22 MEMOIRS OF TEE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



There is no trace that I can find of the shrub growing close to the creek itself. 

 As far as I can see, the shrub has no seed, and I can find no trace of any seed. 

 It is about four to five feet high, and the blacks scrape the bark off with a sharp 

 stone and either pound it on another stone and then push it into the water, or 

 else, after pounding and bruising the bark, they put it in a grass basket and 

 drag the basket with the pounded bark inside through water and in five minutes 

 the fish are floating on the top." 



Its infusion, however, proved innocuous to test fish. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



"We desire to express our indebtedness to various donors and corres- 

 pondents receiving mention in the text of this paper; also to Professor 

 T. T. Waterman (Berkeley, Cal.), Messrs. C. Hedley (Australian Museum, 

 Sydney), L. Glauert (Perth Museum), and J. W. Beattie (Hobart), for various 

 information. 



Our thanks are also due to Mr. C. T. AVhite, Assistant Government 

 Botanist, for botanical identification ; and to the State Agricultural Chemist, 

 Mr. J. C. Briinnich, for placing at our disposal facilities for the chemical 

 examinations of specimens. 



