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by x THE GEELONG NATURALIST. 
valuable oil, useful for many purposes, can be distilled. The 
Amaranth order affords but one genus and species—the 
singular but ornamental large-headed  Trichinium macro- 
cephalum. 
The order Chenipodiaceex embraces five genera, of t 
which the true ‘“ Spinach” (Spinacea oleracca) and the 
« White goose-foot" or “Fat hen” (Chenopodium album) 
are often found in rubbish heaps or waste places. The 
‘Sea berry” (Rhagodia Billardieri) and the “ Salt bushes ” 
(Atriplex) are more often seen near the coast than inland, 
and in the absence of grass are greedily eaten by cattle 
and sheep. The dense-growing ‘“ Enchylana villosa,” 
.known as the “Clay Cushion," is also a fodder plant. 
It mantles the steep banks at Clifton Springs, and is found 
also at Ocean Grove. Several other interesting plants which 
help to arrest the sand and prevent its encroachment inland, 
are claimed by the Polygonacez, for instance the ** Macquarie 
Vine” (Muehlenbeckia adpressa), which is a rapid grower; the 
“ Wire Weed ” (Polygonum aviculare), and two species of dock. 
The “ Curled Dock” (Rumex crispus) has been known to cure 
certain forms of itch, and the Wild Sorrel (Rumex acetosella), a 
troublesome weed in gardens and fields, possesses not only the 
redeeming quality of being a good antiscorbutic, but is said 
to make excellent whey, boiled in milk. The order Proteaceze 
includes the well-known so-called ** Honeysuckles” (Banksia 
integrifolia and .B. marginata), which are generally fair-sized 
trees. The Juniper-like Persoonia is a talland rather compact 
shrub, and the singular “ Buckshorn-leaved 7sopogon cerato- 
phyllus," a Jow-growing bush, is usually covered with small 
cones. Thymelacez, or the “Spurge Laurel Family," 
includes the Pimeleas, the bark of which was used by the 
blacks for making lines and fishing nets. Pimelea humilis, 
which is called the “ Rice flower,” is dwarf in habit, and 
bears numerous headlets of creamy white blossom. A re- 
markably beautiful Mistletoe (Loranthus exocarpi) decorates 
. several clumps of sheoak in the dell at Clifton Springs. The 
flowers, which are numerous, are bright red, tipped with 
green. This Mistletoe is said to grow also upon the Native 
Cherry (Lxocarpus cupressiformis), which is the only represen- 
_ tative of the order Santalacee. The Euphorbia, Nettle, and 
Casuarina families, can each claim only one species, so far as 
could be discovered by the writer during a few days sojourn 
in the district. The Sheoak (Casuarina quadrivalvis) attains to 
large size in some places. 
The Bellarine district is said to be rich in Orchids. Eight 
species only were, however, noticeable, but the list can no 
doubt be added to, The “Spider Orchid" (Caludenia 
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