84 THE FLOEA OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. 



Recorded. Cambridge Gulf and Enderby Island, Dampier's ArcHpelago, 

 A. Cunningham ; Sea Range, Victoria River, and sources of the Roper, Wick- 

 ham ; and Alhgator Rivers, Gulf of Carpentaria, F. v. Mueller. 



12. O. mimosoides, R. Br. — Cadeening Bay, N.W. Coast, A. Cunningham ; 

 Victoria River, M'Adam Range, Fitzmaurice River, F. v. Mueller ; Islands of 

 the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown, Henne. 



13. G. Uvea, Ewart and Archer (Plate VIIl.). — Tall shrub, about 10-15 

 ft. Stems, pubescent when young, glabrous when older. Leaves simple, entire, 

 linear, tapering to a curved point. Very narrow margin recurved on the under 

 surface, 7-9 in. long. 



Racemes 4-5 in. long, a number together forming a terminal leafless 

 panicle. 



Flowers small and numerous, often two arising from the same point of the 

 rachis. Pedicel l|-2 lines long. Torus slightly oblique, gland not prominent. 

 Ovary glabrous on a short stipes, style long ; stigmatic disc lateral with a small 

 cone elevation in the centre of the disc. 



Fruit small, compressed, |-in. by |-in., beaked, covered with a dark brown 

 skin which rubs off when ripe leaving a rough light brown surface. Seeds 

 winged all round. 



40 miles N.N.W. of Meyer's Hill, G. F. Hill (No. 231), 2/6/11. 



30 miles N.W. of Charlotte Waters, G. F. Hill (No. 20), 24/2/11. 



70 miles N. of Camp IV., G. F. Hill (No. 231«), 28/6/11. 



The nearest affinitj^ appears to be to G. mimosoides, from which it differs 

 in the much narrower and involute leaves, shortly stalked ovary, smaller fruits, 

 etc. 



14. G. paniculata, Meissn. — N. Australia, Drummond, (No. 105), Preis 

 (No. 617), a. and b. ; Fitzgerald Flats, Maxwell. 



15. G. polybotrya, Meissn. — Glenelg River, N.W. Coast, Martin. 



16. G. polystachya, B. Br. — Providence Knoll and Eleven-Mile Creek, 

 near Katharine, Gilruth and Spencer, July -August, 1911. 



Newcastle Waters, G. F. HiU (No. 496), 7/7/1911. 



20 miles S.W. of Borroloola, G. F. Hill (No. 569), 7/9/1911. 30 ft. high. 



Recorded. Macadam Range and S. Alligator River, F. v. Mueller. 



17. G. pungens, R. Br. — ^W. Coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown, 

 Leichhardt ; Maria Island, Gulliver. 



18. G. pyramidalis, A. Cunn. — Regent's River, N.W. Coast, A. Cumiing- 

 ham. 



19. G. refracta, R. Br.—QO miles N. of N.T. Survey Camp III., G. F. Hill 

 (No. 401), 30/6/1911. 



Grows to 15 ft. Slender bush on sandy plains. 



Recorded. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; Cambridge 

 Gulf, N.W. Coast, A. Cunningham ; Cygnet Bay, Wiokham ; Victoria River, 

 Bynoe, F. v. Mueller ; Sea Range and Fitzmaurice River, F. v. Mueller ; Short's 

 Range, Newcastle Waters, RiUiart's Springs, M'Douall Stuart's Expedition. 



20. G. sirlaln, R. 5?-.— Henbury Station, Finke River, G. F. HiO (No 

 50), 10/3/1911. Near Ranges. 



Recorded. Victoria River, F. v. Mueller ; Islands of the Gulf of Car- 

 pentaria, R. Brown. 



Resin may be used medicinally as a substitute for pitch. The foliage 

 considered good fodder for stock in times of drought. Wood useful for staves 

 and caliinet wood. 



