434 PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION D. 
Droseraceze. (Sundew Family.) 
Drosera indica, Linn. ‘“Sundew.” 
This species is found on the damp land. Mr. E. Palmer tells 
us that the plant is used by the young blacks to rub on their faces 
to make whiskers grow. 
Rhizophorez. (Mangrove Family.) 
Rhizophora mucronata, Linn. ‘Common Mangrove.” 
Calyx-segments and petals, 4; stamens, 8 to 12. 
Ceriops Candolleana, Arn. ‘Small-leaved Mangrove.” 
Calyx-segments and petals, 5 or 6; stamens twice as many as 
petals. 
Brugwera Rheedii, Blume. ‘ Red Mangrove.” 
Calyx-segments and petals usually 12 ; stamens twice as many 
as petals. 
Combretacee. (Combretum Family.) 
Terminalia catappa, Linn. ‘Country Almond.” 
A tree usually met with upon the beach, head spreading, leaves 
large, fruit eatable, yellow when ripe, with a somewhat fleshy 
exocarp. 
T. platyphylla, F.v.M. “ Durin” of the Flinders blacks. 
(E. Palmer.) 
A hoary shade tree, very plentiful on the island; fruit oval. 
Lumnitzera racemosa, Willd. 
A small tree found in company with mangroves ; leaves 1 or 2 
inches long, tapering to the base ; flowers scarlet, in dense racemes, 
sometimes few. (Hon. John Douglas, 1888.) 
Myrtacee. (Myrtle Family.) 
Melaleuca symphyocarpa, F. v. M. “A tea-tree ” 
A. tall bushy shrub, leaves 1 or 2 inches long, flat, many-nerved. 
Flowers in globular heads on the old wood. Found on low land. 
M. leucadendron, var. Cunninghamii, ‘“‘ Broad leaved tea-tree.” 
A tall shrub with very broad leaves. Flowers of one form, 
dark-red, of another yellowish. Usually found on swampy land. 
Eucalyptus clavigera, A. Cunn., 
Of somewhat similar growth to the Island Bloodwood, but with 
more spreading head. 
E. corymbosa, Sm.‘ Bloodwood.” 
The trees of this species are very stunted on the island. 
Tristania longivalvis, F. v. M. “ Buttercup tree.” 
The handsomest tree on the Island, and met with everywhere. 
Flowers abundant, yellow. 
