FLORA OF THE TORRES STRAITS. 437 
Epaltes wustralis, Less. 
A branching almost prostrate plant, common on wet land, 
flower-heads in the forks of the branches ; an uninteresting weed, 
Phacelothrix cladocheta, F.v.M. 
A small annual weed (F.v.M.) 
Rutidosis Brownii, Benth. 
A small more or less cottony plant (E. Cowley, 1893). 
Wedelia calendulacea, Less. 
A decumbent plant, with rather large yellow heads of flowers, 
W. urticifolia, DC. 
A rough plant of 2 or 3 feet ; a bad weed; flower-heads small 
on slender peduncles. 
W. asperrima, Benth. 
A bad weed, very harsh ; flowers often several together in a 
loose panicle. 
Emilia purpurea, Cass. 
A weak plant, flowers small, purple. 
Dr. Lindley says—‘“ Flora Medica ”—thbat the decoction of the 
leaves is used in India asa febrifuge. 
Stylides. (Hair-trigger-flower Family.) 
Stylidium uliginosum, Sw. One of the hair-trigger plants. 
A wet-land plant, leaves radical, scape erect, fipaeen pink. 
Campanulacee. (Blue-bell Family.) 
Lobelia Douglasiana, Bail., n. sp. 
A pretty weak-stemmed blue flowering plant, common on damp 
land. 
Wahlenbergia gracilis, A.DC. ‘The common blue bell.” 
Plumbaginee. (Leadwort Family.) 
Plumbago zeylanica, Linn. ‘Queensland leadwort.” 
Rare and poor, but on Goode Island very strong with unusually 
fine flowers. 
Sapotacez. (Sapota Family.) 
Lucuma sericea, Benth and Hook. 
A small tree ; Jeaves oblong, ovate, 3 to 44 inches long, coria- 
ceous, silky on the under side. Fruit ovoid, nearly 1 inch long 
seeds, one or two. 
Mimusops Browniana, Benth. 
A small tree ; leaves about 3 inches long, oval or nearly orbicular, 
whitish on the under-side. Fruit almost globular ; seeds, one or 
two, more or less compressed. 
