(Jlueenslantr. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BRISBANE. BOTANY BULLETIN No. YIIE. DECEMBER, 1893. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE QUEENSLAND PLORA. ,5mvEr.iT^ Of FioRio^ LiBRARies F. M. BAILEY, E.L.S., COLONIAL BOTANIST. The Bulletins of this Department will be sent free to siicli Individuals interested as may request them. Address all applications to «• The Under Secretary for Agriculture, Brisbane." BRISBANE : BY AUTHORITY : EDMUND GEEGOHY, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WILLIAM STREET. 1893. NOTICE. It was my intention to delay the publication of a part of the matter contained in the present Bulletin until I was in possession of further detail, but certain matters have occurred which make it imperative that, so far as possible, all phytologic matter at all avail- able be issued in the present publication. I particularly regret that this has to be done, for it was my hope that I should have been enabled to carry out the plan adopted with the Freshwater Algfe, of publishing all similar Families in separate Bulletins ; and for this purjiose the large number of Lichens deter- mined for us by the eminent specialist, Professor J. Muller, have been kept back from a few of the previous Bulletins, but have now to be given. Those descriptions, of which printed slips have been issued, and those added during the progress of the printing, are dated. F. M. B. 30th December, 1893. CONTENTS. Page. Abill ... _ 75 Acolium buelliaceuni, J. M. ... 92 -^cidium compositarum, Mart. ... 112 Deer'mgiai, Cke and Mass. ... 113 Goodeniacearum, £erk 112 Agaricus (Lei^iota) membranaGeus, CAc and Mass. 107 (Collybia) dryophilus, Bull. ... 107 ,, muscipula, C. and M. 107 ,, nummularis, Fries. ... 107 (Mycena) epipterygiu.s, Fries. ... 107 (Pleurotus) cyphellseformis, Berk. 107 Alectoria australiensis, C. J^fMr/Zii ... 93 Anaptychia comosa, Tret' 96 leucomela;na, Trev. 96 speciosa, var. hypolenca, f. sore- diifera, J. il/. 96 speciosa, rar. sorediosa, J. M. ... 96 Anthracothecium confine, J. M. ... lOG Doleschalii, Mass. 106 Archidium brisbanicum, Broth. ... 87 AristDlocbia praevenosa, i^. r. ilf. ... 84 Arthopyrenia Cinchonse, J. M. .. 105 Arthothelium pimiceum, J. M. ... 104 Arrhenia (Apus) cupularis, Fries. ... lOS Asdepiascurassavica 113 Ascobolus Phillipsii, i?. Ill Aspeir/illus siviplex ... ... ... 114 Asplenium flaccidum, i<'o?-5< 86 odontites 87 Aster cyanodiscus ... ... ... 77 Asterina hoveafolia, C. rt?ic? i>/. ... 113 Banksia ericifolia, JD«m. f 82 5ecc/t (European) 112 Botrytis glauca 114 Bryum (Eubryum) immarginatum, Broth 88 (Eubryum) Try oni, .Broi!/i. ... 88 Buellia lactea, Ka:rh 100 rimulosa, J. M. 101 subarenaria, J. M. 100 subareolata, J. 31. .. ... 100 Calicium tra,cheliiium, Ach. ... ... 91 Victoriie, rar. jejunum, F. R. M. Wilson. 92 Callicarpa lanata 81 longifolia 81 Callopisma cinnabarinvim, var. opa- cum, J. M 98 conjungens, J. il/. 98 Carex chlorantha, B. Br. ... ... 85 Carpinus... ... ... ... ... 112 Cartoliema spicatum, iJ. £?•.... ... 84 Centrolepis aristata, Ram. et Schult. 85 Chiodecton (Entevogi'apha) endoleu- cum, J. M. 104 sphasrale, Ach 104 Choretrum giomeratum, B. Br, ... 83 Page. Cladonia degencrans, var. pleolepis File. ... ._ 93 fimbriata, var. antilopaea, J. 31. 92 furcata, var. foliolosa, J. 31. ... 93 macilenta, var. flabellulata, J. 31. 93 Clathroporina desquamans, f. sore- diosa, J. 31. 105 olivacea, J', i)/. 105 Calonectria otagensis, Lind. ... ... Ill Coccocarpiaaurantiaca, il/onf. ct V, d, Bosch. ... _ .- ... 97 pellita, var. incisa, J. 31. ... 97 ,, ,, smaragdina, ^. ilf.... 97 Ccenogonium confer voides, Nyl. ... 101 Coleocoma centaurea, F. v. 31. ... 78 Conyza elata, Bail 78 Croivca scabra 71 Crow's ash ... ... ... ... Ill Cryptandra «niara ... ... ... 72 pyramidalis 72 spinescens, Sieh. ... ... ... 72 Cupania flagelliformis, .Brti7 73 Cyathus Baileyi, 31ass. 109 Cyperus platystylis, R. Br 85 Cyphella longipes, OA-e. «?irf ilfoss. ... 109 Cyrto-Hypnum nano-delicatulum ... 89 Darluca filum, Cast. 114 Darwinia fascicularis, Rudge. ... 77 Decringia cclosioides ... 113 Dendroceros crispatus, ifooA" 90 Muelleri, Stephani 91 Desvauxia aristata ... ... ... 85 Diplodia Marsdenise, Ckc. and 3Iass. 113 Diploschistes actinostomus, .2'a/i?. ... 99 Dodonasa. attcnuata ... 73 lohnl&tsL, F. v. 31. 73 ptarmicifolia ... ... ... 73 oxyptera, i^. r. M. 74 viscosa ... ... ... ... 73 Emmenospernum Alphitonioides ... 72 Cunninghamii, Berk 72 Endiandra Sankeyana, -Ba (7 82 Eriuderma Knightii, .S7i.t7'/fy 96' Eriostemon lanceolatus ... ... 71 salieifolius, Sm _ ... 71 Ei-ycibe paniculata, var. coccinea, Bail 80 Euryhia ramosissima 77 Fagiis 112 Fagus Carronii 84 Cunninahamii ... 84 Moorei.V. v. 31 84 FHndcrsia australis ... ... ... Ill Fissidens (Conomitrium) spkch- noides. Broth. 87 Fomes cryptarum, Bull. 109 VI. CONTENTS. PaRO. Geaster Archeii, Berk. 110 Gltt'osporiuiu Ali)hitoniDe, C. and M. 114 Goodenia heterochila, F. v. M. ... 79 GooJawaii 82 Gomphandra 71 Austral iana ... 72 polymorpha, Wifjht., var. 6 ... 72 Graphis Baileyana, J. M. 103 cmQvua,, J.M. 103 (Aulacographa) duplicata, Ach. 103 duplicata, var. sublfevis, J.M.... 103 (Fissurina) insidiosa, J. M, ... 103 (]'3u;;raphis) Lineola, Ach. ... 103 Graphina pyelodes, Wilson 103 Gyalectidium filicinum, J^. i)/. ... 99 phyllocharis, J, M. 99 Halothamnus micropkylhis 71 Hamaspora longissima, Korn. ... 112 Heterothecium fnsco-luteum, J. M. .. 101 vulpinum, Tuck. ... 101 Hookeria (Euhookeria) Karsteniana, Broth 89 Hornbeam ... 112 Hypoxylon atrosphaericum, Ckc. and Mass 112 scopi forme .. ., Ill Indigofera saxicola, F.v.M, 74 Ipomoja Muelleri, Z>e?zi/i 80 Kochia planifolia, if. z). il/. 