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Melaleuca squarrosa—Smith. 

 Hab. 



Fl. 



Easily distinguished by the small, ovate, acute leaves, which lie like scales on 

 the stem. 



Melaleuca Gunniana — Schauer. 



Hab. Very common around Melbourne. 

 FL 



Melaleuca paludosa — R. Brown. 

 m Hab. Loddon. 



FL 



The long lanceolate leaves must decide this species at once. 



ROSACEA, JUSSIEU. 



*Rosa rubiginosa — Linne. 



Hab. Near houses, occasionally. 



FL 



" Eglantine or sweet briar." 



Kubus macropodus — Seringe. 

 Hab. Common everywhere. 

 FL December. 

 The " wild raspberry " of the colonies. The fruit, though smaller, is scarcely 



inferior in flavour to the cultivated raspberry. It is ripe about January. 



and affords a most grateful treat to the botanist when parched by the 



intense heat of summer. 



Potentilla anserinoides — Raoul. 



Hab. Abundantly on the banks of the Merri, near Warmambool. 

 FL 



* Alchemilla arvensis — Scopoli. 

 Hab. Moist situations. 

 FL October, November. 

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Acsena sanguisorbfc — Vabl. 



Hab. Near the Yurra, Hopkins, common. 

 FB 



