BY J. H. MAIDEN. 391 



For notes on the medicinal utilization of the astringency of this 

 tree, see Fharm. Journ., vi., 11. 



Found from this colony to Northern Australia. 



63. Sarcostemma australe, R.Br., N.O. Asclepiadese, B.Fl., 



iv., 328. 



Used by the Port Darwin natives as a remedy in small-pox. 

 (Bailey). In the interior districts of New South Wales its milky 

 juice is used by white men as an a application to wounds. 



Found in all the colonies except Victoria and Tasmania. 



64. SEBiEA OVATA, R.Br., N.O. Gentianese, B.FL, iv., 371. 



This little annual can be utilized for its bitter, tonic principle. 

 Uses same as Erythrcea australis (q.v.). 

 This plant is found in all the colonies. 



65. SiDA RHOMBIPOLIA, Linn., N.O. Malvaceae, B.Fl., i., 196. 



" Queensland hemp." Called " Paddy Lucerne " on the Rich- 

 mond and Clarence Rivers, New South Wales, and " Lucerne " 

 in other parts of the colony (cows being very fond of it). 



This herb is largely used by the natives of India in consumption 

 and rheumatism. It is given as an infusion, and is said to pro- 

 mote perspiration, and the leaves are used as a poultice for snake- 

 bites, and in cases of the stings of wasps and other insects. It 

 contains a quantity of mucilage, which no doubt accounts for its 

 use in the diseases of the chest. [Pharm. of India). In some 

 parts of this colony the plant bears the name of " Jelly leaf," in 

 allusion to its mucilaginous nature. 



Found in South Australia, and from New South Wales to 

 Northern Australia. 



66. Smilax glycyphylla. Smith, N.O. Liliacese, B.Fl,, vii., 7. 

 "Native Sarsaparilla." " Sweet Tea." 



This plant has been recommended as an alterative, tonic, and 

 antiscorVjutic. This is one of the earliest plants pressed into the 