82 villosa 82 Lecanora atra, var. virens, J. M. ... 98 interjecta, J. M 98 Lecanora lacteola, J". ^/ 97 subfusca, var. cinereo-carnea, Tuck 98 subfusua, var, distans, Nijl. ... 97 _,, „ testaceo-pallida, 97 subimmer.sa, J. M. 97 Lecidea albo-cocrulescens, Wulf. ... 99 impressa, Krcm]) 99 piperi?, var. melanocarpa J. M. 100 Leptogium tremelloides, var. isidiosa, J.M. 91 Leptotrema compactum, Nyl, ... 102 Leucolonia clavinerve, (7. i)/. 87 Leucopogon denudatas 79 fratcrniis 79 microphyllns, It. Br 79 Lime- tree of Europe 112 Lycoperdon Gunnii, Berk 110 Maraguiiji 73 Marasinius b.adius, B. and C. ... 108 pilopus, Kalch 107 putredinis, ]icrk 108 rhyssophyllus, Mont 108 Marsdeaia 113 Mi'lasmia tecomatifl, C. and M. ... 114 Molilotus alba, Zra7A 74 MicrococcuH crepuHCuluiD, Ehrenh. ... 114 Monoclca crispata 90 Mucor cru.itaccus 114 My litta austral is .. 108 Myrtus exaltata, 2?ai7 77 Page. Nanr/bro 80 Ncctria otagcnsis ... ... ... HI Negro Head oiN.S.W 84 Ocellularia endomelsena, J. M. ... 101 leucotylia, Ifyl 101 phlyctioide.=, J. M. 101 Olearia cyanodiscalis ... ... ... 11 ramosissima, Benth. ... ... 11 Opegrapha Bonplandii, var. abbre- viata, J. M. _ ... 102 (Lecanactis) platygraphoides, J. 31. 102 varia, rar. diaphora, iV,//?. ... 102 vulgaris, var. subsiderella, Nyl... 102 Prfn, or Betel-leaf ... _ 81 Pannaria mariana, f. isidiosa, J, M. 96 Panicum ccenicolum, F. v. M. ... 86 Parathelium decumbens, J. M. ... 105 Parmelia adpressa, Ercmp 95 cetiata, var. sorediifera, Wainio. 94 Hookeri, Tayl 95 limbata, Laux 95 meizospora, Nyl 95 perlata, ro?-. ciliata, D. C. ... 95 physodes, var. pulverata, J. M. 95 prsetervisa, J. it/. 95 rutidota, f. sorediosa, J. M. ... 95 tenuirima, Tayl 95 tiliacea, var. rugulata, J, M. ... 95 var. sulphurosa, Tuck. ... 95 Parmentaria astroidea, Fde 105 Patellaria alboflavicans, t7. il/. ... 100 intermixta, J. il/ 100 melaclina, Nyl 100 millegrana, J.M. 100 ,, var. fusco nigres- cens, J. M. ... 100 Peltigera polydactyla, var, dissecta, J. M. 93 Penicillium crustaceuni 114 expansum 114 glaucum. Link 114 Peroa microphylla 79 Pcrojoa microphylla ... ... ... 79 Pertusaria commutata, J. M. ... 98 (Depressse) depressa, var. octo- mera, J. M 98 (Depressse) undulata, J. M. ... 99 (Pustulatse) lactea, Nyl. ... 98 globulifera, Nyl 98 sulpluuata, J. M. 98 Phagiiiidiumlongissivium ... ... 112 Phiuotroma cricatum, J. M. 102 Phoina folliculorum, i/e'z'. ... ... 113 Phyllositicta fragaricola, Desm. ... 113 Physarum didormoides, Ach. ... 110 Phy.scia stellaris, var. acrita, Nyl. ... 96 Piper Belle 81 Mcstoni 81 Pithecolobium Lovellse, Bail. ... 74 Tozcrii 75 Plagiantlni.i niicrophyllus, F. v. M. 71 I'olyhlastia nudata, ./. M 105 P(ily[)()ni.s (Ovini) jnylitta;, Cke. and Mass 108 (Ovini) tumulosus 108 (Potaloides) grammocephalus, var. minor, Cooke 109 infornalis, B 109 plilebophorus, B 109 CONTENTS. viu Page. Porina phseophthalma, Shirley ... 10.5 Primus 75 Psora jjarvifolia, var. subgranu- losa,J.M. 07 Pterobryum (Trachyloma) recurvu- lum, a M. 8fl Puccinia carissEe, C. and M. ... ... 110 Pygeum Turnerianurn, £a«7 ... 75 Pyrenula bicuspidata, J. il/. 106 Kunthii, Fee 106 marginata, Fries. ... ... ... 106 nitida, Ach. 106 pinguis, Fee. 106 Pyrgillus javanicus, iVy? 92 Pyxine endochrysina, Nyl 96 Meissneri, var. endoleuca, J. M. 96 ,, f. sorediosa, J, M. ... 96 Ramalina Ecklonii, var. tenuissima, Mci/. ct Flot 93 inflata, var. olivacea, J. M. ... 93 Eosellinia seriata, Gke. and Mass. ... 112 Rottboellia rariflora, Bail 86 Uubus rigidus 112 Sarcographa actinota, Wilson ... 104 Solaniim Macoorai, Bail. ... ... 80 S[)hacelotheca hydropiijoris, bckum. 110 Sphceropsis folliculorurii ... ... 113 Stictina brevipes, J. 31. 94 crocata, var. esorediata, J. M. ... 94 Freycinetii, var. isidiosula, J. M. 94 fuliginosa, Nijl 94 quercizans, Ach. ... ... ... 94 suborbicularis, J.M. ... ... 94 Sticta ^orncu, J. il/. 94 eudochrysea, var. flavicans, J. M. 94 „ „ Urvillei, J. M. 94 Page. Sticta impressa, Hook, and Tayl. ... 94 jihiisciospora, Nyl. ^4 Seemaniii, Bah 94 variabilis, var. papyracea, J. 31. 94 Straivherry-lcaf hli(jht 113 Strigula elegans, var. eumorpha, J. 31. 104 ,, ,, pertenuis, /. 31. 104 Styijhclia denudata 79 microphylla 79 Thalloidiina cocruleo-nigrlcans, J. 31. 07 Thelotreina cupulare, J. 31 102 inturgescens, J. 31. ... ... 102 Thuidium nano-delicatulum, Hampe 89 licnnula 89 TiUa 112 Tohacco-pipe fungus 109 Tremotylium nitidulum, J. 31. ... 103 Tylophoron trilocular, J. ilf. 92 Uredo pallidula, (?._ «ncO/. HI Uromyce.s Y)nccimoidei', B. and 3Iuell. 112 Usnea barbata, var. asperriiiia, J, 31, 93 Ustulina vulgaris, Fries HI Velleia connata, i*'. V. 3/ 78 Verraicularia, sj). ? ... ... ... 113 Vincetoxicum pachylepis, Bail. ... 79 Vinegar Plant H"! Weinmannia apetala, jBrtt?. .. .. 76 lachnocarpa ... 7<> White 31 elilot 74 Xylaria rhizophila, C. and 31 . . HI scopiformis, Kunze. .. .- HI Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/botanybulletin08hein BOTANY: CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUEENSLAND ELOEA. Order MALVACEJE. PLAGIANTHU8, Forst. P. microphyllus, F. v. M., Pragm. i. 29. ; M. Austr. i. 190 ; Salotliamnus microyliyllus, P. v. M., PL Vict. i. 159. A dwarf rigid slirub, clotlied with scurfy scales, veiy tortuous and brancliy, the smaller branches slender and often spiuescent. Leaves from linear to oblong-cuneate, rarely exceeding \-m. and usually much smaller, obtuse or 3- toothed at the end, more or less tapering at the base. Elowers small, sessile or nearly so, 1 to 3 together in the axils, not spicate. Calyx when in flower not above \\ line long. Carpel usually single, enclosed in the calyx and membranous. — Fl. Austr. I.e. Hab. : Queensland, F. «. M.