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The aboriginals make use of this shrub and its fruits for 

 medicinal purposes. They bDil, for instance, the bark of the 

 roots and drink the liquid for the throat and chest com- 

 plaints, and they twist the extremely tough and fibrous bark 

 of the roots into strings or thin cords, and tie them around 

 their stomach or around their aching head, or other parts of 

 the body, in order to remove the pain. Seeds when chewed 

 are very injurious. 



Ppoteaeese. 



*Grevillealavandulacea, Schlecht, var. Collector, Mr. W. Langley. 



*Hakea Ednieana, Tate. " Cork-tree." Collector, Mr. J. 

 Langley, Trinity Well. Aboriginal name, Yantana. 

 Hakea leucoptera, R. Br. " N'eedle-bush." Aboriginal name, 

 Kooloova. The aboriginals when hard-pressed for a drink 

 extract water from the running roots, called Nappa-kopm^ee. 

 They first burn down the bush, thus driving all the moisture 

 into the roots, which they dig out. One end of the root is 

 exposed to the heat of a fire, and the water trickles out from 

 the other end into a receptacle, often consisting of a wallaby 

 skin turned inside out. 



Cpassulacese. 



*Till8ea verticillaris, De Can. 



Ficoideae. 



Tetragonia expansa, Murray. " Native Spinach." A valuable 

 fodder plant ; also used as a pot-herb by Europeans as well 

 as blacks, who name the herb, Paldroo. 

 Aizoon quadrifidum, F. v. M. Fodder. 

 *Aizoon zygophylloides, F. v. M. Fodder. 



Also, a variety with pink sepals has been noted by me. 

 Trianthema crystallina, Vahl. Aboriginal name, Maparee. 

 *Zaleya decandra, Burm. Fodder. 

 Mollugo hirta, Thunherg. Fodder. 

 *Mollugo Cerviana, Seringe. 



Lythpariese. 



*Lythrum hyssopifolia, Linne. Collector, Mr. W. Langley. 



Myptaceae. 



*Callistemon teretifolius, F. v. M. Collector, Mr. W. Langley. 

 Melaleuca glomerata, F. v. M. " White tea-tree." Aboriginal 



names, Wooda, Kooda. 

 Melaleuca, species. " Black tea-tree." Aboriginal names, Woota, 



Koota. 

 Eucalyptus oleosa, F. v. M. Aboriginal name, Mallee. 

 Eucalyptus rostrata, Schlecht. " Gumtree." Aboriginal name, 



Kalpooroo ; the seed, Power, an article of food for the blacks, 



