332 Miscellaneous. 



so densely clothes the sides of the ranges. My friend the Barou 

 F. von Mueller informs me this plant is quite new to science. 



I collected the following species in the Herbert-River district : — 



Ptycliosperma AJexandne. This species grows much taller and 

 thinner than the same(?) species further south. The southern limit 

 is, I believe, Rockhampton (although an allied species is found near 

 Toowomba, in the Brisbane district). The seeds also are very much 

 smaller, and of a bright red, oval and pointed. 



Kentia Wentlandtiana (?), A species easily distinguished from 

 others in the district by the blunt serrated tips of the pinnae, and 

 broad fan-shaped terminal pinnae of the fronds. It grows within 

 the influence of the tide in almost salt water, on the margins of 

 rivers and creeks near the sea, but is also found in the deep ravines 

 of the mountains. 



Kentia Cunninrjhami. I find no difference between this plant and 

 the " bungalow palm " of the Illawarra district. 



Livistonia, sp. (Jiumilis ?). A species resembling our New-South- 

 Wales Corypha australis. The fruits are round, plum-coloured when 

 ripe. Grows on the tops of stony ridges, and seldom exceeds 15 feet 

 in height. 



Livistonia., sp. A distinct palm from any of the foregoing, found 

 growing within the influence of salt water. Fruit black, round. 

 Species not yet determined. 



Calamus of three distinct species abound in the scrubs, some 

 gro"v\dug to an incredible length, often 400 to 500 yards. One of 

 the largest species, when old and blackened by the effects of decaying 

 vegetation, is much sought after for walking-sticks. The other two 

 species are thin wiry kinds, about half an inch in diameter at most, 

 and not unfrequently used by the natives for ties ifec. Both species 

 are distinct from C. australis of the New-South-AVales brushes. 



Of Cycadaceae I found 6 species, of which 3 belong to the genus 

 Cycas, 1 to Bowenia, and 4 to Macrozamia. Macrozamia Denisonii 

 (Lepidozamia Peroffshyana, Kegel) grows to a great height in that 

 district, some attaining to 20 feet. I find it mentioned by Mr. W. 

 Hill as Catalidozamia Hopei. I am afraid there is very little 

 difference, if any, between these two plants. I have them both 

 growing under glass, and have also examined them in their native 

 habitat. 



Of Pandanus I noticed three species — two very closely allied, dif- 

 fering slightly in form of growth, but chiefly in the colour of the 

 ripe seed (which is bright yellow in one), and in the shape of the 

 fruits (which, however, vary much in both). The third species is 

 found only in the damp gullies of the ranges ; and is distinguished 

 by the great length of its narrow drooping leaves, which are often 

 ten feet in length. It is of a trailing habit, the stem about 3 or 4 

 inches in diameter and frequently 10 or 12 long, recumbent, usually 

 over dead logs, trunks of trees, »fec. Seeds small, yellow, and quite 

 distinct in shape, few, scattered, sometimes only one or two on a 

 " cone." 