* * Wlien these initials are thus given, I am indebted to Baron Mueller for the information of its having been received by him from Queensland, but he has not given me the locality. Order RUTACEJE. ERIOSTEMON, Sm. £. saliCifolillS, Sm., Fl. Austr. i. 331; F. lanceolatus, Gffirtn. f. Fr. iii. 154 t. 210 ; Croioea scahra. Grab, in Edinb. Phil. Journ. 1827, 174. An erect shrub, the branches rigid and often angular, glabrous or minutely hoary. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, mostly 1 to 2 in. long, rather thick and rigid, glabrous when full-grown, obscurely 1 -nerved. Peduncle axillary, short and 1 -flowered, with a few broad scale-like imbricate bracts at the base, hoary, with a minute tomentuni, as well as the calyx and petals. Sepals short, orbicular, rigid. Petals pink, attaining about ■§ inch. Filaments flattened, densely fringed with woolly hairs, clavate and glandular at the top, bearing the anthers on a short stipes as in Boroiiia; anthers tipped with a very short, broad recurved appendage. Ovary glabrous ; style slightly pubescent below the middle. Cocci truncate at the top, but not beaked, transversely wrinkled. Seeds smooth and shining. — Fl. Austr. I.e. Hab. : Queensland, F. v. M. Order OLACINEJE. Tribe ICACINE^. GOMPHANDRA, Wall. Calyx minute, cup-shaped, 4 or 5-lobed. Corolla campanulate, 4 or 5-lobcd ; lobes acuminate, inflexed, rarely free, midrib prominent within. Stamens 5, hypogynous, alternate with the petals, filaments thick, dilated above, hairy at the bacTi (in mo.st species), hollowed in 72 front to receive the authers. Anthers pendulous from the filiform apex of the filament, 2-lobed, dcliiscing lengthwise ; pollen-grains triangular. H3^pogynous disk thick, annular or none Ovary sterile in the male, oblong in the female flower, 1-cclled ; stjde conic, stigma minute or style crowned by a stigraatiferous disk ; ovules 2, collateral, pendulous, funicle dilated into an "obturator." Fruit drupaceous, surmounted b}^ the remains of the disk (stigma ?), stone crustaceous. Seed pendulous, surrounded by the raphe, albumen fleshy bipartite ; embryo minute. Tree with alternate leaves, simple 1-nerved and petiolated. Flowers in axillary, terminal or leaf -opposed cymes; dichlamydeous, hermaphrodite or polygamo-dioscious. — Hooh., Fl. British India i. 5S5. (This genus is briefly noticed in the Syn. Ql. Fl. p. 65, but it has been thought advisable to give a fuller description here, as a second species has been met with in Queensland.) G. polymorpha, Wight, var. 6. A handsome tree of about (30 ft.in height, tJie infloresence and young shoots puberulcnt, otherwise glabrous. Leaves alternate 3 to 5 in. long, ovate-lanceolate, with a more or less elongated blunt apex and cuneate base, petioles about 4 or o lines long, dark-green on the upper, pale on the under surface ; the primary veins distant, only 3 or '4 on each side of tlio midrib, reticulate veinlets obscure, margins entire. Flowers in short axillary, dichotomous cymes. Calyx very short and cup-shaped, with almost entire edge. Corolla-tube about 2 lines long with minute teeth, the tips inflexed, from which proceeds down the inside of the corolla- tube a prominent rib. Stamens glabrous, 5, at length exserted and widely spreading, but incurved again near the anthers. Ovary ghxbrous, 4-angled, stigma sessile. Fruit not as yet been gathered. I ca,nnot separate this plant from the East Indian species, of which several (5) varieties are named and described in Hook., Fl. of Brit. India i. 5S6. From the fragmentary specimens which I have of G. ausiraliana, F. v._ M., the present plant seems to differ considerably both in foliage and inflorescence. Hab. : Scrubs of the Barron River, E. Coioley. September, 1S93. Order RHAMNE.^. EMMENOSPEllMUM, F. v. M. E. Cunninghamii, Benth., Fl. Austr. i. 415. Leaves alternate, similar to those of IS. alphiiojuoides, except that the petioles are longer. Flowers not seen. Umbel-like symes, apparently not numerous, in a terminal corymbose panicle. Fruit rather larger than E. aJpJiltonioidcs, 3 or 4-cclled ; epicarp scarcely any ; cocci 2-valved, Seeds red and shining as in that species, but not persistent on the torns, and the funicle very small. — Fl. Austr. I.e. Ilab. : Queensland, F. v. M. CRYPTANDRA, Sm. C. spinescens, Sieh., Fl. Austr. i. 439; G. pj/ramidaUs,'R. Br., in Ann. Sc. Nat. x. 373. Nearly allied to C. amara, and with nearly the same foliage ; but the branches are usually more twiggy, and the spinous branchlets more densely crowded. Leaves usually linear or hnear-oblong, 2 or rarely 3 lines long, but occasionally small and 73 obovate. Elowers smaller than in G. amara, and more distinctly, although very shortly, pedicellate. Calyx li to 2 lines long, narrow- compauulate, the aduate base glabrous and suddenly contracted into a little stipes about the length of the imbricate, brown bracts, the free part white-tomentose outside. Ovary almost entirely inferior, the pubescent summit slightly prominent above the adnate part, and obscurely grooved opposite the stamens, but without any distinct disk. Capsule oblong, 1^ to 2 lines long, almost included in the glabrous, elongated, adnate base of the calyx-tube, shortly free in the upper part. Cocci thinly crustaceous. — Fl, Austr. I.e. Hab. : Queensland, F. v. M. Order SAPINDACEiE. SUB-ORDEE SAPINDE^. CUPANIA, Linn. C. liag'elliformis (n. sp.) (So named from the thong-like branches of panicle.) xlboriginal name at the Barron Eiver, " Maraguigi." A shrub or small