60 PROCEEDINGS OP THE ROYAL SOCIETY OP QUEENSLAND. 



Vittadinia brachycomoides F. Muell. Pap. PI., ii (vi), 10 ;. 

 Vic. Nat. Feb. 1885. Astrolabe Range. 



Blumea chinensis DC. Sapphire Creek and Mekeo District. 

 A very common climber. 



B. hieraciJolia DC. F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (v), 90. Yule 

 Island . 



B. lacera DC. Yule Island. 



Pluchea indica Less. F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (i), 10. Port 

 Moresby. A very common beach shrub with strongly scented 

 leaves and lavender-coloured flowers. 



Pterocaulon cylindrostachyum C. B. Clarke. (P. Billardieri, 

 F. Muell.) ; F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (iii), 43. 



AcanthospermumhispidumDC. Star Burr. Port Moresby. 

 The plant is a great curse in Tropical Queensland. 



Wedelia spiianthoides F. Muell. Port Moresby. A common 

 weed in open forest country and native gardens. 



Spilanthes Acmella Linn. Bisiatabu (Astrolabe Range). 



Synedrella nodifiora Gsertn. Port Moresby. A common 

 weed. 



Bidens pilosa Linn. F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (iii), 42. Cobbler's- 

 pegs. Port Moresby. A common weed. 



Crepis japonica Benth. F. Muell. Pap. PL, ii (vi), 11. 

 Bella Vista (ca. 5,000 ft.). 



APPENDIX. 



LORANTHACE^ RECORDED FOR NEW GUINEA 

 AND ADJACENT ISLANDS. 



By W. F. Blakeley (Botanical Assistant, Botanic Gardens, 



Sydney). 



Family LORANTHACE^. 



Elytranthe Blume in Shults f. Syst., vii, 2. 



Sect. ? 



Elytrantlie suberosa Laut. in Nov. Guinea, viii, pt. 4, 816 

 (1912). Dutch New Guinea, Biwak Hollandia (Humboldt-BaL). 

 Gjellerup No. 96, 30th April, 1910 ; No. 148, 28th May, 1910. 



Sect. III. — Amylotheca van Tiegh. 

 E. Hollrungii K. Sch. in Fl. Kaiser Wilhelm's Land, 

 105 (1889). Engl, in Nach. ii, iv, Teil. 126 (1879). Allied to 

 '^E. L.) didyophleba ; Ramufluss (Tappenbeck No. 69, June 

 1898). 



