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2. D. indica, Linn. — ^Near Haast's Bluff, Macdonnell Ranges, G. F. Hill 

 (No. 201), 22/5/1911. 



Recorded. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; Upper Victoria 

 River, F. v. Mueller ; Port Essington, Armstrong ; Attack Creek, M'Douall 

 Stuart's Expedition. 



3. D. petiolaris, R. Br. — ^Melville Island, Gilruth and Spencer, July- 

 August, 1911. 



Note on specimen. " A single specimen collected also from Adelaide 

 River, but not forwarded." 



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

 Goulbum Island, A. Cunningham ; Port Essington, Armstrong ; M'Adam 

 Range, F. v. Mueller. 



D. Banksii, R. Br. ; recorded from North Australia in National Herbarium 

 Census. 



2. BYBLIS, Salisb. 



1. B.liniflora, Salisb. — ^N.W. Coast, Bynoe ; Hooker and Sturt's Creeks, 

 Upper Victoria River, F. v. Mueller ; Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. 

 Bown ; adjoining mainland, F. v. Mueller. 



PITTOSPORACEffi. 



Anthers ovate or oblong. Capsule dehiscent. Petals (except in Bur- 

 saria) erect at the base. 



Trees or erect shrubs. Petals erect at the base. Capsule thick or coriace- 

 ous. Seeds several. 1. Pittosporum. 



Erect shrubs, often prickly. Petals small, spreading from the base. — 

 2. — Bursaria. 



Anthers ovate or oblong. Berry indehiscent. Petals erect at the base. — 

 3. Citriobatus. 



1. PITTOSPORUM, Banks. 1788. 



(Cylbanida, Noronha., 1857 ; Glyaspermum, Zoll. and Morr., 1845 ; 

 Pittosporoides, Soland., 1788 ; Psevditea, Hassk., 1842 ; Quinsonia, Montr., 

 1860 ; Senacia, Comm., 1824). 



The trees furnish good cabinet wood, and the flowers of most are valuable 

 for perfumery. Several species contain saponin. 



Flowers numerous, small, in compound terminal corymbs, with the lower 

 branches axillary. — 1. P. melanospermum. 



Pedicels axillary, solitary or clustered, 1- flowered, the uppermost some- 

 times in a terminal cluster. — 2. P. phillyraeoides. 



1. P. melanospermum, F. v. M. — York Sound, A. Cunningham ; low 

 rocky hills between Victoria River and the Gulf of Carpentaria, F. v. Mueller. 



2. P. phillyraeoides, D.G. — Alice Springs, Macdonnell Ranges, G. F. HiU 

 (No. 126), 27/4/1911. 



Finke River, 8 miles N. of Alice Springs, Macdonnell ranges, G. F. Hill, 

 21/4/1911. 



Hermansburg, Finke River, G. F. Hill (No. 97), 16/3/1911. 



Northern Territory, G. F. Hill (No. 98), 1911. 



60 miles N.E. of Camp II., G. F. Hill (No. 283), 7/6/1911. 



Recorded. Upper Victoria River, and Sturt's Creek, F. v. Mueller. 



Poisonous according to Greshoff, contains saponin. A slender-stemmed 

 small tree, yielding a close-grained wood. 



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