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other trees more frequently met with were—Cedrela toona, the 
cedar ; Xanthoxylon brachyacanthum, ‘satin-wood,’ one of the 
most beautiful woods of the world; Geijera Muelleri; Alphitonia 
excelsa; Diploglottis Cunninghamil, the ‘tamarind ; Harpullia 
pendula, the ‘tulip-wood; Rhus rhodanthema, deep yellow-wood ; 
Eucalyptus pilularis and other eucalypts ; Rhodamnia tinervia and 
R. argentea, useful furniture woods ; Panax elegans ; Marlia vitiensis, 
‘musk-wood ; Olea paniculata, the ‘olive,’ having timber with 
a rose fragrance; Daphnandra micrantha ; Grevillea robusta, 
‘silkyoak ; Cryptocarya obovata ; Baloghia lucida, Norfolk Island 
bloodwood ; Araucaria Cunninghamii, Moreton Bay pine. 
“Among herbaceous plants, Aceena sanguisorbe and Hirbertia 
diffusa were noticed by the members of the Section for the first 
time, and the discovery of Pimela ligustrina and Pennantia 
Cunninghamii gave additional plants to the flora of the colony. 
‘*The mountain orchid, Dendrobium pugioniforme, and the rare 
D. Schneiderie, and others, viz., Bulbophyllum exiguum, and Elise, 
and Sarcochilus montanus were met with. 
“ A grass, Poa ceespitosa latifolia, peculiar to Mount Mistake and 
some of the New South Wales ranges, was gathered. Crypto- 
gamic plants, particularly lichens and fungi, many of which will in 
all probability be found new, were collected in great abundance. 
“Particular attention at all our excursions has been paid to the 
spread of naturalised plants :— 
‘Nasturtium officinale, water cress, is to be found in Main Camp 
Creek, near the saw mills at Mount Mistake ; Modiola caroliniana, 
a creeping mallow of America, at Rosewood ; Lepidium ruderale, 
an English weed of the cress family, was noted at Rosewood and 
Mount Mistake ; Cleomene pungens, the spider flower, at Rose- 
wood. ‘This plant is now being cultivated as a honey-bearing plant. 
Apiarists will be glad to hear of its naturalisation. Spergularia 
rubra, the red spurry, near Brisbane; Cassia levigata, at Ithaca, 
Lutwyche, Kedron Brook, Three-mile Scrub, and at Dinmore ; 
Bryophyllum calycinum, at Sandgate; Passiflora edulis, at Rose- 
wood, also at Mount Mistake; Opuntia vulgaris, prickly pear, at 
Sandgate, more especially, where some fine specimens of the 
skeleton leaves were picked up. In India these are utilised in 
the manufacture of ornamental articles. Ageratum Mexicanum, 
at Simpson’s Gate ; Xanthium spinosum, Bathurst burr, in many 
places ; and Xanthium strumarium, the Noorgoora burr, at Eagle 
Farm and throughout East Moreton generally, whither it has 
found its way, down the stream of the Brisbane, from its first 
