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It can be gathered in the fields around Melbourne and 

 Adelaide. 



Native Seaberry. — RHAGODIA. (Natural Order, 

 Chexopodiace^:.) Pp. 30, 64, 204. — Usually soft-wooded 

 climbers or shrubs, generally found along the coast, on the 

 banks of creeks, and in scrubby places. Their leaves are 

 mostly rhomboid or hastate, berries scarlet or yellowish, and 

 very succulent. The commonest species is i?. nutans, with 

 greyish-green, halbert-shaped leaves and small red berries. 

 It is generally found on rocks. 



Native Sheathed Rush. — JUNCUS VAGINATUS. 

 (Natural Order, JuNCACEiE.) P. 17. — A large and also a 

 small form of this Rush are found in Victoria. The former 

 reaches 4 feet in height in favourable situations. The 

 latter is a slender variety, and rarely exceeds 2 feet. 

 Both kinds yield a strong fibre, good pulp for papermaking, 

 and lamp-black of superior quality. They are generally 

 found on wet, sandy soil. 



Native Smooth Holly. — MYRSINE VARIABILIS. 

 (Natural Order, Myrsine^e.) See chapter 'Australian 

 Vegetation,' p. 82. 



Native Snow Bush.— OLEARI A (EURYBIA) STELLU- 

 LATA. (Natural Order, Composite.) P. 202. See also 

 chapter 'Australian Vegetation,' p. 83. 



Native Snowdrop.— ANGUILLARI A AUSTRALIS. 

 (Natural Order, Liliace^e.) Pp. 17, 64, 206. — The earliest of 

 all our indigenous spring flowering plants. Three very distinct 

 forms or varieties are met with, often growing side by side, 

 and frequently mistaken by casual observers for separate 

 species. In early spring our fields are white with the flowers 

 of this pretty little bulbous-rooted plant. It is especially 



