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10475 to 10521— Continued. 



10486. Gastaxospora alphaxdi. 



Large tree with pinnate leaves; flowers racemose-paniculate. 



10487. Celtis paxiculata. 



Tree 25 to 35 feet high; wood soft, white, pliable; used for hoops for casks. 

 New South AVales, Queensland, and northern Australia; not endemic in 

 Australia. 



10488. Chloris truxcata. 



"Windmill grass," or ''star grass." An erect grass, perennial and showy. 

 Valuable as a forage plant; an excellent summer and autumn grass. In all 

 Australian colonies except Tasmania and Western Australia. 



10489. • COMBRETUM LOEFLIXGII. 



Climbing or diffuse shrub. Tropical South America. 



10490. Craspedia richea. 



A rather large perennial. New South Wales, thruout the colony in grass 

 land; also in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western xAustralia. 



10491. DiAXELLA TASMAXICA. 



Perennial fibrous-rooted plant with grasslike leaves 2 to 4 feet long; large, 

 loose panicles of blue flowers on delicate pendent pedicels. Succeeds best in 

 open border of a cool greenhouse. Tasmania and Australia;* common in rich, 

 moist soil. 



10492. DiLLWYXIA CIXERASCEXS. 



Pretty yellow-flowered janiper-leaved shrub. New South Wales; also coast 

 district and dividing range from Hunter Piver to Victoria; Tasmania. Com- 

 mon in grassy places. 



10493. DODOXAEA TRIQUETRA. 



" Hop bush." A shrub. Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland. 



10494. Dysoxylox muelleri. 



"Pencil cedar" or "turnip wood." Tree with compound leaves; timber 

 of a rich, red color; used for cabinetmaking and window work. Northern 

 New South Wales and Queensland. 



10495. Elaeodexdrox curtipexdulum. 

 Probably a tree or shrub. Norfolk Island. 



10496. Eremophila browxii. 



Very variable shrub, often tall. Victoria, JNIurray desert; New South Wales, 

 western plains; South Australia. 



10497. Eremophila latifolia. 



Small spreading shrub. New South Wales, southern interior; Western 

 and South Australia. 



10498. Eremophila maculata. 



Tall shrub with rigid branches. Western and South Australia; western 

 plains of New South Wales and Queensland; Victoria. 



10499. Eremophila mitchelli. 



Shrub or small tree, on elevated stony lands. New South Wales, western 

 plains in the south. 



10500. Eremophila oppositifolia. 



"Emu bush." Ornamental shrub or small tree, sometimes attaining a 

 height of 20 feet; more or less hoary; leaves 1 to 2 inches in length; flowers 

 about 1 inch long. Grows in the most arid parts of the continent and is avail- 

 able for forage. "Will grow when not a blade of grass is seen for weeks 

 together." Worthy of cultivation. Plains between Lachlan and Darling 

 rivers in New South Wales; near jNJurray River in Victoria, and in the interior 

 of South Australia. 

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