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Lithospermum hirtum, Lehmann. 
North American Alkanna. A showy perennial herb ; the 
root yields a red dye. 
Lithospermum canescens, Lehmann. 
North American Alkannet. This, as the vernacular name 
indicates, offers a!so a dye root. 
Lithospermum longiflorum, Sprengel. 
North America. A red pigment can also be extracted from 
the root of this species. 
Livistona Australis, Martins. 
East Australia. Our own and only Palm-tree in Victoria, 
occurring in East Gripps Land (in the latitude of Melbourne), 
and there attaining a height of 80 feet. The young leaves 
can be plaited as a material for cabbage-tree hats. 
Livistona Chinensis, E. Brown. 
South China and Japan. A very decorative fan-palm, hardy 
in our lowlands. 
Lolium perenne, L.* 
Europe, North Africa, Western Asia. The perennial Eye- 
Grass, mentioned here for completeness’ sake. L. Italicum, 
Al. Br., the Italian Eye-Grass, seems to be only a variety. 
One of the most important of all pasture-grasses, also almost 
universally chosen for lawn-culture. It produces an abund- 
ance of seeds, which are readily collected and easily vegetate. 
It arrives early to perfection. Nevertheless the produce 
and nutritive powers are considerably less than those ol 
Dactylis glomerata, Alopecurus pratensis and Eestuca 
elatior ; but it pushes forward earlier than the last mentioned 
grass, while the ripening of seeds is less defective than in 
Alopecurus. Eye-grass though naturally living but a few 
years, maintains its ground well by the ease, with which it 
disseminates itself spontaneously. Several sorts, which 
scarcely can be called varieties, are under cultivation. 
Eye-grass stands the dry heat of our summers well. It is 
likely to spread gradually over the whole of the Australian 
continent, and may play an important part in our pastoi’al 