tree, the branches angular, dark-coloured except in a young state, when, like the young foliage, they are clothed by a ferruginous or grey tomentum. Leaves, the petiole and rhachis together, measuring from 1 ft. to 16 in. in length, the leaflets scattered, 13 or more, size very irregular, some attaining 6 in. in length, and a width of If in., the point often much elongated, the base shortly cuneate to a petiolule of about ^ in., margins dentate with large teeth, the primary nerves prominent and parallel, with strongly- marked reticulations between, all more or less hairy on the under side, upper surface of leaflet glabrous, and the reticulations not prominent. Panicles velvety, near the ends of the branches, of few (3 to 5) slender thong-like branches, some of which being about 2 ft. in length ; flowers in distant sessile clustei's, expanded flower about 4 lines in diameter. Sepals orbicular, much imbricate, silky on the back, irregular as to size. Petals buff-coloured, broad cuneate, un- dulately lobed at the top, much shorter than the sepals, and bearing at the base of each 2 incurved, hairy, scale-like appendages, much shorter than the petal. Stamens 8, included, filaments hairy, anthers slightly longer than the filaments, oblong, angular, hairy between the blunt angles. Ovary hairy, but probably abortive in the flowers examined. Capsules not as yet obtained. Hab. : Scrub about the Barron Eiver, JS. Cowley. September, 1893. SuB-OEDEE DODONEiE. DODONiEA, Linn. Series Ctcloptee^e. D. lObulata, F. v. M., in Linnaea xxv. 372 ; M. Austr. i. 479. Closely allied on the one hand to D. attenuata, and on the other to D. ptarm^cifolia, glabrous and viscid, the branchlets scarcely angular. Leaves linear or linear-cuneate, obtuse, mostly 1 to 2 in. long; obtusely serrate or pinnatifid, with short, obtuse, callous lobes, coria- ceous and rigid, the midrib scarcely conspicuous. Flowers few, in short racemes, the pedicels rather slender. Sepals thin, broadly ovate. Capsule of the smaller forms of D. viscosa, the wings not very broad. Seeds smooth and shining. — Fl. Austr.-l.c. Hab. : Queensland, ^.v.M. 74 SeEIES PlOTTATiE, D. OXyptera, F. v. M., Fragm. i. 7-i ; Fl. Austr. i. 484. A slirub of several feet, the branches virgate, terete, pubescent, as well as the leaves, and more or less viscid. Leaves pinnate, the rhachis angular, but scarcely dilated; leaflets usuall}'- 5 to 11, narrow-oblong or oblong- cuneate, obtuse, 2 to 4 lines or rarely i in. long, the margins recurved. Flowers small, sessile, or very shortly pedicellate. Sepals broad, acute, about 1 line long. Anthers obtuse, not exceeding the calyx, often hirsute. Capsule small, slightly hairy, the axis 2 or three lines long, the wings rigid, divergent, almost triangular, and acute. — Fl. Austr. I.e. Hab. : Islands of the Grulf of Carpentaria, Flora Australiensis. Order LEGUMINOS^. Teibe TRIFOLIE.^. MELILOXrS, Tournef. 25". alba, Lam. The common white Melilot. An erect, wiry-stemmed plant of 2, 3, or more ft. high. Stipules linear acuminate. Leaves piniiatcly 3-foliolale ; leaflets narrow, sharply toothed. Eacemes slender, attaining the length of 5 or 6 in. Flowers small white. Calyx-teeth lanceolate, shorter than the tube. Corolla 2 or 3 times the length of the calyx. Pod 1 to 1^ lines, obtuse, and marked with transverse wrinkles. Hab. : A weed ou tlie cidtivation paddocks about Pittsworth. Tliis plant is recorded as a troublesome weed in the fields and vineyards of iSouthern Europe. Tbibe GALEGEiE. INMGOFEKA, Linn. I. saxiCOla, F. v. M., Fl. Austr. ii. 199. A shrub of 3 or 4 ft., with spreading branches, slightly hoary, with a minute pubescence. Leaflets 5 or rarely 7, obovate or orbicular, and very obtuse, mostly about 1 in. long, on petiolules of 1 to 2 lines, the pinnate veins scarcely prominent. llacemes pedunculate, rather slender, longer tha,n the leaves. Calyx-teeth shorter than the tube, the upper ones broad and distant. Standard sessile, 3 lines long or rather more ; keel acute. Pod terete, spreading, ^ to f in. long, straight. — Fl. Austr. 1. c. Hab. : Queensland, F. v. M. Tribe INGEJ5. PITH ECO LOBIUM, Mart. P. Lovellse (n. sp.) A small tree, 20 to 30 ft. high, with a brown smooth bark, the young shoots and inflorescence clothed with dense glossy light-brown hairs, becoming of lighter colour ou the older parts. Leaves velvety pubescent, usually with 3 pairs of piunre. The common petiole short in the leaves examined, about 1-^ in. in length, with a sessile gland near the base ; rhachis about 3| in. long, bearing a sessile gland between the two upper pairs of pinna;; rhachis of pinna) from 1 to 2a in. long, the uppermost jiairs of pinnjo and leaflets much the largest. Leaflets 2 pairs each on the lowest and 4 on the terminal pinna>, nearly sessile, ovate to nearly oblong, from under 1 in. to 2\ in. long, up])er surface sparingly hairy, the under .surface densely tomentose, margins revolule. I'anielo terminal, rather short (judging from the specimen to hand) ; the sessile flowers in irregular head-like 75 clusters. Bracts ovate to linear-lanceolate, minute, very hairy. Calyx campanulate, tWck, coriaceous, tlie outside densely clothed with glossy, somewhat bronzed-coloured hairs, inside glabrous and purplish or dark coloured, about 5 lines long, teeth 5, blunt. CoroUa-tube exceeding the calyx by 2 or 3 lines, then expanding and funnel-shaped, and deeply divided into 5 linear lobes, clothed on the outside with pale yellowish velvety hairs, the tube and lobes glabrous on the inner surface. Stamens filiform and very numerous, the tubular portion nearly as long as the corolla-tube, and of a