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harm if mixed with softer food and hence the only precaution necessary 
would be to see that the stock were not starved when grazing where the 
plant was growing. 
SANTALACEZ (SANDALWOOD FamILy). 
A small order of herbs, shrubs or small trees, with small flowers, five 
perianth segments, five stamens and the ovary with a single seed. 
Exocarpus cupressiformis, R.Br. The Wild Cherry. This is sup- 
posed to produce peripheral neuritis when fed largely or exclusively to 
stock and more especially to horses, and to act in the same way as the 
Darling Pea. The symptoms need investigation, howéver, and might 
possibly be merely due to digestive derangement and starvation, such as 
any horse would be likely to suffer from, if forced by hunger to eat the 
branches of any similar shrub. The green colour of these ‘branches, like 
those of Cytisus, gives them a deceptive appearance of nutritious succulence 
which readily deceives man and sometimes even the more nature-skilled 
intelligence of horses and stock. 
Monocotyledons. 
Seeds with one or no cotyledon; herbs occasionally tree-like ; parts 
of flower usually in threes. ° 
IRIDEx. 
A small order of herbs including several decorative and poisonous 
plants. ‘The stem usually forms a hard, swollen, underground ‘‘ corm,’’ the 
flower has a six partite perianth, but only three stamens and an inferior 
ovary. 
eps grandiflora, Ker-Gawl. This is an escape from gardens 
fairly widely spread, but hardly abundant as yet, and apparently not 
troublesome, although like the onion grass it might become a troublesome 
weed if neglected in pastures. Its flowers are rather showy and appear 
early in summer. It is an introduction from South Africa, and is not 
known to be actively poisonous or injurious, but its economic value is ##l. 
Sisyrinchium Bermudianum, L. and S. micranthum, Cav., are intro- 
ductions from North America but not of any special economic importance. 
GS" The former has been reported as poisonous to stock ; also some cases 
of sheep poisoning from New South Wales (1903) appear referable to no 
other cause than the ‘‘ Yellow Rush Lily’ (S. micranthum). The name 
‘* Scour weed ’’ generally applied to the plant is certainly suggestive. 
KGS" Homeria collina, Vent. The Cape Tulip. It has. a swollen 
underground stem, three-quarters of an inch to one inch in diameter, with 
thick dark, brown Jatticed coats. The leaf is linear, stiff, one and a half 
to two feet long. Stem one foot to one and a half feet long, bearing one 
to four clusters of flowers; their bases are ensheathed by a membranous 
curled leaf, two and a half to three inches long. Floral leaves bright 
red, with a yellow throat inside, one and a quarter to one and a half 
inches long. | Anthers and column each one-quarter of an inch long. 
Capsule club-shaped, an inch long. 
The variety miniata of Sweet has a globose corm, with latticed coats. 
Lower leaves one to two feet, linear, rigid. Stem one foot to one and # 
half feet high, bearing several clusters of flowers. Spathes one and a half 
to two inches long. Floral leaves, golden, with a yellow stalk, three-quar- 
ters of an inch to one inch long, a quarter of an inch broad. Anthers 
shorter than the column. 
This is a South African plant which has escaped from gardens and 
spread near the neighbourhood of Melbourne. The species includes several 
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