112 BOTAiJflCAL NOTES ON QUEENSLAND, 



very thin and light the wood is so tough that it will bear an 

 enormous strain. The tree goes by the grotesque name of 

 ''Dead Finish." A. salicina and. A. excelsa, are occasionally 

 seen north of the Burdekin, but the home of these species is the 

 basaltic tablelands, as I shall show when I come to speak of the 

 Queensland scrubs. 



Hovea longifolia, R. B. Not uncommon on the high lands 

 about Herberton. It is found everywhere in Australia and its 

 pretty blue flowers render it an agreeable addition to the dry 

 vegetation. 



Tephrosia purpurea, Pers., var. sericea. Almost as widely 

 distributed as the last. Herberton Ranges. 



Flemingia lineata. Roxb. An East Indian species common on 

 the banks of the Mulgrave, Barron, Daintree, Mossman, and 

 Endeavour Rivers. 



Vignea lutea, A. Gray. All along the coast. Found through- 

 out the maritime sands of the tropics throughout the world. 



CcEsalpinia nuga, Ait. Barron, Daintree, and Endeavour 

 Rivers. An East Indian and Chinese species. 



Berris uliginosa, Benth. Fitzroy Island, and other islands 

 northward, also at the mouth of the Daintree River. It had not 

 hitherto been recorded south of Cape York. Common in East 

 Indies. 



Crotalaria Mitchelli, Benth. Burdekin River, C. verrucosa, 

 an East Indian species which is found on the lowlands of the 

 eastern rivers as far south as the Mulgrave, and strangely enough 

 on the Wilde River, 3,000 feet above the sea where the flora is 

 sub-alpine. C. crispata, F. v. Muell. — Hitherto only found 

 around Carpentaria, Endeavour River. C. trifoliastrum from 

 Moreton Bay to Endeavour River, and very common. 



Cassia concinna, Benth. Mitchell River. 