deep crimson, free portions exserted beyond the corolla about 1 in. shading from light to deep crimson. Anthers light coloured, minute ; style filiform, longer than the stamens. Hab. : Frasior's Island, Son. Miss Lovell. This additional Pithecolobium in many respects resembles P. Tozenl, but differs from that species in the form of glands and foUage, as well also as in the indumentum. " May 1st, 1893. Order ROSACEA. Teibe PEUNEiE. PYGEUM, G^rtn. Calyx- tube obeonic, urceolate, or campanulate, deciduous ; limb 5 to 15-toothed, often unequally. Petals minute, 5 to G in the 5 to 6-toothed calyx, none in the 10 to 15-toothed, villous or tomentose, rarely glabrous, often undistinguishable from the calyx lobes. Stamens 10 to 50, in one or more series at the orifice of the calyx-tube, filaments slender, incurved ; anthers small. Carpel 1, basal in the calyx-tube, ovoid or subglobose ; style terminal, slender, exserted from the bud ; stigma capitate ; ovules 2, collateral, pendulous. Fruit a transversely oblong, obscurely didymous, rarely subglobose drupe, pericarp thin, dry, or juicy. Cotyledons ver}^ thick, hemispheric ; radicle minute, superior. Evergreen trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, persistent, usiially quite entire; stipules minute, fugacious, basal glands 2 or none. Elowers small, racemose, sometimes unisexual by want of ovary.— Sook., Fl. Brit. Ind., ii. 318. Differs from Pninus chiefly in the minute villous petals (when present) and form of the fruit. The often conspicuous basal pair of glands on the leaf are very variable, a few species have scattered glands, and one has bullate glands on the tip of the petiole, formed by a prolongation of the leaf-blade. — HooJc. I.e. The genus contained previously about twenty species all of Tropical Asia, except one Tropical African sjjecies. P. Turnerianuin (n. sp.) (After F. Turner, Botanist to Agricul- tural Department of New South Wales, who has done so much to hring before the public of that colony the economic value of Aus- tralian fodder plants.) Aboriginal name, " xlbill." Mi-. Cowley says that this name applies to both tree and fruit. A small tree, with small flanges at the base of trunk. The leafy part of the branches densely clothed with ferruginous hairs. Leaves, upper surface bright glossy green, the under surface pale, entire, lanceolate or oblong- lanceolate, 4 to G\ in. long, 1^ to 2\ in. broad, primary veins rather distant, very oblique, and looping near the margin, prominent on the underside ; upper surface rather glossy, with short appressed hairs along the midrib, and sometimes on other parts of the surface ; 76 the underside more or less hairy, with rather rigid appressed hair of a somewhat yellowish tinge, tapering to a slender petiole of 3 to 5 lines ; basal glands irregular as to position, and number 1, 2, or 3, sometimes a marginal one on each side of the midrib below the lowest pair of lateral nerves, sometimes above on the one side and below on the other, or with a gland below the second pair of nerves, oval, dark coloured. Racemes numerous, lateral, 1 or 2 m. long, slender, and softly ferruginous tomeutose flowers, male, nearly sessile, calyx-tubo widely campanulate, about 2 lines diameter, glabrous, and probably purplish inside, except for a tuft of ferruginous hairs in place of ovary ; lobes about 12, narrow, very hairy, the hairs longer at the apex, nearly as long as the tube. Stamens between 30 and 40, filaments coloured, glabrous, a little longer or about as long as the lobes of calyx. Anthers oblong. Female flowers wanting. Drupe of a rich plum colour, transversely slightly exceeding 1 in. in diameter. Fruit stones of a Pygeum were picked up in the scrubs of tropical Queensland by Mr. Christie Palmerston, and others near Mount Sophia by Mr. A. Meston. The former are blunt-cordate, much compressed, about 1 in. long and nearly as broad, and about ^ in. thick. Putamen of a light brown colour, somewhat smooth like the shell of a hard- shelled almond, marked with prominent, arching, branched veins or ribs, and reticulate between. Those found by Mr. A. Meston at Mount Sophia are more spherical, but broader than long, 11 lines broad and 9 lines long, the reticulation more prominent and closer than in C. Palmerston's examples. Prom the fruit now to hand from Mr. E. Cowley there can be no doubt but what all belong to one species. Hab. : For shoot, bearing male flowers, and later branches with ripe fruit) Barron River, E. Cowley. Stones of fruit, Christie Falmerston and A. Meston. May 1st, 1893. Order SAXIFRAGE-ffi. Teibe CUKONIE^. WEINMANNIA, Linn. W. apetala (n. sp.) A tall tree, glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves opposite, digitately compound, leaflets 3, sessile, lanceolate and bluntly or glandularly serrate, 2 or 3 in. long, the petiole usually under 2 in. long, texture membranaceous. Inflorescence hoary- pubescent, racemose, at the nodes below the leaves of the branchlets. Some of the smaller branchlets are destitute of leaves and then change the inflorescence to a peduncle bearing at its end an umbel of three racemes, the common peduncle G to 8 lines, the secondary peduncles about 6 to 8 lines, bearing racemes of from 1^ to 3 in. long ; flowers numerous, scattered. Bracts narrow-lanceolate, petiolate, about as long as the pedicels. Pedicels very slender about 2 or 3 lines long. Flowers when expanded 2 lines diameter ; calyx-lobes 5. Petals none. Stamens 12 or more, much exserted, the filaments of unequal length, and often somewhat flattened ; anthers some much larger than the others, didymous. Styles 2 free; spreading, glabrous. Ovary hirsute except at the very base. Fruit as yet unknown. Flowering in December and January. The present species approaches near to W. lachnocarpa F. v. M., but differs in its more lax slender inflorescence, more membranous leaves, which arc not so prominently reticulate ; its longer stamens, as well as probably the flower lobes to the calyx. llab. : Kamerunga, E, Cowley. September, 1893. 