[Brunonia australis, Craspedia richea, Dianella revoluta, Lobelia pedunculata, Convolvulus erubescens, Ammobium alatum, Helichrysum bracteatum, Lobelia simplicicaulis] [picture] Plate 12. From the book: The wild flowers around Melbourne

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Figure 1.

BRUNONIA AUSTRALIS. (Smith.) Blooms at the end of October. It is common in most parts of extra-tropical Australia. It reminds us of the Jasione, or Sheep's- bit.

Figure 2.

CRASPEDIA PICHEA. (Cassini.)  Blooms at the beginning of September. It is one of the commonest plants in extra- tropical Australia.

Figure 3.

DIANELLA REVOLUTA. (R. Brown.) Blooms in the middle of October. This is the most widely dispersed of the few Dianellas in Australia.

Figure 4.

LOBELIA PEDUNCULATA. (R. Brown.) Blooms in the middle of November. It is one of the  less conspicuous species of this plant, and is not uncommon in South-east Australia. It looks very pretty on the banks by the roadside. Two species occur in Great Britain, one of which is nearly extinct. The milky sap of these plants is acrid.

Figure 5.

CONVOLVULUS BRUBESCENES. (Sims.) Blooms at the end of October. This plant resemble the English Convolvulus arvensis, or Bind-weed, and is common in the more sourthern latitudes of Australia;  but it is much more variable than the British plant.

Figure 6.

AMMOBIUM ALATUM. (R. Brown.) Blooms at the end of October. This pretty everlasting flower has disseminated itself around Melbourne, otherwise the plant is not yet  found out of New South Wales.

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HELICHRYSUM BRACTEATUM. (Willdenow) Var. Album. Blooms at the ens of October. This everlasting flower grows all over Australia, from the Glaciers to the Desert, and from the northern to the southern coast. The flowers are generally yellow, but sometimes white or pink, especially in West Australia.

Figure 8.

LOBELIA SIMPLICICAULIS.  (R. Brown.) Blooms in the beginning of November. It ranges over a vast extent of extra-tropical Australia. The leaves are so narrow, and dry up so soon, that the plant looks very leafless.