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AUSTRALIAN PLANTS. 
BOTANICAL NAME. 
Myristica insipida 
R. Brown 
My rsine crassifolia 
R. Brown 
,, variabilis 
R. Brown 
My rtus tenuifolia 
Smith 
Naias tenuifolia 
R. Brown 
Nelumbinm 
speciosum 
Willdcnow 
Nephelium Beckleri 
Bentham 
„ leiocarpum 
F. v. Mueller 
,, tomentosum 
F. v. Mueller 
Nephrodiuin 
truncatum 
Presl 
Nertera depressa 
Banks and 
Solander 
,, reptans 
F. v. Mueller 
Neurachne 
alopecuroides 
R. Brown 
„ Mitchelliana 
Nees 
,, Munroi 
F. v. Mueller 
Nicotiana suaveolens 
Lehmann 
„ suaveolens 
Lehmann 
var. fruticosa 
Nipa fruticans 
Wurmb 
COMMON NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
“Australian Nutmeg” (evergreen tree, 60 to 80 ft.) — 
F. Myristiccae —Q land and N. Aust. 
“Thick-leaved “Myrsine,” or “Marada”* (evergreen 
tree, 15 to 20 ft.)—F. Myrsineae —N.S.W., 
and Q’land. 
“Shine Wood” (evergreen tree, 30 to 40 ft.), f. 
greenish—Vic., N.S.W., and Q’land. 
“Slender-leaved Myrtle” (evergreen shrub), f. white 
—F. Myrtaceae —N.S.W. and Q’land. 
“Thin-leaved Australian Water Nymph” ^ (aquatic 
perennial)—F, Naladaceac —Vic., N.S.W., Q'land, 
S. Aust., Asia, and Africa. 
“Leichhardt’s Water Lily,” “Pink Water Lily,” 
“Egyptian Lotus,” “Pythagorean Bean,” “Sacred 
Lotus,” “Buddah’s Sacred Bean,” or “Red Lotus 
Water Lily” (aquatic perennial), f. pink—-F. 
Nympharaceae —Q’land, N. Aust., Asia, China, 
Japan, Eypt, etc. 
“Coogera”* (evergreen tree, 40 to 60 ft.)—F. Sapin- 
daceae —N.S.W. 
“Smooth-fruited Nephelium” (evergreen tree, 50 to 60 
ft.)—Vic., N.S.W., and Q’land. 
“Woolly-leaved Nephelium” (evergreen tree, 20 to 30 
ft.)—N.S.W. and Q’land. 
“Truncate Buckler Fern” (perennial)—F. Filices — 
A.S.W., Q’land, Ceylon, Moluccas, etc. 
“Fruiting Duckweed,” “Yellow Coral-berry,” or “Moss 
Currant” (creeping perennial), f. greenish—F. 
Ritbiaceae— Vic., N.S.W., Tas., N.Z., S. America, 
etc. 
“Creeping Moss Currant” (creeping perennial), f. 
pale purple and greenish—Vic. and N.S.W. 
“Foxtail dike Mulga Grass” (perennial) — F. 
Gramineae —Vic., N.S.W., S. and W. Aust. 
“Mulga Grass” (perennial)—Vic., N.S.W., Q’land, and 
S. Aust. 
“Munro’s Mulga Grass” (perennial)—Vic., N.S.W., 
and S. Aust. 
“Australian Tobacco Plant,’ or “Tobacco Weed 
(herbaceous perennial), f. white—F. Solanaeeae 
—Vic., N.S.W., Q’land, S. and W. Aust. 
(Reputed poisonous and injurious to stock.) 
“Shrubby Australian Tobacco Plant” (undershrub), 
f. white—Vic. 
“Nipa Palm” (palm)—F. Puhnae— Q’land, Asia, New 
Guinea, etc. 
