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Bark said to be an excellent astringent, and to be used advantageously 

 in chronic diarrhoea and dysentery. Bark is used in tanning. Furnishes a 

 hard wood known as Iron Wood. 



ULMACEa:. 



Flowers polygamous, the fertile ones frequently hermaphrodite. 



Perianth-segments imbricate in the bud. Style-branches (or styles) 

 linear-oblong or dilated, truncate or 2-lobed. — 1. Celtis. 



Flowers polygamous, the fertile ones frequently hermaphrodite. 



Male perianth-segments induplicate-valvate. Style branches (or styles) 

 short, involute and persistent on the small fruit. — 2. Trema. 



1. CELTIS, TouBM. 1737. 



(Merteusia, H. B., and K., 1817 ; Momisia, F. G. Dietr., 1819 ; Sauro- 

 broma, Rafin., 1838 ; Solenostigma, Endl., 1883.) 



Leaves broad, strongly 3-nerved, scarcely acuminate. Cotyledons flat 

 or nearly so. — 2. C. phiHppinensis. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, the lateral nerves scarcelyprominent. Cotyledons 

 conduplicate. — 1. C. paniculata. 



1. C. paniculata, Blanco. — ^Islands of the GuK of Carpentaria, Hemie. 

 Investigator-tree . 



2. C. phiHppinensis, Blanco. — Near Head of Kilgour River, G. F. Hill 

 (No. 556), 2/9/1911. 



North Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, G. F. Hill (No. 635), 20/10/1911. 



Recorded. Clermont, Vansittart, and Careening Bays, N.W. Coast, A. 

 Cunningham ; Victoria River, F. v. Mueller ; King's Sound, Hughan ; Islands 

 of the Gulf of Carpentaria and opposite mainland, R. Brown and others ; Port 

 Essington, A. Cunningham. 



2. TREMA, Lour. 1790. 

 (SPONIA, CoMM. 1790). 



Leaves green and scabrous on both sides, sprinkled with scattered hairs or 

 nearly glabrous. — 2. T. aspera. 



Leaves softly pubescent above, densely velvety-pubescent or hirsute 

 underneath. — 1. T. amboinensis. 



1. T. amboinensis, Blume. — ^North Coast, A. Brown. 



2. T. aspera, Bl. — Simpson's Gap, Macdonnell Ranges, G. F. Hill (No. 

 131), 30/4/1911. 



Recorded. Victoria River, F. v. Mueller. 



Peach-leaved Poison Tree. Poisonous according to Maiden Principle 

 unknown. 



MORACE^. 



Tribe I. Flowers unisexual in dense spikes or heads, or crowded on or 

 enclosed in a fleshy receptacle. Stamens erect or shghtly incurved in the bud. 

 Sytles undivided or 2-branched. Ovule pendulous or laterally attached. 

 Embryo curved or straight. Trees or shrubs, with a mUky juice. 



Flowers enclosed in a globular ovoid or pear-shaped receptacle enclosed at 

 the small orifice by small bracts. — 4. Ficus. 



Male flowers densely crowded on a broad receptacle, females solitary. 

 Fruit an ovoid mass consisting of the consohdated involucre and pericarp, the 

 tips of the bracts alone free. — 3. Antiaris. 