77 Order MYRTACE^. Teibe CHAM^LANCIE^. DARWINIA, Eudge. D. faSCiCUlariS, Budge, Trans. Liun. Soc. xi. 299 t. 22; M. Austr. iii. 13. An erect much-branclied heath-like shrub. Leaves scattered, often crowded, linear, slender, semiterete or obscurely ti'iquetrous, subulate-jDoiuted, mostly 4 to 5 lines long, shortly petiolate, the floral ones not different or slightly longer. Plowers about 6 to 12 together in terminal heads within the last leaves. Bracteoles narrow and short. Calyx slender, not 3 lines long, the adnate part prominently 5-ribbed, otherwise smooth. Lobes very small and scale-like. Petals broad, about i-liue long. Staminodia short and filiform. Style long and slender. — Fl. Austr. I.e. Hab. : Queensland, F. v. M. Teibe MYETE^. MYRTUS, Linn. 3VE. exaltata (n. sp.) (So named from its lofty growth.) A tree of from 80 to 100 ft. in height, furnishing a good timber. Bark on the branchlets loose, brownish. Leaves glossy, irregularly opposite or alternate, ovate with often long tail-like points, 2 to 8 in. long 1-| inch, broad, on rather slender petioles of about 3 lines, the primary veins very slender, numerous, parallel, oblique, joining in an intramarginal one more or less distant from the edge, the intermediate veinlets few and distant. Oil-dots minute. (JNTo flowers seen.) Fruit in short, stout racemes in the upper axils, globular, about 5 line3 diameter, of a pink colour and fleshy consistence, containing, so far as could be observed (the fruit being in bad condition), but a solitary seed. Hab. : Scrubs about the Barron Eirer, the fruit used for jam-making, JE. Con-ley. September, 1898. Order COMPOSITJE. Teibe ASTEEOIDE^. OLEARIA, Mcench. O, ramosissima, Benth., El. Austr. iii. 479. {JEuryhia ramosis- sima, DC; Aster cyanodiscus, E. v. M.; or Olearia cyanodiscalis, F, V. M., Fragm. v. 82.) A shrub of 2 or 8 ft., with numerous rather slender branches, scabrous-pubescent, mixed with a little loose wool. Leaves minute, reflexed, clustered in the axils, lanceolate or linear, entire, with revolute margins, all under 1 line long or rarely the larger ones narrow and nearly 2 lines long, glabrous and smooth or scabrous above, with a thin loose wool underneath. Flower-heads solitary at the ends of the branchlets, forming an oblong or rarely corymbose leafy panicle. Involucre broadly turbinate, about 3 lines long, the bracts often coloured and jagged at the edge. Florets blue, those of the rays 12 to 15, more numerous in the disk and longer than the involuci'e. Achenes more or less villous. . Pappus white, with a few short outer bristles. — Fl. Austr. I.e. Hab. : Queensland, F. v, M. 78 CO!«fTZA, Linn. C. elata (n. sp.). A tall rambling shrub, often attaining tbe height of 9 or more ft. Stems prominently striate. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, sharply toothed and accuminate, 3 to 5 in. long, the petioles short and slender, the primary veins fevr and distant, the young growth and inflorescence hoary tomentose, otherwise nearly glabrous. Elower-heads in small corymbs, terminating the lateral branches, clustered or on elongated peduncles. Involucral bracts narrow linear, in 2 or 3 series, the inner ones about 3 lines long, the outer ones broader and only 1 or 2 lines long. Receptacle densely hairy. Outer florets female, with very slender tubes, the lobes setaceous, the long exserted style-branches ver}^ narrow and glabrous ; the disk or central florets few, male (or hermaphrodite) florets with much wider tubes enclosing the anthers, corolla-lobes as in the males, bearing prominent white bristles ; style-branches flattened and echinate, but not so far exserted, but much broader than those of the female florets. Pappus slightly exceeding the involucre, 1-seriate, white. Achenes silky, and flattened, angular, or more or less ribbed. Hab. : Abounding in the scrubs of the Kusscll Eivev, and attaining the height of 13 or 14 ft., Bellenden-Ker Expedition ; Barron Eivcr Scrubs, E. Cowley. Tbtbe INULOIDES. COLEOCOMA, P. V. M. Involucre ovoid, the bracts imbricate in several rows, dry, with slightly scarious tips. Receptacle flat, without scales. Florets all tubular, those of the circumference slender, female, 3- to 5-toothed ; disk-florets several, hermaphrodite, sterile, 5-toothed. Anthers tailed. Style of the disk-florets usually undivided. Achenes striate, somewhat compressed, those of the disk abortive. Pappus of linear rigid scale- like bristles, those of the female florets united in a long tube, jagged at the end, those of the disk-florets free almost to the base. Low, rigid herb. Leaves alternate, usually toothed. Flower-heads terminal or lateral. — Bentli. in Fl. Austr. iii. 533. C. centaur sa, F. v. M., Fl. Austr. iii. 533. A low, rigid, erect, branching herb, almost woody at the base, glabrous except for a little wooUiness at base of involucre. Leaves linear or lanceolate, acute, with a few acute teeth, contracted at the base, but the u])per ones sessile or slightly decurrent. Flower-heads terminal and sessile within the last leaves or at the base of the lateral branches. Involucre 4 or 5 lines long, the bracts very broad, the inner ones with short broad scarious tips, jagged almost as in Genlmirea. Florets yellow. Achenes