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THE GEELONG NATURALIST. 
lilac coloured flowers (Glycine clandéstina), is often partly - 
concealed amidst the lower branches of the: last named 
Acacia, or wherever it can remain in shade, while its relative, 
the ** Native Scarlet Pea," or runner (Kennedya prostrata ), 
glories in the sunlight, carpeting the open grass or heath- 
ground with a blaze of brilliant cerise. The red **Bean- 
flower” (Kennedya rubiginosa), a strong growing climber, is 
very scarce, but when seen in blossom festooning some tall 
shrubs, or blended, as it sometimes is, with Clematis, it is 
indeed a showy object. The violet-coloured ** Kennedya 
monophylla" is another gorgeous climber. Profuse in: 
maroon and yellow, pea-shaped in florescence, varied in tint 
from the palest to the deepest shades, are those delightful 
shrubs, Dillynia, Bossiea, Platylobium, and Daviesia. The 
Australian Indigo (Indigofera Australis), with spikes of 
bluish purple, though a shrub of great beauty when in bloom, 
is, like the violet-trailing ‘Swainson Pea” (Swainsona 
lessertifolia), a poison plant dangerous to stock. The latter 
is plentiful near Drysdale. A graceful tall shrub is the 
..— * Golden Spray,” or so-called ** Swamp-broom" (Viminaria 
denudata). It is not always found in or near to swamps, but 
is never found in very dry localities. In the distance it 
resembles the “Spanish broom” (Spartium junceum), of, which 
there is a large clump or hedge in the valley below Sea View - 
- Farm. The English broom too, (Spartium scoparium), grows 
in several places near Drysdale, and possibly in other parts 
of the Bellarine district. An infusion, or decoction of the 
green twigs of this plant, used as a medicine, is a well-known 
remedy in certain cases of dropsy. The “ Melilot," or King's 
Clover (Mellilotus officinalis), whose yellow blossoms are 
much esteemed by bees, and the true Clovers—red, white, 
and yellow (Trifolium)-—may often be noticed in the open 
pastures, or like the common “ Vetch” (Vicia sativa) in the 
cultivated ground, especially in hay fields. 
Furze, Gorse, or Whin (Ulex Europaus), always a glowing 
sight in flower, is a nuisance to the farmers; so also are some 
members of the Rose family, notably the “ Sweet Briar” or 
* Eglantine” (Rosa rubiginosa), which spreads with great 
rapidity. But troublesome to pedestrians as well as to 
farmers, are two noxious weeds of the same order—the 
* Sheep Burr” (Acena ovina) and the Burnet-leaved species . 
( Acana sanguisorba), which, when in fruit, catch hold at once, 
sticking closely to any woollen or cotton material, and, 
gathering themselves into masses are only removed with 
difficulty. The Wild Raspberry (Rubus parvifolius) is more 
frequent inland than close to thesea. Drosera auriculata and 
and Drosera Menztesti—the “ Sundews,”. generally occupy 
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