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A REVISED ACCOUNT OF THE QUEENSLAND 

 LECTTHIDACEAE. 



By C. T. White, F.L.S., Government Botanist of 



Queensland. 



(With Plate xliv.; 



In going through the Barringtonia and Carey a material in 

 the Queensland Herbarium, it was found that previous accounts 

 of the species found in Queensland of the former genus were 

 considerably in need of revision, and the following account of 

 the Queensland plants of both genera is offered in the hope that 

 it may prove acceptable to Australian botanists. The advisa- 

 bility of keeping these plants and their allies as a distinct 

 family from the Myrtaceae is now generally recognised. 



Barringtonia Forst. 



Barringtonia speciosa Forst. 



B. speciosa, J. R. & G. Forst., Char. Gen., 76, t. 38, figs. 

 A. B. & C; Benth., Fl. Austr., iii., 248; Bail., Queens. Flora, 

 ii., 666; F. v. Muell., Fragm., ix., 118; Miers, Trans. Linn. 

 Soc, Bot., i., 56, t. 10 ; Agasta asiatica, Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc, 

 Bot., i., 61, t. 12, figs. 10 to 16. 



Habitat. — Cape York, Dayman's Island, and Endeavour 

 Straits (W. Hill) ; Rockingham Bay (Dallachy) ; Dunk Island 

 (E. J. Banfield). 



The fruits are commonly picked up on the ocean beach both 

 in northern and southern localities. 



Distribution. — India, Ceylon, Malaya, and Polynesia. 



