90 THE FLOEA OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. 



Note on Herbarium specimen from Mt. Lyndhurst, collected by Max 

 Koch :— 



" Cattle tree." Aboriginal name " Mandanorra." Blacks eat the fruit. 

 Good fodder, ornamental, 12 ft. high. 



Sandalwood. The fragrant wood has been an article of export from 

 Queensland for some time. 



2. S. ovatum, R. Br. — Arnhem N. Bay, R. Brown ; Port Darwin, Schultz 

 (Nos. 678, 714, 771). 



OLACACE.ffi. 



Tribe I. Olacece. — Stamens twice as many as petals, or fewer, or if the 

 same number as petals, opposite to them. Ovar^r often 2 or 3-celIed at the base, 

 1 -celled at least at the top ; placenta central, with 2 or 3 pendulous ovules. 



Calyx not enlarged after flowering. Stamens twice as manj' as petals ; 

 anthers oblong or hnear. — 1. Ximenia. 



Calyx enlarged and enclosing the fruit. Stamens 3 ; staminodia (in the 

 Australian species), 5 ; anthers short. — 2. Olax. 



Tribe II. Opiliem. — Stamens as many as petals and opposite to them. 

 Ovary 1-celled, with 1 ovule. — 3. Opilia. 



1. XIMENIA Linn. 



1. X. americana, Linn. — Ranges of the Suttor and Mackenzie Rivers, F. 

 V. Mueller. 



Contains Prussic Acid. The wood resembles English Box. 



2. OLAX, Linn. 



Staminodia undivided. — 1. 0. aphylla. 



Staminodia 2-oleft to the middle. — 2. 0. Benthamiana. 



1. 0. aphylla, JR. Br. — N. Coast, R. Brown ; barren stony ridges on the 

 Fitzmaurice River, F. v. Mueller ; Arnhem's Land, Leichhardt. 



2. 0. Benthamiana, Miq. — Bay of Rest, N.W. Coast, A. Cunningham. 



3. OPILIA, RoxB. 



1. 0. amentacea, Roxh. — York Sound, N.W. Coast, A. Cunningham ; 

 Victoria River, Bynoe, F. v. Mueller ; Port Essington, Armstrong ; Point 

 Pearce, F. v. Mueller. 



Cansjera leptostachya, Benth. — Recorded in National Herbarium Census 

 from North Australia. 



Birth wort. 



ARISTOLOCHIACEiE. 



ARISTOLOCHIA, Linn. 



1. A. Thozetfii, F. v. M. ( Var. angustissima, Benth). — Port Darwin, 

 Schultz (No. 547). 



A. Holtzei, F.v.M. (in Vict. Nat., 1893) and A.indica, Linn, (in National 

 Herbarium Census) recorded from North Australia. 



POLYGONACEZE. 



Perianth-segments 6, the 3 inner ones closing over the fruit. 

 Stamens 6. Styles 3. Stigmas fringed. — 1. Rumex. 

 Perianth-segments 5, nearly equal. Stamens 8 or fewer. 



