THE WEEDS OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 21 



Dipsacus sylvestris L. (Wild Teazel). 



*Ec1iiwn vulgare L. (Blue Weed, Viper's Bugloss, Blue Thistle, Blue Devil). 

 BL, E. 



Erechtites valerianwfolia DC. (Brazillian Fire Weed). B. 



Erodium moschatum L'Herit (Musky Heronbill, Ground Needle). Bl. f E. 



Gaertncria discolor (Franseria). 



Githago lychnis L. (Purple Corn Cockle). BL, E. 



Helen-turn autumnale L. ( Sneezeweed ) . 



Hypochceris gJabra L. (Smooth Cat's-ear). BL, E., B. 



Iva xanthifolia Nutt. (Marsh Elder, False Sunflower, High-water Shrub). 



Iva axillaris Pursh. (Poverty Weed). 



Jatropha multifida L. B. 



Jatropha curcas L. (Physic Nut or Purging Nut). B. 



Jatropha gossypifolia L. (Cotton-leaved Jatropha, erroneously termed 



"Castor Oil Plant"). B. 

 *Lantana camara L. (Kamara Lantana). B. 



Lantana Sellowiana Link and Otto (Sellow's Lantana). B. 



Lappula lappula ( Narrow-leaved Stickseed, Beggar-tick). . 



Leontodon hirtus L. (Hairy Thrincia). BL 



Lepidium ruderale L. (Narrow-leaved Pepperwort). BL, E., B. 



Linum catharticum L. (Purging Flax). 

 *Oxalis corniculata L. (Yellow Wood Sorrel). B. 



Plantago aristata Michx. (Bracted Plantain). 



Pteridium aquilinum L. Kuhn (Brake, Eagle Fern, Bracken). E. 



Rims radicans L. (Poison Ivy, Poison Oak. Poison Vine). 



Salsola kali-tragus (L.) Moq. (Russian Thistle). B. 



Sedum telephium L. ( Live-f or-ever, Garden Orpine). 

 *Sida rhombifolia L. (Sida retusa L.) (Flax Weed). B. 



Sisymbrium altissimum L. (Tumbling Mustard). 



Solanum carolinense L. (Horse Nettle). 



Silene gallica L. (French Catchfly). BL, E., B. 



Stellaria media DC. (Chickweed). BL, E., B. 

 *Stachys arvensis L. (Stagger-weed, or Wound Wort). BL, E., B. 



Sagina procumbens DC'. (Procumbent Pearl-wort). 



Tagetes glandulifera Schranck (Stinking Roger). B. 



Thlaspi arvense L. (Wild Garlic, Bastard Cress. French Weed). 



Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. (Chinese Burr), "and all other noxious 

 burrs." 7.12.12. BL, E., B. 



Urtica incisa Poir (Cut-leaved Nettle or Native Nettle). E., B. 



Urtica urens L. (Small Nettle or Dwarf Nettle). BL, E., B. 

 *Verbascum thapsus L. (Moth-Mullein). BL 



The above lists are printed by the Commonwealth Government under the 

 title " Proclamations under the Quarantine Act, 1908-1915," in force on 

 the 31st December, 1915, and the Director-General of Quarantine informed 

 me (July, 1918), that they were still in force. They have not been added to. 



Comments on the above two Lists. 



It would be convenient to combine the above two lists into one, and to 

 arrange them in strict alphabetical order, but there is official convenience 

 in preserving the order of the weeds as given in these lists. 



I have taken the opportunity of following some of the names with BL. 

 E., or B., indicating that some information concerning them will be found 

 in the works on weeds by Messrs. Black, Ewart, or Bailey. 



The following notes on some of the weeds will have interest for us in 

 New South Wales: 



Ageratum conyzoides is a pale-blue flowered garden escape, which has 

 spread rapidly in the warmer coast districts. Often called " Billy-goat 

 Weed." Bentham calls it a common weed over all the warmer regions of 

 the world. 



* Already proscribed in parts of New South Wales. 



