

 although the spiny nature of the fruits of some of them is 

 objectionable in wool, the pastoralist of the Far North should 

 not condemn these plants on that account, because these 

 spiny fruits are the very safeguards against eradication of 

 a most useful class of fodder-plants. 

 Babbagia dipterocarpa, F. v. M. 

 *Babbagia acroptera, F. v. M. and Tate. 

 *Babbagia pentaptera, F. v. M. and Tate. 



^Salicornia arbuscula, R. Brown. Aboriginal name, Tarapoolia. 

 Salsola Kali, Zmtie. " Roley-Poley." Aboriginal name, Zi?A;a. 

 Very useful fodder. 



Amarantaceae. 



Euxolus Mitchelli, F. v. M. Fodder. 



Euxolus interruptus, Miguel. Rare. The first record for South 



Australia. 

 Ptilotus obovatus, F. v. M. Good fodder. 



Ptilotus exaltatus, Nees. Ornamental. Collector, Mr. Langley. 

 *Ptilotus nobilis, F. v. M. Ornamental. Good fodder. Aboriginal 



name, Anemaheewurta. 

 '*Alternanthera triandra, Lam. Good fodder. 



Nyctagineae. 



^Boerhaavia repanda, Willd. Collected by W. Langley at Mt. 

 Fitton. 

 Boerhaavia diffusa, Linne. Good fodder. Two forms are 

 noted here, which the aborigines also seem to distinguish. 

 No. 65, Stems and leaves hairy ; aboriginal name, Tawo. 

 No. 66, Stems and leaves glabrous ; aboriginal name, 

 Padloo. The natives eat the roots of these herbs, which they 

 call Murra. 



IJpticacese. 



Parietaria debilis, A. Forster. Good fodder. 



Casuapinese. 



Casuarina glauca, Sieh. " Blackoak." The foliage is a valuable 

 fodder. Aboriginal name, Alkoo. 



Leg-uminosse. 



^Daviesia genistifolia, Cunn. Collected near Yudnamuttena by 



Mr. W. Langley. 

 Templetenia retusa, R. Brown. Collected by Mr. H. L. 



Hughes, of Umberatena. 

 Templetonia egena, Benth. " Broombush." Aboriginal names, 



Atara and Binyee. 



