BY P. A. o'SHANESY, F.L.S. 739 



species is perennial, and has thick, fleshy roots ; E. pilulifera is 

 now a well known remedy for asthma, and E. Drummondii is said 

 to be an infallible remedy for dysentery and low fever ; but it is 

 also said to have proved poisonous to sheep on the Barcoo. Of 

 the Acanthacece or Acanthus family we only found two very com- 

 mon representatives, namely Ruellia australis and Justitia 

 procumlens. Thymelacece are a remarkable Order in Australia ; it 

 consists of three genera, one of which ( WikstroemiaJ has but a 

 single species, (W. IndicaJ only occurring in Queensland and 

 New South Wales ; Phalaria, the second genus, has but three 

 species, which only extend southward to Rockingham Bay ; while 

 the third genus, Pimelea, is found throughout Australia as well 

 as in Tasmania, and 67 species are already described in the Flora 

 Austr aliens is. But though numerous in species the Pimeleas are 

 nowhere plentiful, and we were agreeably surprised to discover 

 three species in the Spz'ingsure district, namely Pimelea glauca, a 

 very pretty, white-flowered plant suitable for cultivation, P. 

 hacmaiostachya a beautiful, red-flowered species, and P. leptostachya 

 with small yellowish-green flowers. Except by the botanist the 

 last-named species would never be taken for a Pimelea ; it is said 

 to have been found at Rockhampton by Bowman, but I have 

 never seen it there. 



Of Solanacece we found Solatium ellipticum, S. stelligerum, S. 

 esuriale and another species which does not appear to be described. 

 It is annual, and seldom exceeds six or eight inches in height - r 

 the leaves are six to eight inches in length and three to five 

 inches in breadth ; flowers large, violet ; fruit large, green. 

 Nicotiana suaveolens, (native tobacco) and Datura Zeichhardtii or 

 Thorn Apple are the only other members of this Order we found. 

 The native Thorn Apple would be worth trying in asthmatical 

 complaints. We found Meliacece represented by Melia composita 

 or White Cedar, which is here a great favourite in cultivation ; 

 it is quite deciduous, and is one of our most beautiful flowering 

 trees. Flindersia maculosa or " Prickly Pine " and Owenia acidula 



