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bling white currants, look very pretty when the plant is in full 

 bearing. It is found in the Macedon and Otway ranges, 

 Victoria, and is abundant in the adjoining colonies. 



Native Flax Lily. — DIANELLA. (Natural Order, 

 Liliace^e.) Pp. 28, 207. — A genus of pretty grass or 

 sword-leaved perennials, usually blue-flowered, very plentiful 

 throughout many parts of Australia. Their leaves afford 

 a fibre of fair strength, which emits a fragrant odour after 

 being prepared. The aborigines plait them into baskets, 

 mats, etc., and also use them for fishing-lines. One species, 

 Dianella ccerulea. is known as the Paroo Lily. The 

 commonest species in South Australia is Dianella revoluta, 

 found in the hills and scrub ; its leaves roll themselves 

 lengthwise together when drying, hence the name. The 

 stalk attains a height of 2 to 3 feet, with many branches 

 and more buds, but only a single flower of dark-blue petals 

 and yellow stamens occurs at the time on each branch ; the 

 berries are of a beautiful purple tint ; the leaves frequently 

 exceed the stalk in length, and are very tough in fibre. 



Native Foxtail. — TRICHINIUM. (Natural Order, 

 Amarantace^e.) Pp. 34, 204. — A large genus of herbs or 

 undershrubs, confined to Australia. Six or seven species 

 are found in Victoria, T?'ichinmms spathulatum and macro- 

 cephalum being the most common. The most beautiful species 

 known is Trichinium Manglesit, from West Australia. 



Native Fuchsia.— CORREA. (Natural Order, Rutace^e.) 

 Pp. 19, 29, 30, 36, 38, 39, 43, 47, 48, 49, 55.— A pretty shrub, 

 usually hairy, much branched, and variously erect or trailing ; 

 mostly found near the coast ; leaves generally orbicular, or 

 rotund ; flowers either white, flesh-coloured, or red. Indi- 

 genous to Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania, and South 



