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ADDITIONS TO THE ALIEN FLORA OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 



By J. M. Black. 



[Read July 13, 1911.] 



The following is a list of plants which have been found 

 growing wild, and more or less firmly established in South 

 Australia during the past year, together with notes on a few 

 other species. Those marked with an asterisk are completely 

 extra- Australian in their origin : — 



Papaverace^e. — *Glaudum corniculatum , Curt. Par- 

 naroo. — A native of the Mediterranean region. 



Crucifer2E. — *Sinapis incana, L. (Brassica adpressa, 

 Boiss.) Numerous on roadsides and in fields near Port Lin- 

 coln. — Mediterranean region, extending northwards to the 

 Channel Islands. * A.lyssum maritimum, Lamarck. A gar- 

 den escape (Sweet Alyssum) at Robe. — Mediterranean region. 



Caryophyllacele. — *Silene conica, L. (Conical Catch- 

 fly.) Common at Robe. — Europe and Western Asia. 

 ~*Spergularia diandra,, Boiss. Oodla Wirra. — Mediterranean 

 region. 



Leguminos^:. — *Trifolium suffocatum, L. (Suffocated 

 Clover.) Keith. — Europe. *Trifolium scabrum, L. (Rough 

 Clover.) Adelaide Plains and South - East. — Europe. 

 Kennedya nigricans, Lindl. Scrub below Mount Lofty (F. 

 S. Salisbury). — Western Australia. 



Composites. — *Senecio elegans, L. (Purple Ragwort.) 

 A garden escape growing near the sea at Robe (CD. Black). 

 — South Africa. *Gazania rigens, R.Br. A garden escape 

 along the Summit Road, Mount Lofty (F. S. Salisbury). — 

 South Africa. 



Boraginace^e. — * Lithospermum apulum, Vahl. Marino 

 (H. H. D. Griffith). — Mediterranean region. 



Note. — The shrub described as Lycium chinense, Mill., in 

 the "Naturalized Flora of South Australia," is really Z. 

 campanula turn, E. Meyer, a native of South Africa. The 

 true L. chinense, which is a more slender and less spiny plant, 

 is also found wild near Adelaide, but is not nearly so common 

 as the other. 



Labiate. — * Salvia jEthiopis, L. Ulooloo (North-East); 

 Hundred of Butler (Eyre's Peninsula). — Mediterranean 

 region. 



Chenopodiaceee. — >k Chenopodium multifidurn, L. Near 

 Largs (F. S. Salisbury). — South America. 