rather long, but much shorter than the involucre, the tips of the pappus of the sterile florets slightly protruding. — Betith. I.e. llab. : St. George, Jos. Wedd. November, 1893. Order GOODENOVIE^. VELLEIA, Sm. V. COnnata, F. v. M., Fl. Austr. iv. l(i. G-labrous and glaucous. Radical leaves petiolate, obovatooblong and toothed or obloug- spathulate and entire, 2 to 3 in. long. Stems tall, dichotomous, with large, broad, connate entire or toothed bracts at the forks. Sepals 5, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, the outer one fully 4 lines long, the others smaller, usually connate at the base. Corolla 7 to 8 lines 79 long, the lower lobea not winged (or the wings destroyed in the specimens seen?), the upper ones winged on one side and slightly ciliate. Capsule about 3 lines diameter. Seeds about 1 line diameter, including the wing, — Fl. Austr. I.e. Hab. : Queensland, F. v. M. GOODENIA, Sm. G-. heterochila, F. v. 31., Fragm. iii. 142. ; Fl. Austr. iv. 71. Herbaceous, softly pubescent or villous. Leaves oval-oblong or lanceolate, entire or toothed, 1 to 2 in. long, contracted at the base, the lower ones not seen. Pedumcles l-flowered, axillary, slender, shorter than the leaves, articulate under the flower. Bracteoles none or very minute. Calyx-lobes linear or setaceous. Corolla under ^ in. long, the 3 lower lobes winged and truncate, the 2 upper winged, but with an auricle on the outer side below the middle. Dissepiment of the ovary very short ; ovules 4 or 5, large and flat. — Fl. Austr. I.e. Hab. : I have at times received fragments from tbe Gulf country, whicli may probably belong to one or other of the forms of this species. Order EPACRIDE^. Teibe STYPHELIE^. lErCOPOGON, E. Br. Xi. miCropliyllUS, B. Br., F'l. Austr. iv. 192. (^Perojoa micropTiylla, lav. Ic. iv. 29. t. 349. Peroa microphylla, Pers. Styphelia micropliylla, Spreng. Leucopogon denudaius, Sieb. Styphelia denudata, Spreng. Leucopogon fmternus, DC.) An erect or straggling shrub, with rather slender, often twiggy, branches, more or less pubescent. Leaves ovate- oblong, lanceolate or almost linear, obtuse, flat, erect or recurved, 1 to 2 lines long, or sometimes all under 1 line, very rarely a few exceeding 2 lines. Spikes terminal, very short, dense, and few-flowered, clustered so as to form little leafy heads at the ends of the branches. Lower bracts leaf-like, acuminate; bracteoles half as long as the calyx. Sepals about 1 line long, narrow, acuminate and acute or rarely almost obtuse. Corolla under 1\ lines long, the lobes as long as the tube. Anthers attached below the short sterile tips. Hypogynoua disk truncate or shortly lobed. Ovary 2-celled, tapering into the style. Fruit small, oblong, usually 1-seeded. — Fl. Austr. I.e. Hab. : Queensland, F. v. M. • Order ASCLEPIADEiE. Tribe CTNANCHE^. YINCETOXICITM, Mcench. V. pachylepis (n. sp.) A stout ferruginous climber. Leaves rotund-ovate, apiculate, the base prominently cordate, 3 to 5 in. long, 2\ to 4 in. broad ; petioles slender, 1 to 1| in. long, clothed as well as the principal veins with short brown hairs, the lamina nearly or quite glabrous on both sides. Flowers cream-coloure'd, fragrant, in pubescent, axillary umbels ; peduncle about 1 in. long, the pedicels not exceeding 3 lines. Calyx-segments much overlapping, very broad, nearly orbicular, 2\ lines long, glabrous inside, margins ciliate. Corolla 4 or 5 lines long, contorted in the bud, the lobes twice as long as the tube, thick, and more or less hairy on the inside. Corona composed of 5 free, oblong apiculate, glossy, thick scales, about 1^ B 80 lines long; anthers somewhat shorter, but the terminal membrane held in the little point of the corona scale at its back. Pollen masses oblong, glossy. Stigma minutely 2-lobed. Fruit not seen. Hab. : Kaincrunga, E. Cowley. Order CONVOLVULACEiE. Teibe CONYOLVULEiE. ERYCIBE, Eoxb. £. pauiculata, Boxl. Flora. Austr. iv. 411.; var. coccinea, Bail. Native name, " Nangbro." Bentham I.e. . says berry in the Indian specimens ovoid, above -^ in. long, not seen in the Australian ones. De Candolle Prod. ix. 4Gi. The berry is said to be black, the size o£ a small die fry. In Braudis's Florist Flora, p. 344, the berry is also said to be black. The colour of berry is very seldom recorded in the descriptions given of the species or varieties of this genus ; but in all cases where the berries of P. paniculata are spoken of they are said to be black, thus differing from the Australian plant, in which they ore, when fresh, described as of a pleasing cardinal red colour ; and they were quite red when they reached my- hands. In form oval, about \ to nearly f in. long; rather fleshy, containing a single seed. Hab. : I am indebted to Miss Cowley, of Kamerunga, for the ripe fruit of the above plant, which she says is of a pleasing cardinal red in February. The above name is recommended to distinguish the Austi-alian from any of the Indian forms. IPOMiEA, Linn. Sebies Specios^. J. Bluelleri, Benth., Fl. Austr. iv. 423. A glabrous, rather slender twiner. Leaves on rather long petioles, very broadly cordate- ovate, obtuse, with rounded basal auricles, entire, 1 to 2 in. long. Peduncles shorter or at length longer than the petioles, bearing 1 to 3 flowers on very short pedicels. Bracts very small. Sepals broad, obtuse, or scarcely acuminate, 4 to 5 lines long. Corolla apparently pink, rather above 1 in. long. Capsule globular, smooth, as long as the calyx. Seeds villous, nearly allied to /. sepiaria, but the flowers are smaller and the seeds villous. — Fl. Austr. I.e. Hab. : Queensland, F. v. M. Order SOLANACE^. SOLANUM, Linn. S. maCOOrai (n. sp.) Aboriginal name for South Peak of Bellenden Ker liange. A shrub of straggling habit, attaining from 5 to 7 feet in height, the young shoots purplisl), appearing glabrous, but with the aid of a lens seen to be more or less covered with minute stellate hairs. Prickles straw-coloured, straight, on the branches, petioles, midrib, and principal veins on both sides of leaf. Leaves ovate, acuminate, unequal sided at the base and tapering to a petiole of about 2 in. ; the margins repandly lobed. No flowers seen. Fruit solitary, on a peduncle of about 1 in., globular, yellow, about f-in. diameter. Calyx-tubo (as seen at base of fruit) with 5 blunt prominent ribs, lobes 2 or 3 lines long with recurved points. Hab.: Summit of soutli peak Bollcndcn-Ker, June, 1889. From the seeds I brought tD Brisbane plants were raised at Bowen Park. Thcso grew luxuriantly. 81 but have all died before producing flowers. The above fragmentary description has been kept back from publication in the liope that flowers would have been obtained from the plants in cultivation. These having been lost, an account is now given of the plant with the hope that some person visiting the locality may collect and forward to the writer a few shoots bearing flowers, or fresh fruits for cultivation. Order VERBENACE^. Tribe VITICEJE. CALLICAKPA, Linn. C. longifolia, Linn. From Dr. T. Gr. White, of Geraldton, I hear that the Javanese living in the Johnstone-River district make use of the bark of this shrub as a substitute for the Betel-leaf, when chewing the areca-nut with lime. The species has a wide range, being met with in many parts of India and the Malay Peninsula, besides Australia, and therefore it may be put to the above purpose in Java. Dr. Dymock gives the following quotation, when referring to G. lanata, Linn. : — " Aiuslie says that the bark has a peculiar sub-aromatic and slightly bitter taste, and is chewed by the Cingalese when they cannot obtain Betel-leaves." From the above it is probable that the bark of any species of the genus obtainable is used. It is strange that the Javanese do not make use of the leaves of • one or other of our indigenous Pipers, which, in form of leaf and habit of growth, rather closely resemble the Betel-leaf plant — Piper Betle. (P. Mestoni, of the Eussell Eiver, belongs to the same tribe of the genus..) Dr. Dymock, in his excellent work " The Vegetable Materia Medica of Western India," gives the following concise notice, extracted verbatim from " Dutt's Hindu Materia Medica" : — " The leaves of this creeper are, as is well known, masticated by the natives of India. The poorer classes make their packets of betel with the addition of lime, catechu, and betel-nuts." The rich add car- damoms, nutmegs, cloves, camphor, and other aromatics. Betel-leaf thus chewed acts as a gentle stimulant and exhilarant. Those accustomed to its use feel a sense of langour when deprived of it. The ancient Hindu writers recommend that betel-leaf should be taken early in the morning, after meals, and at bedtime." According to Susruta, it is aromatic, carminative, stimulant, and astringent. It sweetens the breath, improves the voice, and removes all foulness from the mouth. According to other writers, it acts as an aphrodisiac. Medicinally, it is said to be useful in diseases supposed to be caused by deranged phlegm, and its juice is much used as an adjunct to pills administered in these diseases, the pills being rubbed into an emulsion with the juice of the betel-leaf and licked up. Being always at hand, betel-leaves are used as a domestic remedy in various ways. The stalk of the leaf, smeared with oil, is introduced into the rectum in constipation and tympanitis of children, with the object of inducing the bowels to act. The leaves are applied to the temples in headache for relieving pain ; to painful and swollen glands for promoting absorption, and to the mammaty gland with the object of checking the secretion of milk. Betel-leaves, knov^n in India by the name Pan, are used as a ready dressing for foul ulcers, which seem to improve under them. In the Concan, the fruit with honey has a reputation as a remedy for cough. Sir James Emerson Teament says in his account of the island of Ceylon, I., Page 113:— "Every Singhalese carries in his waistcloth an ornamented box of silver or brass, according 82 to his means, enclosing a smaller one to hold a portion o£ chunam (lime obtained by the calcination of shells), whilst the larger contains the nuts of the Arcca and a few fresh leaves of the betel-pepper. As inclinatiou or habit impels, he scrapes down the nut, which abounds in catechu, and, rolling it up with a little of the lime in a betel-leaf , the whole is chewed and finally swallowed, after provoking an extreme salivation. No medical prescription could be more judiciously com- pounded to effect the desired object than this practical combination of antacid, the tonic, and carminative." Order CHENOPODIACE^. Tribe GHENOLEEiE. KOCHIA, Schrad. K. planifolia, -F. v. J/"., Frag m. i. 213; Fl. Austr. v. 187. An erect divaricately branched shrub of 2 or 3 ft., the branches and young foliage covered with a soft and dense woolly tomeutum, which wears off from the older leayes. Leaves oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse, contracted into a distinct petiole, i to ^ in. long, rather thick but flat. Fruiting perianth precisely that of K. villosa, glabrous or tomentose, the wing generally entire, membranous and attaining 5 to 6 lines diameter. — Fl. Austr. 1. c. Hab. : Queensland, F. v. M. Order LAURINEJE. Teibe PEESEACE^. EMDIANDRA, E. Br. "El. Sa