48 I'KOCEEDINGS OP TIIp: ROYAL SOCIETY OP QUEENSLAND. 



Ann. Rep. B.N.G. 1889-90, 106; Maid. Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S.W. xx^d, 540 ; Forest Flora N.S.W. ii, 3 ; Critical Rev. 

 Gen. Euc. iv, 11. Astrolabe Range (common). 



E, alba Reinw. Poplar Box, White Box of North Queens- 

 land. Maiden, Critical Revision Gen. Euc, iii, 97 ; E. platy- 

 phylla F. Muell. ; Bail. Rep. Visit B.N.G., 27. Port Moresby 

 (the common broad-leaved form) ; Astrolabe Range (leaves 

 much narrower, even to narrow lanceolate). This tree is 

 readily distinguished in the field bj^ its clean white trunk and 

 branches. 



E. clavigera A. Cunn. Port Moresby ; Astrolabe Range. 

 This Eucalypt is fairly common, and easily distinguished by 

 the blackish tessellated bark at the butt, extending for about 

 5 to 10 ft. up the trunk. 



E. papuana F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (i), 8 ; Bail. Rep. Visit 

 B.N.G., 27 ; Maid. Crit. Rev. Gen. Euc, iv. 196. Port Moresby 

 (very common). 



Family MELASTO^L\CE^. 



Otanthera bracteata Korth. Mafulu. 



0. setulosa K. Sch. Nacht. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzg. Sudsee, 

 327. Sogeri. The fruits are red and about 8 lines (1*7 cm.) 

 diameter. 



Melastoma polyanthum Bl. Astrolabe Range, and range 

 between Sogeri and Javararie. 



Osbeckia chinensis Linn. Mt. Warirata (Astrolabe Range). 



Medinilla Forbesii E. G. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc, n. ser., 

 Bot., ix, 55. Dilava. 



Family CENOTHERACE^. 



Jussiaea suffmticosa Linn. F. Muell. Pap. PI., i (iv), 60 ; 

 Bail. Rep. Visit B.N.G., 28. Port Moresby. 



Family HALORRHAGIDACE^. 

 Gunnera macrophylla Bl., var. papuana Warb. Deva Deva. 



Family UMBELLIFERJ5. 



Hydrocotyle hirta R. Br. Javararie. A common weed on 

 damp plantation tracks. 



