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'branches ; a good deal eaten by sheep and cattle. It resembles 

 some of the drooping myalls of New South Wales ; its seed- 

 pods long and narrow, each seed being surroimded by a velvet- 

 like thread or aril of a deep red orange colour ; like most of 

 the family, its seeds germinate more surely and quickly by 

 being soaked in boiling hot water. The procession caterpillar 

 destroys many trees by eating off the foliage, and the singular 

 silk bag filled with the exuviae of this destructive insect are to 

 be found hanging in large numbers on the trees. A. OswalcU, 

 found on the Murray, is much less handsome, but is also eaten, 

 by stock. 



Cassia eremophila. — A pretty little shrub with three small 

 leaflets on each side the leafstalk, flowering abundantly in the 

 Spring ; the flowers bright yellow, scented, and nearly half an 

 inch across ; easily propagated, and both pods and leaves eaten 

 b}'" sheep ; is widely spread in dry regions. 



Cassia phyllodinea. — This species is named f remits leaves being 

 merely flattened phyllodes, and these are bifid at the extremity. 

 This is inedible, excepting the pods when green, and is a nuisance 

 in spreading over the warm loamy soil of the Lower Darling 

 and similar country here ; but, unlike the foregoing, grass will 

 not grow beneath it, and is mentioned to ^^I'event its being 

 grown in error. 



Cassia artemisioides. — This is one of the handsomest of the 

 tribe, and is worthy of being cultivated for its very showy 

 yellow blossoms. 



Templetonia retusa. — Another showy leguminous plant, which 

 is not uncommon on limestone soils near the sea, but grows 

 very freely on deep, rich, red soils. Its large red pea flowers 

 are abundantly produced, and sheep devour the green pods and 

 the leaves also ; it is easily raised from seed, and not growing 

 too high, and the branches being close and the foliage abun- 

 dant, would be useful also as a " breakwind" on exposed plains. 

 A very handsome dark-flowered variety is common on the 

 riinders Eange. The specimen came from the Port Germein 

 Pass. 



2Iyoporum platycarpum. — The so-called Sandalwood of the 

 Murray, and is common in dry limestone soil throughout the 

 less humid parts of the colony. Its leaves seem to be eagerly 

 eaten b}- sheep when they can reach them ; but the tree gene- 

 rally grows from 20 to 30 feet high, and is often felled for 

 sheep when long droughts prevail. If the branches are lopped 

 off the tree soon starts a fresh growth, and by the time another 

 drought comes has often a sufficient growth to again bear 

 lopping. It is often vv-antonly destroyed, and should be pro- 

 tected by regulation. It is a very elegant tree, having quan- 



