644 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
34. Melaleuca linariifolia, var. trichostachya, Smzth, (Syn. JZ. 
trichostachya, Lindl.); N.O., Myrtacez, B.FI., iii, 141. JZ. 
trichostachya in Muell. Cens., p. 55. 
This tree is another of the Aelaleucas suitable for growing by 
sea shores, as M. Thozet has seen it growing in places bathed by 
the tide, and says that large saplings without roots may be trans- 
planted, and will take root. 
South Australia, Queensland and Northern Australia. 
35. Piper hederaceum, 4. Cunn., N.O., Piperacez, B.FI., vi., 205. 
This climbing plant is considered by a local bee-keeper to be 
very valuable as a honey yielder. 
New South Wales. 
36. Semecarpus Anacardium, Zizn.; (Syn., S. australasicus, 
Engl.); N.O., Anacardiacez, B.FI., i., 491. 
“ Marking-ink Nut Tree” of India. 
The unripe fruit, when pounded, is used in India in the 
formation of a kind of bird lime. (Treasury of Botany.) The 
leaves are used as plates in parts of India. 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
27 Typha aneustifolia, Linn., N.O., Typhacee, B.FI., vii., 159- 
“ Bullrush.” 
The spikes of this bullrush, or cat’s tail, were collected on 
the Murray River at one time, and sold for stuffing pillows, etc. 
This plant is not endemic in Australia. 
All the colonies. 
38. Vitis saponaria, Seem.; (Syn., Cissus gentculata, A. Gray, 
non Blume); N.O., Ampelidez, B.FI., i., 448. 
The natives of Fiji used this creeper for washing their hair to: 
destroy the vermin. The stem, especially the thicker part, is cut 
in pieces from a foot to eighteen inches long, cooked on hot stones, 
and when thus rendered quite soft it produces, in water, a rich 
lather, almost equal to that of soap. (Seemann.) 
Queensland; 
