INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN VEGETABLE PRODUCTS. 191 



*1. Podoearpus cupressince, var. imhricata. BL, Resin. Oudemans, 

 Berichte, vii. 1122, 1125 ; Liehig's Annalen, clxx. 213; 

 Watts' Diet., viii. [2] 16.57. 



CYCADEiE. 



Macrozamia spiralis. Miq. (Syn. " Encep>halartos spiralis 

 Lehm.) (" Burrawang.") 

 1. " On Macrozamia spirahs, with figs. F. Milford, Froc. E.^., 

 KS.W., 1876, 295. 



ORCHIDEiE. 



1. Sturniia (Liparts) re/lexa, F. v. M. 



1. Dendrohium Kingia^ium, Bidwill. 



1. D. lingiueforine, Swartz. 



1. D. Hillii. (I do not know what plant is intended by this 

 obsolete name. D. Hillii^ F. v. M. = Sarcochihcs Hillii, 

 F. V. M., while D. Hillii. Hook, is a slight var. of D. 

 speciosum, Sm., the "Rock-lily." The present is a suitable 

 occasion to point out the unwisdom of omitting authors' 

 names with specific names. The author's name is, in fact, 

 part and parcel of the species name.) 

 " On the Ashes of some Epiphytic Orchids." W. A. Dixon, 

 Proc. E.S., N.S.W. 1882, 175. 



DIOSCORIDE^. 



Dioscorea sativa. Linn. " Yam." 



In Watts' Diet., ii. 335, 23 per cent, of starch is given for this 

 species, while D. hidbifera, Forst. (merged in this species) 

 is only credited with 10 per cent. Pharm. Journ. vi. 23. 

 In Watts' Diet. (loc. cit.) full analyses of D. batatas are 

 given. 



LILIACEiE. 



Smilax glyeyphylla, Smith. ("Native Sarsaparilla.") 



1. Glycyphyllin. Glucoside of the leaves. Wittstein, 230. 



2. " Note on the sweet principle of Smilax glyeyphylla." C. R. 



Alder Wright, and E. H. Rennie, Journ. Chem. Soc. 

 xxxix. 237 ; Pharm. Journ. [3] xi. 808. 



3. " Glycyphyllin, the sweet principle of Smilax glyeyphylla." 



E. H. Rennie, Journ. Chem. Soc. xlix. Dec. 1886. 



4. Notes on the sweet principle of Smilax g/ycyphylla." E. H. 



Rennie, Proe P.S., iV.S.W. xx. 211. 

 *1. Smilax glnuca. AValt. Constituents of the rhizome. .Jolm 

 Blankenhorn, Amer. Journ. I'harm. May, 1879 ; Journ. 

 Pharm. [3] x. 204. 

 Phormium tenax, Forst. ("New Zealand Flax.") 



1. Further report on the chemistry of. A. H. Church, Trails. 



N.Z. Inst. vi. 260. 



2. Difference between New Zealand flax and flax and hemp. 



E. Fitzherbert, Bull. Soc. Chim. [2] xxi. 545 ; Watts' 

 Diet., viii. (1) 792. 



