[Kennedya prostrata, Ricinocarpus pinifolius, Thysanotus patersonii] [picture] Plate 4. From the book: The wild flowers around Melbourne

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Figure 1.

KENNEDYA PROSTRATA. (R. Brown.) Blooms in the beginning of September. It is common throughtout extra-tropical Australia, and is a great favourite for its gay flowers. As the plant is a creeper, it can be trained in many pretty ways, and it is long in bloom.

Figure 2.

RICINOCARPUS PINIFOLIUS. (Desfontaine.) Blooms in the beginning of October. It ranges from Moreton Bay to Victoria and Tasmania. It soil is sandy heath, but it will actually grow in drifting sand. Dr. Mueller observes, that he has "never yet succeeded in raising the plant from seed;" nor has it reached Europe alive. It would be much admired, could its transit be accomplished. In West Australia it is represented by a different species. In South Australia no true Ricinocarpus is as yet found.

Figure 3.

THYSANOTUS PATERSONI. (R. Brown.) Blooms in October. It is called "the  Fringe Lily." It is a minute climber, and one of the few species of this genus that is not erect. It grows on heathy ground, but occurs on grass land. I have generally seen it climbing the Ricinocarpus, as I have delineated it. The root is composed of narrow bulbs, and these were eaten by the natives.