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4293. Atriplex halimoides. Saltbush. 



From South Australia. Received through Mr. Max Koch, Mount Lvndhurst, 

 January 18, 1900. 



Ann vol saltbush. ' 'A widely distributed procumbent or diffuse underbush, attaining 

 a height of 1 foot or more. The leaves are variable in form, mostly ovate-lanceolate 

 or rhomboidal, from 1 to 1J inches in length. This plant is peculiar to the arid 

 saline country; it is a good fodder plant and has the reputation, like all the species 

 of Atriplex, of preventing fluke in sheep. In fact, these plants have been known to 

 entirely cure sheep badly afflicted with this or other distoma diseases, when kept 

 grazing for a few months on these salinous plants." ( Turner.) 



4294. Atriplex kochiaxum. Saltbush. 



From South Australia. Received through Mr. Max Koch, Mount Lvndhurst, 

 January 18, 1900. 



"This perennial (or annual, with a woody base), is a comparatively new plant, 

 first brought mider notice by the writer and described by Mr. J. H. Maiden, director 

 of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Xew South Wales. It is thinly distributed in the 

 vicinity of Mount Distance and is a good fodder plant. It is nearest allied to A. 

 resicarium, which it much resembles in habit and foliage, and from which it is chiefly 

 distinguished by the short and broad segments of the fruiting calyx, which are 

 scarcely half as long as the dorsal appendages." (Koch.) Distributed. 



4295. Heterodexdrum oleaefolium. Mondera. 



From South Australia. Received through Mr. Max Koch, Mount Lvndhurst, 

 January 18, 1900. 



"A tall shrub, sometimes a tree. Leaves lanceolate or narrow, oblong, from 2 to 4 

 inches in length, leathery and often rigid. The hot winds and long spells of dry 

 weather have little effect in checking its growth, and during the time when other 

 fodders are scarce it is a valuable standby for the flock owners, who cut down large 

 quantities for forage, which cattle and sheep greedily feed upon. The seeds should 

 be sown during the early autumn months after rain. The aborigines of the Dieyerie 

 tribe call this shrub Mondera, They eat the seed." (Koch.) 



4296. Bauhixia carroxii. Bean tree. 



From South Australia. Received through Mr. Max Koch, Mount Lvndhurst, 

 January 18, 1900. 



" Every traveler speaks highly of this tree on account of its attractive appearance 

 and the dense shade its foliage affords. (?) T have one of them growing in my garden. 

 Not having seen the plant in flower I am not quite certain whether the seed I send 

 you is of Bauhinia carronii or B. leichthardtii. The tree thrives in a moist position, 

 in alluvial flats liable to be inundated after rains. The seed should be softened by 

 pouring boiling water over it and soaking it for twenty-four hours or more before 

 sowing, in February or March. The aborigines of the Dieyerie tribe called the tree 

 Moodloo, and the seeds are eaten by them." (Koch.) Distributed. 



4297. PlTTOSPORUM PHILLYRAEOIDES. PittOSpore. 



From South Australia. Received through Mr. Max Koch, Mount Lvndhurst, 

 January 18, 1900. 



Willow leaved. "A small tree, attaining a height of from 15 to 20 feet, with its 

 smaller branches pendulous, giving the tree a graceful appearance. When the fruits 

 are developed the tree is an object of beauty and may be classed with the ornamental 

 plants. The leaves are linear-lanceolate, from 2 to 5 inches in length, of a thick 

 texture. The foliage, which is cut down in times of scarcity, yields fodder for cattle 

 and sheep. The seeds, though very bitter, but not poisonous, used to be pounded 

 up into flour by the blacks, made into cakes, roasted in the ashes, and eaten. The 

 name of the tree in the Dieyerie dialect of central Australia is Madroo. Sow the 

 seed in Februarv or March, after rain. It does not succeed in moist situations." 

 (Koch.) 



