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Recorded. Hammersley Range, N.W. Coast, Maitland Brown ; Sea 

 Range and Sturt's Creek, P. v. Mueller. 



Poisonous according to GreshofE ; principle unknown. 



9. S. esuriale, lAndl. — Sturt's Creek, P. v. Mueller. 



10. 8. horridum, Dun. — ^N. Australia, Baudin's Expedition ; Depuech 

 Island, N.W. Coast, Bynoe. 



11. S. laswphyllum. Dun. (var. crassissimum, Benth.). — N.W. Coast, 

 Bynoe. 



12. S. mdanospermum, F. v. M. — ^Abel Tasman River, P. v. MueUer. 



13. S. nemophilum, F. v. M. — ^Forty miles W. of Camp IV., Lander Creek, 

 G. P. Hill (359), 21/6/1911. 



Sepals sHghtly more pointed in this specimen than usual. 



14. S. nigrum, Linn. — ^North of 15 deg., W. S. Campbell, Sept. 1911. 

 Recorded. Gilbert River, P. v. MueUer. 



Poisonous according to Greshoff, Maiden, Rusby, Miquel, Comevin. 

 Narcotic. 



Black Nightshade. Blackberry of Queensland children, and sometimes 

 eaten by them without iU efieots, at other times causing illness. 



Common Nightshade or Stubbleberry. — Stubbleberries are occasionally 

 cultivated for their fruit. They are sometinLes sold as huckleberries, and 

 used for pies and preserves. The fruit should, howei\'er, be used with caution, 

 especially before it is lipe. . . . The amoamt of poison preeent in amy part 

 of this plant varies with the conditions of growth. . . . The use of Black 

 Nightshade for food is certaanly not to be recommended. Cases of poisoning 

 are recorded for calves, sheep, goats, and swine. The chaxact&ristic synup- 

 toms are about the same in man and animals. They are stupefaction, stag- 

 gering, loss of speech, feeling and consciousniess, cramps, and sometimes con- 

 vulsions. The pupil of the eye is generally dilated. Death is directly due 

 to a paralysis of the lungs, but fortunately few cases are fatal. 



15. S. petrophilum, F. v. M. {var. pedicdlatum, Ewart and Davits. Plate 

 XXI.).— L&t. 19 deg., long. 132 deg., G. P. Hill (435), 4/7/1911. 



Pedicels and petioles much longer than usual. Comparative lengthe : S. 

 petrophilum, average langth of leaf 3.8 cm., average length of petiole 1.2 

 cm., average length of pedicel .8 cm. ; var. pedicellata, average length of leaf 

 4.5 cm,., average length of petiole 4 cm., average length of pedicel 2 to 2.5 

 cm., so that in the variety the pedicels axe mtich longer than in the type, and 

 the petioles are almost as long as the leaves. The sepals are not quite as 

 aarrow in the variety. 



16. S. pfdomoides, A. Cunn. — Enderby Island, N.W. Coast, A. Cun- 

 ningham ; Hammersley Range, M. Brown. 



17. S. quadriloculalum, F. v. M. — ^Twelve mUes N.W. of Camp III., G. P. 

 Hill (328), 12/6/1911. 



Recorded. Upper Victoria River and Nicholson River, Gulf of Carpentaria, 

 P. V. Mueller ; in the interior, lat. 22 deg., M'DouaU Stuart. 



18. 8. 8turtianum, F. v. M. — Glenelg district, N.W. Coast, Marten. 



19. 8. tetrandrum, B. Br. — ^Amhem N. Bay, and islands of the GuU of 

 Carpentaria, R. Brown ; Goulbum Islands, A. Cunningham ; Port Essington, 

 Armstrong. 



S. Lucani, P. v. M. ; in Vict. Nat. IX., 1893, recorded from North Australia. 



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