BY THE BET. B. SCOBTECniNI, LL B., F.L.S. 217 



Stercidia acerifolia, A. Cunn. 



Nothing can surpass the grandeur of a mountain when in the 

 month of November, clothed by this blooming Stercidia, its sides 

 seem all a-flame. The campanulate calix of a brilliant coral-red, 

 hanging in profuse panicles, imparts a red tinge to the whole 

 scenery. Some slopes of forest mountains at the head of the 

 •Logan where flame-trees predominate above all other vegetation 

 pressnt this magic spectacle. It is easy from a long distance to 

 see the red spots where, in the midst of dark foliage in the scrubs 

 of Wilson's Peak and its neighbourhood, the flame-tree presents 

 such a charming appearance. 



Stercidia riipestris, Ben*h., Fl. Aust. I., 230. 



To the scrubs, which for many miles extend along the ridges 

 dividing Dugundan from Fassifern, these bottle-trees give a 

 remarkable aspect. Their spindle-shaped trunks attain a great 

 height, quite in contradistinction to the short and thick bottle- 

 shaped trunk of the same Stercidia, which grows on the flats of 

 Northern Queensland, 



Soring ia platypliylla, J. Gra}^ Mus. Par. 



By the main road which from Nerang Creek leads to Talle- 

 budgera an isolated cluster of this Seringia may be seen growing. 



Taliace-e. 



Sloanea JJ^oolIsii, F.v.M., Frag. YL, 171. 



Judging from the amount of echinate capsules strewn on the 

 ground in the Tallebudgera jungles one is led to think this tree to 

 be very prevalent in the midst of that rich vegetation. Owing 

 to the want of flowers I should have been unable to identify the 

 species but for the kind assistance of Baron von Mueller. 



Zygophylle^. 

 Zi/gophyUum opiculatum, F.v.M., in Linn. 



