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28. Cedrela Toona, 7oxd., N.O., Meliacez, (Syn. C. australzs, 
F.v.M.); B.FI., i., 387. C. australis in Muell. Cens., p. 9. 
“Ordinary Cedar.” Called “ Polai” by the aboriginals of Northern 
New South Wales; ‘‘ Mumin,” or ‘“‘Mugurpul,” by those about Brisbane ; 
and ‘*‘ Woota’’ by those about Wide Bay, Queensland. 
The leaves are used to feed cattle in India. (Gamble.) It 
should be observed, however, that Baron Mueller differs from 
Bentham in considering the Australian “Cedar ”’ specifically dis- 
tinct from the “‘Toon”’ of India. In any case the trees are so 
closely related that any property possessed by the one is shared 
by the other. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
29. Claytonia polyandra, #.v.47,,N.O., Portulacez, (Syn. Zalinum 
polyandrum, Hook.); B.FI., i., 172. 
* Coonda”’ of the aboriginals about Shark’s Bay, Western Australia. 
Sheep can largely feed on this succulent shrub for a consider- 
able time without drinking water. (Mueller and Forrest, P/anés 
Indigenous about Shark’s Bay, W.A., 1883.) The same obser- 
vation is doubtless true of the other C/ayfonias, and also of the 
closely related Portulaca oleracea, the common Purslane. 
Interior of New South Wales, South-Western and Northern 
Australia. 
30. Chionanthus ramifiora, 7oxd., N.O., Jasminez, (Syn. C. 
effusifiora, F.v.M.; Linoctera effustfiora, F.v.M.; ZL. ramt- 
fora, DC.; Mayepea ramifiora, F.v.M.); B.FI., iv., 301. 
Mayepea ramifiora, ¥.v.M., in Muell. Cens., p. 92. 
The fruit of this plant is the food of the jagged-tailed bower- 
bird (Preonodura Newtontana). (Bailey.) This observation is 
interesting, and is the more valuable in that the vegetable foods 
of our indigenous fauna have very rarely been botanically deter- 
mined. This plant is not endemic in Australia. 
Queensland. 
31. Claytonia (Calandrinia) Balonnensis, or balonensis, Zzxd/., 
N.O., Portulacee; B.Fl., i., 172. 
