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" Berrigan, or Emu Bush" (Eremophila longifolia). This small shrub attains 
a height of from 10 to 15 feet. Its foliage is rather sparse, and is fed extensively to 
stock. This shrub belongs to the same order as the Budtha (Eremophila 
Mitchetti) as well as to the " Native Fuchsia," which is reputed to be poisonous. It is 
in this district thought highly of, no injurious results having accrued from the use of it. 
Mr. F. B. Guthrie published the following analysis of it in the Agricultural Gaze'te 
for October, 1899 : 
Emu Bush Water 51-59, ash 3-70, fibre 5-43, ether extract (oil, &c.) 0-75, 
albumenoids 8-87, carbo-hydrates 29-66, nutrient value 40j, albumenoid ratio 1 : 3, 
tannin (oak bark) 2-6. 
Mr. Max Koch informed me that, in the Mount Lyndhurst district, South 
Australia, the branches and leaves are used by the blacks to make a bed for the dead. 
Timber. It is usually only a shrub, and following is an early report concerning 
it : " The timber is brittle and not used. Specific gravity -925. (Report, Victorian 
Exhibition, 1861.)" It has a pleasing dark-brown timber, with a relatively wide, pale- 
coloured sap-wood. The bark is scaly. 
Size. Height up to 10-15 feet; diameter 4 to 8 inches, as a rule, but I have 
seen it nearly 12 inches in diameter. 
Habitat. It is found in the drier parts of all the mainland States. The type 
came from the south coast of Western Australia. 
Following are some localities represented in the National Herbarium, Sydney : 
Western Australia. Nannine (W. V. Fitzgerald) ; Comet Vale (J. T. Jutson, 
No. 284). 
In the Elder Expedition on 26th October, 1891, Mr. R. Helms found it at Fraser 
Range (Station). The label says, " Tree of 20-30 feet. Arborescent. Clayey sand 
on greensand formation." (See also Proc. Roy. Soc. S.A., XVI, 376.) This is the 
largest plant of the species I have heard of. 
Northern Territory. It is recorded from a few scattered localities. 
South Australia. Overland Corner (Dr. J. B. Cleland) ; Mt. Lyndhurst (Max 
Koch). Moolooloo Station, between Beltana and Blinman (Mrs. R. S. Rogers); Killal- 
panina, Cooper's Creek, near Lake Eyre (corresp. of A. W. Howitt); collected by R. 
Helms, Elder Exploring Expedition, 8th July, 1891, at Camp 17. This was near Mt. 
Watson, in granite country in about lat. 27 40', long 130. It is recorded in Proc. 
Roy. Soc. 8.A., XVI, 376, as from Arkaringa Valley, near Everard Range. 
New South Wai's. Thackaringa (J. E. Carne, No. 12); "Willow," Kinchiga 
Holding, 45 miles south-east of Broken Hill (Forester A. C. Loder) ; Broken Hill (E. C. 
Andrews). 
" Emu Bush." Small trees or large shrubs, 10-15. Usually very branching. 
Often flowers and fruits at the same time. Toorak-Goonery (J. L. Boonnan). 
