COMMON TEEES IX RELATION TO AERIAL LIFE OF BEETLES. 37 



Family BORAGINBJE. 



(3) Cordia myxa Linn. 



A handsome tree with dense foliage. Leaves shining- 

 green, ovate, 2-4 in. long. Flowers small, in close clusters. 

 Fruit borne in great bunches, like grapes, round, whitish 

 to pink, -| in. diameter, soft and fleshy. 



This tree is met with in scrub lands, and is sometimes. 

 found cultivated. The masses of fruit remain on the tree 

 for a considerable period. 



Family LATTRINE.E. 



(4) Litsca fcrruginca Benth. & Hook. 



An upright tree attaining a height of 30 ft., in scrub,, 

 the branches with fine reddish hairs. Foliage dense, the 

 leaves glossy dark green, stiff, ovate, pointed at apex, rounded 

 at base, 3-6 in. long, brownish beneath and with fine hairs. 

 Flowers small, inconspicuous. Fruit small, oval. 



A common tree in the scrubs, and food plant of Anoplog- 

 Hdflius ijuurfiijatiis. 



Family PROTEACE.E. 



(4) Grci'iUca gibbosa Jl.liv. 



A small tree or tall shrub in open forest, ridgy country. 

 Leaves long, slender, lanceolate, 3-5 in. long, f in. broad ;. 

 foliage somewhat silvery, caused l\y a white dusting on the 

 leaves, the young foliage rusty or reddish. Flowers small, 

 in dense spikes 3-6 in. long. Fruit a hard woody nut, round, 

 compressed, fully 1^ in. in diameter, splitting when ripe 

 lengthways, and enclosing two fiat, broadly winged seeds. 



(4) Pcrsoonia falcata R. Br. 



A small upright tree growing in open forest, ridgy 

 country, with brown scaly bark. Leaves long, slender, blade- 

 shaped, 4-10 in. long, ^-1 in. wide, dull dark green. Fruit- 

 rounded, ^ in. long. 



Related to the Grevilleas and not unlike them in api^ear- 

 ance. 



Family EUPHORBTACE.E. 



(1) Glochidion ferdinandi ^Nluell. Arg. 



A tree sometimes attaining medium height, in or in the 

 neighbourhood of scrubs, the bark brown and inclined to be 

 splintery. Leaves glossy and smooth, on short leafstalks, 

 ovate, from 1^ to 6 in. long by ^-2 in. broad. Flowers small, 

 yellow, situated on terminal branches between the leaves. 

 Seed capsule 5- to 7-celled, rounded, flattened, furrowed 

 between the cells; dark green. 



A common scrub tree. 



