74 THE FLOEA OF THE NORTHBEN TEEEITOEY. 



1. C. angustifolium, R. Br. — Victoria River, F. v. Mueller ; Port Darwin, 

 Schultz (No. 5, 600, 696); Adams Bay, Hulls. 



2. C. uniflorum, F. v. If .—Five-mile Bar, Borroloola, G. F. Hill (No. 697), 

 20/12/1911. 



Coen River, Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; Sweers Island, Henne. 



3. C. venosum, R. Br. — Coen River, Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; 

 Sweers Island, Henne. 



C. flaccidum, Herh. — Recorded in National Herbarium Census from North 

 Australia. 



2. CALOSTEMMA, R. Be. 

 1. C. album, R. Br. — ^Turtle Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



3. CURCULIGO, Gaeetn. 



1. C. ensifolia, R. Br. ( Var. longifolia, Benth.) — Port Darwin, Schultz 

 (No. 781). 



4. HYPOXIS, Linn. 



1. H. marginata, R. Br. — Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



H. hygrometrica, Labill. — Recorded in National Herbarium Census from 

 North Australia. 



TACCACEffi. 

 1. TACCA, FoEST. 



1. T. pinnatifida, Forst. — Islands of the C4ulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown, 

 Swe6rs ; King's Sound, N.W. Coast, Hughan ; Sea Range and Victoria River, 

 F. V. Mueller ; Melville Island, Fraser ; Port Darwin, Schultz (Nos. 169, 195, 

 810, 832) ; Escape Cliffs, Hulse. 



DIOSCOREACEffi. 



1. DIOSCOREA, Linn. 

 1. D. sativa, Linn. — Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown; 

 Goulburn Island, A. Cunningham ; Melville Island, Fraser ; Port Darwin, 

 Schultz (No. 173) ; Port Essington, Armstrong. 



D. transvera, R. Br. — Recorded in National Herbarium Census from 

 North Australia. 



BURMANOTACEiE. 



1. Burmannia, Linn. — Radical leaves lanceolate. Flowers several in a 

 once-forked cyme. Perianth at least twice as long as broad. — 1. B. distieha. 



Leaves Hnear-setaceous, very small. Flowers solitary or few. Perianth 

 with the wings as broad as long. — 2. B. juncea. 



1. B. distieha, Linn. — ^Liverpool River, Gulliver. 



2. B. juncea, Soland. — Port Essington, Armstrong. 



ORCHIDACE.a;. 



Tribe I. — Anther lid-like, incumbent, usually deciduous. Pollen-masses 

 waxy, 2, 4, or rarely 8, without caudicles or gland. Epiphytes or rarely 

 terrestial with a creeping rhizome. — 5. Dendrobium. 



