BOTANIC NOTES 



By F. M. BAILEY, F.L.S. 



[Head before the Royal Society of Queensland, November 17, 1894.'\ 



Having recently ^pent with, my friend, Mr. J. H. Simmonds, 

 a few days rambling through, the rich semi-tropic vegetation of 

 Emnundi, I have in the following notes recorded the parts 

 ■wanting in already published descriptions of a few species. At 

 the same time I have taken the opportunity to include the 

 descriptions of four new orchids which I have recently received. 



Order BURSERACE^. 



BUESEEA AUSTBALASICA, Bail. (Carrot Wood.) 



Inflorescence terminal, or in the upper axils, in pyramidal 

 or elongated panicles ; flowers in nearly sessile clusters, deep 

 red or purplish, when fully expanded scarcely exceeding 3 

 lines in diameter. Calyx-lobes green 3 or 4 orbicular. Petals 

 3 or 4 ovate, deep red or purplish, more than twice as long as 

 the calyx-lobes. Stamens 6, anthers yellow, filaments very 

 short. 



Order RUBIACE^. 



MOKINDA JASMINOIDES, A. Cwm. 

 The corollas of this plant are, so far as I have observed, 

 usually white, but here we met with heads of flowers which were 

 purple on the outside of the corollas. 



Order LAURINE^E. - 

 CINNAMOMUM OLIVERII, Bail. 

 The Sassafras-tree of the district. Inflorescence terminal 

 or in the upper axils, in loose elongated panicles to 8 inches 



