BY J. H. MAIDEN. 147 



Reef (mouth of Soldiers' or Deep Creek). The identical spot was 

 the rocks in the foreground of the photograph entitled " Mount 

 Gower from the Camp," facing page 18 of Wils. Rejj. The same 

 rocks are figured at Plate vii. of Etheridge's Report (Australian 

 Museum, Memoir 2) 1889. When I showed King the fern he 

 professed to know it and called it " Crimp Fern." It is an 

 addition to Hemsley's list. 



I propose to postpone consideration of the Mosses, Lichens, 

 Fungi and Algse of Lord Howe Island for the present. 



Timber-trees. — -The Hon. Bowie Wilson in his Report, dated 

 17th April, 1882, states (p. 2) : "None of the timber gTowing on 

 the island is of any value for industrial, economic or commercial 

 purposes, &c." This is a very sweeping statement, but even yet 

 we know but little about the timbers. The experience of the 

 islanders in regard to them is confined to those growing below 

 800 feet. No timber will last longer than 12 months in the coral 

 sandy soil; in muddy holes in stiff soil, yellow wood {Acronychia, 

 tfec. ) is very durable, and it is believed will last a life-time. 



Herewith is a list of the trees of say 30 feet and upwards in 

 height, and hence including all those which can form the timber- 

 supply of the islanders. A few others may be included after I 

 have made a further visit to the island. 



Lagunaria Patersoni, G. Don. 

 Melicope contermina, CM. et F.v.M. 

 Zanthoxylon Blackburnia, F.v.M. 

 Acronychia Baueri, Schott. 

 Dysoxylon Fraseranum, Benth. 

 ElceodendroJi curtipendulum, Endl. 

 Cupania Hoiveana, Maiden. 

 Sophora tetraptera, J. Mill. 

 Acicaly2)tus Fullagari, F.v.M. 

 Panax cissodendron, CM. et F.v.M. 

 Randia stipulosa, CM. et F.v.M. 

 Dracophyllum Fitzgeraldi, F.v.M. 

 Sideroxylon Howeanum, F.v.M. 



