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not nearly so abundant within the tropics as between Moreton 

 Bay and the eastern rivers as far north as the Fitzroy. 



Canavallia ohtusifoliay DeC. This is a South American, African 

 and Asiatic species (tropics) and is known all along our eastern 

 coast, tropical or not. From Cairns to the Endeavour Hiver it 

 is more constantly met with. Its trailing habit and pretty pink 

 flowers making it an attractive object. 



Gasirolohlum grandiflorum. F. von. Muell. This is the well 

 known poison plant which is so fatal to cattle and horses. 

 Unfortunately, it is rather common on the range between 

 Herberton and the Great Western Tin Fields, where in the dry 

 season cattle often die from its effects. It is also found on tha 

 Walsh Eiver. 



Acacias. I have found it extremely difficult to identify some 

 of the numerous species of Acacia for the various kinds graduate 

 into one another by such insensible degrees. The genus requires 

 a thorough revision, and then it is not too much to say that one 

 third of the present species will have to be rejected. The coasts 

 are much overgrown with thickets of A. jidifera or A. Solandri, 

 A. le])tostachya, or A. glaucescens, which seem to me to be all 

 varieties of one. A very broad leaved Acacia with phyllodia 

 from four to six inches long is found everywhere along the coasts 

 from the Burnett Eiver to Cape Flattery. It is the Acacia of 

 the North Queensland Coast. I believed it to be ^. diniidiafa, 

 but was equally inclined to cousider it A. polystachya. It was 

 very commonly associated with A. aulococaypa which occurs all 

 along the coast from Moreton Bay to Cape Tribulation, if not 

 further. Acacia Bidwilli is an unmistakable species, which is 

 found on all the open tablelands. It is particularly common 

 near Charters Towers, further south its place on the tableland 

 appears to be taken by Albizza basalt ica which in habit it some- 

 what resembles. The latter though a small tree yields a valuable 

 wood which is prized for stock whip handles. Even when cut 



