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THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST 
July, 1952 
213. A —Salvia verbenacea (Wild Sage). 
Rather unpleasant Salvia smell. Some in 
flower ail the year. Jt has a very long tap- 
root which is difficult to eradicate. Eaten 
by horses. 
214. Stachys arvensis (Hedge Nettle). 
Doubtful faint fragrance. May 12-23, July 
18-January 8, March 19. Sometimes it comes 
up abundantly in gardens, orchards, etc. 
214a. Melissa officinalis Undelcarra. 
SOLANACEAE. 
215. Solanum Sodomaeum (Apple of 
Sodom). No smell. August 27-June 16. 
Common in waste places. It is very prickly. 
The dried fruits are carried by the wind 
when they disintegrate as the bitter apples 
do not seem to be eaten by birds. 
216. A- S. giganteum Jacq. April 12- 
May 20, August 16-October 27. In grounds 
adjacent to Frome Road, A rather hand- 
some shrub. 
217. Solanum elaegni folium. February 
12-March 7. Has established itself on the 
South Road on the Adelaide side of the 
Flagstaff Hotel and is present in adjacent 
vineyards, also at Colonel Light Gardens. 
218. A —Lyciurn ferocissimum (African 
Box thorn). January 4 (flowers and fruit). 
February 20-November 7. Abundant in 
many places and a great nuisance, as it 
harbours and feeds rats and sparrows and 
the spines may cause nasty punctures with 
the danger of tetanus. 
219. Physalis viscosa. September Iff- 
January 3. A colony has appeared by the 
roadside near the Flagstaff Hotel. 
220. AA —Datura tatula. March 11-April 
9. Reedbeds. A Datura appeared in Victoria 
Square in made soil, but did not flower. 
221. A — Nicotiana glauca ( T r e e 
Tobacco). April 9-29, November 5-January 
9. Near the Zoo, in the Botanic Gardens 
and at Lockleys. Has an unpleasant smell 
but contains hardly any nicotine. 
FOXGLOVE FAMILY 
222. Antirrhinum Orantium (Lesser 
Snapdragon). June 26-November 2. 
223. A —Linaria Elatine (Pointed Toad- 
flax) and var. lasiopoda. Doubtful frag- 
rance. May 17-24, November 29, December 
14-April 22. In the variety the flower stalk 
is hairy. This plant may grow luxuriantly 
in unweeded orchards, etc. Sometimes 
called blanket weed. 
224. L. spuria. February 15-April 6. 
225. Veronica hederifolia (Ivy-leaved 
Speedwell). August 21, October 12-Novem- 
ber 14. Glen Osmond. 
226. V. persica. Aug. 15, September 11- 
November 14. Glen Osmond, Mareeba. 
227. AA— F. arvensis (Wall Speedwell). 
September 17-November 24. Hindmarsh 
Square, opposite the Archives Department 
on North Terrace, Beaumont. 
228. Bartschia lati folia. October 12-Nov- 
ember 6. This plant is parasitic on adjacent 
weeds. It has small purplish red flowers. 
228a .Verbascum sp. Undelcarra. 
PLANTAIN FAMILY 
229. AA — Plantago lanceolata (Rib 
grsss). Very faint sweet smell or none. 
August 21 -April 27, June 4-23. Full flower 
December 6, February 13. A nuisance in 
the lawns on account of the moderate tap 
root and the rosette of leaves. 
230. A — P. Coronopus (Buck’s-thorn 
Plain tain). Very faint sweet smell or none. 
April 29, Nov. 16-Dec. 29. Common in the 
sandy soil near the sea. On the plains it 
has been found on Frome Road, at Spring- 
bank and at Fulham towards Glenelg. 
231. A— P. major (Greater Plantain). 
December 13-March 16, April 12. It has 
been found at the University, Burnside, 
and Lockleys. Requires damper conditions 
than P. lanceolata and so is more often 
found in the hills. 
RUBIACEAE 
232. AA—Sherardia arvensis (Field Mad- 
der). No smell. September 10-November 
28. A common small plant with little mauve 
flowers often abundant in uncultivated 
places. 
233. AA — Galium tricorne. November 
21. Common along roadsides in the hills. 
One plant found on a footpath in Gren- 
fell Street. 
234. AA— G. murale. September 7-Dec- 
ember 4. A common small weed with weak 
stems and leaves in whorls of four or five. 
The fruits are in pairs and reflexed. Com- 
mon in waste ground. 
