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terminal or opposite the leaves, colour variable, from pale pink to 

 purplish. A very profusely seeding plant and growing luxuriantly in 

 cultivated lands. 



Capsclla bur sa pastoris (Shepherd's purse). Indigenous to 

 Europe and Western Asia. Stem erect, sometimes over a foot high; 

 leaves spreading on the ground radiating from the stem, pinnatified, 

 with a large ovate or triangular lobe at the apex ; a few narrow, 

 entire or toothed leaves clasping the stem ; flowers white, minute ; 

 seed-pods, triangular, llattish, notched at the top and with the angles 

 rounded, attached with thin stalks along the stem. A profuse 

 seeder and one of the commonest weeds in tilled soil and waste 

 plaees. It has a strong tapering root which deeply penetrates the soil. 



Rtiphiinus niphanistmm (Wild radish; Spanish radish; jointed or 

 white sharlock). Indigenous to Europe and temperate Asia. An 

 ct or spreading annual or biennial, growing to over two feet 

 high, much branched ; stem covered with stiff hairs at the base ; 

 leaves divided or lobed, the terminal segment large and oblong, 

 covered with short hairs, the upper leaves narrow ; flowers white, 

 pale yellow or lilac ; pods cylindrical, from one to one and a half 

 inches long. A rapidly spreading weed, and very troublesome in 

 cultivated land. 



O.vdlis ccnnia (Drooping yellow-flowered wood-sorrel). Indi- 

 genous to South Africa. An herbaceous bright-green plant, with 

 four-lobed leaves (resembling clover leaves, and therefore in Ger- 

 many called "Sauerklee," (sour clover), on slender stalks, and produc- 

 ing yellow flowers. Very aggressive in light cultivated soil. I have 

 seen parts of orchards densely covered with this weed. It is 

 difficult to eradicate on account of the bulbs formed at the roots, 

 which rapidly multiply, and from which the plant will repeatedly 

 spring up again after having been pulled, except during very dry 

 weather. Inviting as the plant looks, it is not eaten by stock ; 

 even pigs soon tire of it. 



Mnli'ti svlrestris (Marsh mallow; cheeses). Indigenous to Europe 

 and Central Asia. A biennial (and in Australia often triennial), 

 with semi-erect or trailing stems, sometimes more than 3 feet long, 

 more or less hairy on the upper ends ; leaves on a long stalk, almost 

 circular or approaching kidney-shape, smooth above and somewhat 

 pubescent underneath ; Mowers violet to purplish-red ; seeds form- 

 ing a fiat-ribbed carpels, mucilaginous, and known as cheeses or cat- 

 cheeses by children. An aggressive weed in cultivated soil, and 

 common on waste lands and roadsides. The plant is eaten by 

 stock when better plants are wanting. 



Sitla rhombifolia (Paddy's lucerne in New South Wales; jelly 

 leaf in Queensland. Synonym Si da retusa). Indigenous to many 

 warm parts of both hemispheres. A shrub, with thin stems, grow- 

 ing in protected situations to 6 feet ; leaves approaching lozenge- 

 shape, hence its scientific name ; when old, hard and dry, but when 

 young mucilaginous, which characteristic accounts for the Queens- 



