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438. Bnigm'yra gymnorrhiza Lamarck. 



Timber pale to brownish, hard and tough ; flowers pale 

 purplish. A "Mangrove." The bark contains 25 to 

 36 per cent, of tannic acid. 



COMBRETACEiE. 



439. Terminalia platyptera F. v. M. 



Goose Hill, Ord, Denham, and King Rivers, near Wyndham 



(W.V.F.). 

 An almost deciduous tree of 30ft. ; trunli to 10ft. ; diameter 



6-9in. ; bark grey, tessellated ; timber brown, tough ; 



fruits sometimes l]in. long and including the wings 4in. 



across. In sandy soil. 



440. T. volucris R. Br. 



Cambridge Gulf (A. Cunn. ) ; near Mt. Marmion ; Wyndham ; 



Ord, Denham, and King Rivers (W.V.F. ). 

 A deciduous tree to 30ft. ; trunk to 8ft. ; diameter 9in. ; 



bark grey, somewhat rough, but often smooth ; timber 



brownish, tough ; flowers pale-yellow. In sandy and 



rocky soil. 



441. T. circumalata F. v. M. 



A bushy tree of 25-40ft. ; trunk to 10ft. or more ; diameter 

 to 1ft. ; bark brownish, rough ; timber dark-brown, 

 hard, and tough. " Iron-wood." In poor sandy soil. 



442. T. bursarina F. v. M. 



Lennard, Barker, Isdell, and Hann, Charnley and Calder, 

 Ord, Denham, King, and Durack Rivers (W.V.F.). 



A tree to 30 or 40ft. ; trunk to 12ft. ; diameter 9-12in. ; 

 bark brownish to reddish, somewhat rugose and can- 

 cellated ; timber reddish-brown to dark-brown, very 

 tough, hard ; flowers pale-yellow. In the stony beds of 

 watercourses. The trees are oftener leaning than erect 

 from the impact of flood waters and debris. 



443. T. discolor F. v. M. 



Hearson Island, Nichol Bay (P. Gregory's Exped.) ; between 

 Lennard River and Inglis' Gap (W.V.F.). 



A bushy tree of 25ft. ; trunk to 8ft. ; diameter to Sin. ; bark 

 grey and somewhat rough ; timber dark-brown, tough 

 and hard, fruits ^|in. long, reddish-yellow or almost 

 purple, of a, pleasant acidulous flavour. On granite rises. 



