71 G THE FLORA OF NORFOLK ISLAND, 



Euphorbia ohliqua, a remarkable shrub, forms copses, attaining, when shaded 

 by trees, to 15 feet in height, and 2 feet in circumference" (Backhouse, 270). 



I did not come across it. It has probably been much destroyed. 



102. E. GLAUCA, Forst., Prod. 208; Endl., Prod. Norf. 145. 

 See also Hook., Hdbk. Fl.N.Z. p. 248. 



A neat shrub found by Mr. Boorman and myself on the beach 

 at Ball's Bay. The leaves somewhat resemble those of an 

 Oleander. 



103. Euphorbia Norfolkiana, Boissier in DC, Prod. xv. 110. 

 "In insula Norfolk (Backhouse! A. Cunn. in h. Kew. F. 



Bauer in h. Yindob.!). Euphorbia tannensis, Spreng., Syst. iii. 791. 



An erect plant synonymous with Croton ehttioides, Forst., is 

 stated by Boissier to occur on Norfolk Island. There is in Forst. 

 Prod. 521 a "Euphorbia Norfolcise insula." 



Prof. Tate {op. cit. p. 217) says that E. Norfolkiana and E. 

 tayinensis are identical. I do not know^ on what authority. I 

 did not collect the plant. 



104. E. Sparmanni, Boissier. — First recorded from the Island 

 by Tate. I collected it also. 



105. Baloghia lucida, EndL, Prod. Norf. 143. 

 A manuscript says : — 



" The Bloodwood {Croton sanguisjluia) is of little value except for firewood, 

 but on an incision being made in the bark, a fluid exudes which is used for 

 staining furniture, marking the convicts' slops, etc., and it is a good tonic 

 and astringent. 



Allan Cunningham recorded this tree also from Phillip Island. 

 It is the commonest tree for Visciwi. The sap has been used as 

 medicine as an astringent. 



106. Ex^caria Agallocha, Linn., Endl., Prod. Norf. 142. 

 I heard this small tree called " Sapota" by a resident. 



I do not doubt that this is the plant referred to by Hunter 

 (p. 311) in the following passage : — 



". . . the workmen indeed had been often blinded for four or five days 

 together by the white sap of a tree, which getting into their eyes, caused a most 

 excruciating pain for several days. . . . One man was totally blinded 

 with it for want of making timely application to the surgeon." 



