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triangular at tip, margined irregularly with weak prickles ; prickles 

 also i'ii leaf stalk; llowers, citron yellow, set in irregular clusters ; 

 seed with pappus. A prolific seeder, and found abundantly in many 

 cultivated localities. Unless where this weed becomes obnoxious 

 to cultivated plants it cannot be regarded as very objectionable, as 

 it produces excellent food to all domesticated animals. It is an 

 excellent tonic for horses. 



Ttigcti's glandulifera (Stinking Roger ; wild marigold). 

 Indigenous to South America. A tall annual, growing sometimes 

 over 6 feet high ; leaves simple, and sometimes pinnate, bright 

 green ; (lowers yellow, in large bunches ; seeds with pappus. The 

 foliage is covered with glands containing a strong smelling oil. The 

 plant rapidly occupies cultivated ground, and is very exhausting, 

 but also thrives in other places. Milch cows browsing upon it get 

 their milk contaminated with the odour of the plant, which is also 

 imparted to the butter or cheese made from it. 



Taraxacum Dcns-leonis (Dandelion ; children's clock). 

 Indigenous to Europe. A perennial plant, with thick taproot 

 descending to a considerable depth in the soil and containing a 

 milky juice ; leaves close to the ground, forming a shallow funnel, 

 rather variable in shape, but generally more or less incised near 

 the base, and ending in a broad, lanceolate or rounded lobe ; 

 flowers large, yellow, rising from the centre on hollow tubes ; 

 seeds numerous, attached to a large pappus. Generally found in 

 grassy places, and abundant in cultivated soil. 



Tripteris clandestine*. Indigenous to South Africa. An erect 

 herbaceous annual, branching towards the upper part, and reaching 

 a height of over two feet. Stems almost smooth, or sparingly 

 covered with short soft hairs ; leaves elongate, moderately 

 dentate and emarginate, lightly pilose, at the base often clasping the 

 stem ; flowers brownish to purple in centre, and yellow on outer 

 margin, terminal in clusters ; seed-heads resembling a bur-tool ; 

 seeds, three-winged. The plant secretes a sticky substance, 

 particularly near the flowers and on the young shoots, and 

 has a strong unpleasant smell. A useless and very aggressive 

 plant. 



Xanthium strumariutn (Small burdock ; ditch burr ; burweed ; 

 Noogoora burr, Queensl., clot or cockle burr, Am.) Indigenous to 

 Europe. A tall bushy plant, with broad irregularly toothed leaves, 

 producing numerous burrs ; these are larger than those of the 

 Bathurst burr, more densely covered with hooklets, and with a 

 couple of larger ones at the apex. In Queensland the plant 

 reaches a height of from six to eight feet. It was introduced to 

 Queensland with cotton from America, and to New Zealand 

 it is supposed to have been brought with ballast. A useless and 

 dangerous plant, for besides producing objectionable burrs it is 

 poisonous. The young shoots are eaten by cattle, in which it 

 produces paralysis of the heart, according to Chief Inspector 



