278 
AUSTRALIAN PLANTS. 
BOTANICAL NAME. 
COMMON NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
Patersonia glabrata 
R. Brown 
“Glabrous Australian Flag” (herbaceous perennial), f. 
purple—F. Irideae —Vic., N.S.W., and Q’land. 
,, glauca 
R. Brown 
“Australian Swamp Flag” (herbaceous perennial) f. 
purple—Vic., N.S.W., S. Aust., and Tas. 
,, longiscapa 
Sweet 
“Long-scaped Australian Flag,” or “Australian Purple 
Lily” (herbaceous perennial), f. purple—Vic., 
S. Aust., and Tas. 
,, longiscapa 
Sweet 
var. alba 
“White Long-soaped Australian Flag” (herbaceous 
perennial), f. white—Vic. 
,, occidentalis 
R. Brown 
“Western Swamp Flag” (herbaceous perennial), f. 
purple—W. Aust. 
„ sericea 
R. Brown 
"Silky Australian Flag” (herbaceous perennial), f. 
purple—Vic., N.S.W., and Q’land. 
Pavonia hast at a 
Cavanilles 
“Spear-shaped Pavonia" (evergreen shrub, 3 to 4 ft.), 
f. reddish-purple—F. Malvaceae —N.S.W., Q’land, 
Asia, etc. 
Pelargonium 
australe 
Willdenow 
“Australian Stork’s-bill,” “Kopata,"* or “Pelar¬ 
gonium" (herbaceous perennial), f. pink—F. 
Geraniaccae —Vic., N.S.W., Q’land, S. and W. 
Aust., Tas., N.Z., and S. Africa. 
,, australe 
Willdenow 
var. erodioides 
“Erodium-like Australian Stork’s-bill” (herbaceous 
perennial), f. pink—Vic., N.S.W., Tas., and N.Z. 
,, Rodneyanum 
Lindley 
“Rodney’s Stork’s-bill” (tuberous-rooted perennial), f. 
rose—Vic., N.S.W., S. and W. Aust. 
Peltophorum 
ferrugineum 
Bentham 
“Rusty Braziletto Wood" (evergreen tree, 40 ft.), f. 
yellow—F. Legummosae —Q’land, N. Aust., and 
Asia. 
Pennantia 
Cunninghamii 
Miers 
“Truck-wood,” or “Wheel-wood” (evergreen tree, 50 
to 80 ft.)—F. Olacineae —N.S.W. and Q’land. 
Pennisetum 
compressum 
R. Brown 
“Compressed Feather Grass” (perennial)—F. 
Gramincae —N.S.W., Q’land, and Asia. 
Pentaceras australis 
Ilooker fil 
“Moreton Bay Varnish Tree,” or “Scrub Hickory” 
(evergreen tree, 20 to 60 ft.), f. white—F. 
Kutaceae —N.S.W., and Q’land. 
Pcntachondra 
pumila 
R. Brown 
“New Zealand Heath" (evergreen shrub, 4 to 1 ft.) — 
F. Epacridcac —Vic., N.S.W., Tas., and N.Z. 
Pentapogon 
Billardieri 
R. Brown 
“Labillardiere’s Beard Grass” (annual) — F. 
Gramincae —Vic., N.S.W., S. Aust., and Tas. 
Pentratropis 
quinquepartita 
Bentham 
“Medicine Vine" (evergreen twiner), f. dark purplish 
—F. Asclepiadeae —Vic. and N.S.W. 
Peperomia “New Zealand Pepper Elder” (perennial trailer)—F 
Urvilleana Piperaceae —Norfolk Island, and N.Z. 
A. Richard 
