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THE WEEDS OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 



In Extreme Cases. When disteiition and distress are present, puncture 

 abdominal wall (the most prominent part of the swelling is generally a suffi- 

 cient guide for the operator) with trocar and cannula ; or, when these are not 

 ut hand, a butcher's, carving, or other large knife would serve the purpose. 



After abatement of acute symptoms, administer a strong purgative to remove 

 any irritant, and feed for several days on soft, digestible food. 



It would seem that in most of the instances recorded by Mr. Bailey, death 

 was due to tympanites. In other cases, however, hydrocyanic acid may 

 play a part. 



Some Alleged Medicinal uses for Coclcle burr. The plant was formerly 

 used in medicine in Europe, and its burrs and the prickles on them are 

 still employed in India and China; its seeds yield a lamp-oil, and are made 

 into a flour. An extract is prepared from the roots, and in China applied 

 to ulcers (Smith, in Balfour's Cyclop, of India.} 



In some parts of Germany, where it is called " Spitzklette," it has a 

 popular reputation as a remedy for ague, and in Russia it is considered 

 to be a prophylactic in hydrophobia. 



The control of this weed is the same as that of its close relative, Bathurst 

 Burr (see page 96). 



Where Found. Southern Europe and Central Asia, whence it has spread 

 to many sub-tropical countries. 



In Queensland it is believed to have been introduced with cotton-seed 

 imported for a plantation. Mr. T. W. Kirk, in one of the New Zealand 

 " Leaflets for Farmers," traces its introduction into that Dominion through 

 earth ballast, deposited by a ship from Buenos Ayres. 



It has been proscribed in the following shires and municipalities : 



S HIKES. 



Ashford 



Bannockburn 



Barraba 



Bellingen 



Bolwarra 



Boolooroo 



Boomi 



Byron 



Cessnock 



Cockburn 



Oopmanhurst 



Crook well 



Culcairn 



Dorrigo 



Dumaresq 



Gundurimbu 



Gwydir 



Harwood 



Hume 



Illabo 



Jemalong 



Jindalee 



Kyeamba 



Kyogle 



Lachlan 



Liverpool Plains 



Macintyre 



Macleay 



Mandowa 



Manning 



Mulwaree 



Muswellbrook 



Namoi 



Nambucca 



Narraburra 



Nundle 



Nj'niboida 



Orara 



Patrick Plains 



Peel 



Port Stephens 



Rylstone 



Tamarang 



Tarro 



Tenterfield 



Terania 



Tintenbar 



Tomki 



Tweed 



Upper Hunter 



Walgett- 



Warrah 



Wingadee 



Woodburn 



Yallaroi. 



MUNICIPALITIES. 



Aberdeen 



Ballina 



Bingara 



Botany 



Burrowa 



Casino 



Cootamundra 



