130 VEGETATION OF LORD HOWE ISLAND 



while a log of the timljer placed on the fire by accident will 

 render a house unbearable. Certainly the poetry of the charming 

 rambles in Lord Howe Islands is sometimes destroyed by ill- 

 smelling vegetation accidentally brushed against and bruised. 

 Cattle eat the leaves. 



COMPOSITE. 



Olearia Ballii, F.v.AI.— Ascent to Mt. Gower, on the faces. 

 Not lower than 1,000ft. above sea-level. 



Cassinia tenuifolia, Benth. — This plant is known as "Broom- 

 bush " or " Tea-tree." Cassinias are never known as " Tea-trees " 

 on the mainland. The silvery whiteness of the young foliage is 

 striking in appearance. 



Cotula australis, Hook. f. — Not in Hemsley's list. 



SoNCHUS OLERACEUS, Linn. — Not in Hemsley's list. I am of 

 oj^inion that it is indigenous, although I find that Moore {Rejoort, 

 p. 3) is inclined to a different opinion. 



EPACRIDE.ffi. 



Dracophyllum Fitzgeraldi, F.v.M. — The inflorescence is at 

 the end of the long spreading branches, and is erect, reminding 

 one of the habit of Horse-chestnut blossom. The colour of the 

 flowers is a pale flesh-pink. This noble tree is up to 6 feet iii 

 diameter. The timber burns well, but is not otherwise used, 

 fortunately, because it does not descend below a thousand feet 



SAPOTACE.S;. 



Sideroxylon Howeanum, F.v.M. (Syn. Achras Howeana, 

 /^.v. J/.). —"Axe-handle Wood," "Ivory Wood." An ornamental 

 small tree with foliage reminding one of that of a Camellia. My 

 specimens were not in fruit; the fruit is described by Mueller as 

 about an inch long {Frugtn. ix. 72). 



Genus 1 (Plate ii.) 



Blue Plum. — Following is a brief account of a fruit which 

 I inadvertently at first referred to Sideroxylon costattim, F.v.M.: — 

 It is not that plant, nor is it a plant hitherto recorded from 



