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commences to vegetate early in November, when all stock 

 should be taken away until it is in flower. From then until 

 winter it proves an excellent fattening grass. It keeps green 

 during the summer, but turns a little brown in autumn, when 

 its nutritive qualities are at the highest. In the early days 

 of the colony I have ridden the same hon e twenty to forty 

 miles daily, on a journey of several hundied miles, turning 

 him out to graze on pasture of which this grass formed the 

 principal part, and the horse kept his condition.' 



Kidney Fem. — TRICHOMANES RENIFORME. 

 (Natural Order, Filices.) P. 30. — A pretty dwarf Fern, 

 with thick, leathery, kidney-shaped leaves, a native of New 

 Zealand. It is cultivated as a greenhouse plant in Australia. 



Kidney Weed.— DICHONDRA REPENS. (Natural 

 Order, Convolvulace^.) P. 30. — A small, creeping herb, 

 with kidney-shaped leaves and insignificant yellow flowers. 

 It is very common throughout Australia, and is frequently 

 met with at the butts of Wattles and other trees. 



Lactaria. — (Natural Order, Apocyne^e.) See chapter 

 1 Australian Vegetation,' p. 91. 



Lantern Flower.— ABUTILON. P. 19. 



Larkspur.— DELPHINIUM. (Natural Order, Ranun- 

 culace^e.) P. 53. — These plants are cultivated for the 

 beauty of their flowers. The common Larkspur (Delphinium 

 consolida) is an annual, and is a great favourite in all cottage 

 gardens. Some of the perennial kinds are very beautiful. 

 The Monkshood belongs to this order. 



