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150. Eulophia venosa Reichb. 



Bell Creek, and between it and King Leopold Ranges (W.V.F.). 



Bulb sessile, large and white ; scapes erect, lj-3ft. (including 

 the raceme), leafless but bearing several bract-like scales ; 

 pedicels short, spreading, reflexed after flowering ; sepals 

 brownish-yellow, purple striated ; petals similar in colour 

 but broader and shorter ; labellum greenish at the base 

 with diverging purple streaks, gibbous, the margins raised 

 and appearing as short lobes, the upper broad portion flat, 

 with crenulated wavy margins and a recurved tip of a 

 pale-purple, the median line of the lower half trifuroated 

 from the base, and forming two lateral purple ridges, the 

 median line in the upper half whitish and papillose. 

 Among long grass in black boggy soil. 



DICOTYLEDONEiE. 



URTICALES. 



ULMACE^. 



151. Trema aspera Blume. 



Mt. Anderson, Grant Range, Fitzroy, Ord, Denham, and 

 King Rivers (W.V.F. ). 



From a shrub of 2-3ft. to a tree of 20ft., trunk to 8ft. ; diameter 

 6in. ; bark grey, smooth ; timber pale and rather soft ; 

 leaves from ovate and obtuse and under 2in. long to ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate and above 2|-in. long ; fruits black. 

 In sandy soil. 



152. Celtis philippinensis Blanco. 



Shrub of 3ft. or a tree of 20ft. ; trunk to 8ft. ; diameter 6in. ; 

 bark grey, smooth ,- timber pale, close-grained and fairly 

 hard. In rocky localities. 



MORACE^. 



153. Ficus nesophila Miquel. 



A spreading tree of 40ft. and giving off adventitious roots ; 

 trunk to 10ft. or more ; diameter above 1ft. ; bark grey, 

 smooth ; timber pale and not hard ; fruits white. 



154. P. puberula A. Cunn. 



Isdell, Sprigg, Charnley, Calder, Ord, Denliam, and King 

 Rivers ; Dillen's Springs (W.V.F.). 



A tree of irregular straggling growth, gi\'ing off adventitious 

 roots, from 25-40ft. high ; trunk 5-6ft.; diameter 1ft. or 

 more ; bark grey or brownish, smooth ; timber pale, 

 rather soft, but tough ; fruits yellow. Grows usually 

 in the crevices of quartzite and sandstone rocks. 



