218 PLANTS NEW TO SOUTH QUEENSLAND, 



No more than a single plant was I able to detect on tlie edge 

 of Dugundan scrub. 



Geraniaceje. 



Erodium cicutarium, L'Her. 



Found in company witli Hypericum japonimim, Thunb., on 

 Tambourine mountain. This is another reason for supposing . 

 that the mountain is a natural habitat. 



Pelargonium aiistrah, "Willd. 



In crevices of rocks, bathed by streams ; this Pelargonium 

 grows abundantly near Wilson's Peak. 



EuTACEiE. 



Acronycliia melicopoides, P.v.M., Frag. Y. 



About the scrubs of Tambourine mountain, on the stony ridges 

 of Tallebudgera, I have detected the Acronycliia. It is remark- 

 able for its tri-foliate leaves, and for its acidulous and aromatic 

 fruits which are succulent and palatable in its wild state. By 

 cultivation it might be made an excellent table fruit. 



Ealfordia dnqnfera, F.v.M., Frag. Y., 43. 



In the stunted jungles, which cover the sandy shores near 

 the mouth of Nerang Creek, and the south end of Stradbroke 

 Island it can be seen very abundantly intermixed with some 

 Eugenias. The large cymes of white flowers which appear in the 

 month of Marcli, succeeded by dark red berries give it a beautiful 

 appearance. 



Ecodia accedens, Blume, Bijdrag, 246. 



On that part of Stradbroke Island, that is called Dunwich, 

 near the edges of those extensive swamps so rich in varied 

 vegetatior, it grows rather scantily, in company of what appears 

 to be a (^ ryptocarya perhaps as yet undescribed, but not recognis- 



