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Gotnpholobium sp. Species of this genus have been suspected. 



Goodia inciiu'ii^incn, F.v.M. Named lor the death of twenty- 

 live cattle in West Australia, and believed by Baron Mueller to be 

 poisonous. 



Grnlioln /Vr//rm/m, Rupp. Considered poisonous by F. von 

 Mueller. 



IiiiiiifofiTit tiiistrti/js, Willd. Poisonous according to F. von 

 Mueller.' 



7so/o///</ lirwnii, Ci. Don. Suspected by Drummond, of having 

 poisoned sheep. 



Isolropis jnnccii, Turcz. " Lamb poison." Suspected. 



Lotus titislmlis, Andr. Deadly, according to Baron von Mueller, 

 but doubted by others. 



Mvoporuiii tlcsi'iii, A. Cunn. " Ellangowan " poison bush of 

 Queensland ; " Dogwood " of New South Wales. Considered most 

 dangerous when in fruit. 



Xicolitiiid siitireoli-ns, Lehm. Native tobacco. Poisonous, 

 containing nicotin. 



"Gaoloowurrah " of natives at Port Darwin. Reported poisonous in 

 Queensland, but sometimes found harmless. 



Soliiiiinii nigruin, Linne. Has an old reputation for being 

 poisonous, but fruit sometimes eaten by children, and made into 

 jam. 



Str\'clinos lucitla, R.Br. Reported by Mr. R. S. Ranford from 

 Wyndham, and believed by Baron von Mueller to be poisonous. 



S'tCdinsoiiin sp. Some species have been found in other colonies 

 to be virulent poisons, affecting the brains of sheep, turning them mad, 

 and making them slaves to the poison. 



Tcinplctonin c^cini, Benth. Very poisonous according to Baron 

 von Mueller. 



7 - rctiisii, R.Br. Both this and the foregoing species, 

 according to Maiden, produce spasm and paralysis in stock. 



Ttplirosut purpurca, Pers. This and other species of Tephrosia 

 reputed poisonous. 



Xanthorrlnm sp. Young shoots of a species growing at Jervis 

 Bay, X.S.W., reported poisonous. 



Since the foregoing was written, Mr. H. H. Edwards has 

 published an account of experiments made by him with the Box 

 poison on various animals, in the Fourth Annual Report of the 

 Bureau of Agriculture, October, 1897. In this paper he states that 

 the wild pigeon, being immune, lives entirely on the seeds of the box, 

 and that a dog after eating its flesh will very speedily die in con- 

 vulsions. At the same time the seeds will poison domestic pigeons, 

 and their flesh is found to be poisonous. An aged bay mare was fed 

 with \ pound of box leaves, and the following day symptoms of 



