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87. EusTREPHUs LATiFOLius, R.Br., (Syn. E. Brownii, F.v.M. ; 

 E. Watsonianus, Miq. ; Luzuriaga latifolia, Poir.), N.O. 

 Liliacese, B.Fl,, vii., 18. E. Brownii in Muell. Cens., 

 p. 117. 



This climber produces sweet though only small tubers, which 

 however are probably capable of enlargement through culture 

 (Mueller). 



Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. 



88. ExocAEPUs cuPRESSiFORMis, R.Br., (Syn. Leptomeria 

 acerba, Sieb. non R. Br.), N.O. Santalacese, B.Fl., vi., 

 229. Exocarpos in Muell. Cens. 



"Native Cherry." "Tchimmi-dillen" of Queensland aboriginals. 

 " Coo-yie" is another aboriginal name. 



The fruit is edible. The nut is seated on the enlarged succulent 

 pedicel. This is the poor little fruit of which so much has been 

 written in English descriptions of the peculiarities of the Aus- 

 tralian floi^a. It has been likened to a cherry with the stone 

 outside (hence the vernacular name), by some imaginative person. 



All the colonies. 



89. ExocARPUS LATIPOLIA, R.Br., (Syn. E. miniata, Zipp. ; E. 

 luzoniensis, Presl.; E. ovata, Schnitzl.), N.O. Santalacese, 

 B.Fl., vi., 228. 



Broad-leaved "Native Cherry," " Scrub-sandal wood." "Orin- 

 gorin " of the Queensland aboriginals, and " Ballat" of those of 

 Gippsland. 



The fruit is edible, being much the same as the preceding 

 species. 



This plant is not endemic in Australia. 



Northern New South Wales to North Australia. 



