198. .. AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
97. Petalostioma quadriloculare, v.42, (Syn. P. ¢riloculare, 
Muell. Arg.; P. australianum, Baill.; Hylococcus sericeus, 
R.Br.) ; N.O., Euphorbiacez, B.FI., vi., g2. 
“Crab Tree.” ‘Native Quince.” .‘‘Emu Apple.” ‘ Bitter Bark.” 
‘Quinine Tree.” ‘*‘ Muntenpen” of some Queensland aboriginals. 
The bark contains a very powerful. bitter, said to have the 
same properties as cinchona. (Hill.) Tenison-Woods, however, 
states (Explorations in Northern Australia): “It is usually 
covered with fruit like a small yellow plum, of eminently nasty 
taste. This is, I believe, its only claim to be called a “ quinine.”’ 
This surmise is hardly correct. ae) 
The stem-bark contains, together with the ordinary plant- 
constituents, a camphoroidal essential oil, and an indifferent bitter 
principle belonging to the glucosides. 
The ash of the bark (8.3 per cent.) contains, in 100 parts :— 
Sodium Chloride ae eee ase 2.94 
Potash ... aa aoe = aes 2.75 
Soda ... 25 Nae a eee 0.94 
‘ime? ’..: eae Saar! ae sv 90.28 
Magnesia Seah rere HE ee 1.43 
Alumina awe ae nee Ane 0.05 
Ferric Oxide ... xe ae ay 0.18 
Manganoso-Manganic Oxide... ws 0.46 
Sulphuric anhydride ... set oa 92 
Phosphoric pentoxide oa aa 0.56 
silica.7 5: ane oes a 2.21 
Carbonic Acid © a 
(Falco, in Watts’ Dict., vi., 1st Suppt. 904.) 
New South Wales to Northern Australia. 
40.33 
98. Piper Nove-Hollandie, 7c. ; N.O., Piperacee; B.Fl. vi., 
204. 
“Native Pepper.” ‘* Mao-warang”’ was an aboriginal name. 
An excellent stimulant tonic tothe mucous membrane. Used 
by Dr. Bancroft in the treatment of gonorrhoea, and other mucous 
discharges, with considerable success. This is one of the largest 
native creepers, the root being at times from six inches to a foot in 
