132 THE FLORA OF THE NOETHBRN TEBBITOEY. 



1. D. cinerea, W. and Am. — Port Essington, Armstrong. 



2. D. Mudleri, Benth. — Arnhem's Land, Waterhouse in M'Douall Stuart's 

 Expedition. 



6. ERYTHROPHLAEUM, Afzel: 



{Fillaea, Guillem., and Pers. ; Laboucheria, F. v. M.). 



1. E. Laboucherii, F. v. if.— Newcastle Waters, G. P. Hill (No. 473), 

 7/7/1911. 



Recorded. Careening Bay and Vansittart Bay, N.W. Coast, A. Cunning- 

 ham ; Victoria River, Bynoe, F. v. Mueller ; Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, 

 R. Brown ; Strangways River, M'Douall Stuart. 



Poison-tree or Ironwood. Wood very heavy and dark ; used by the 

 natives for woomerahs and spear-points. 



7. TAMARINDUS, Linn. 



1. T. indicus, Linn. — On the cliffs at the entrance to Victoria River, P. v. 

 Mueller ; Port Essington, Leichhardt. 



8. BAUHINIA, Linn. 

 The inland species considered good food for stock. 



Calyx disk-bearing base very short, free part campanulate, deeply lobed. 

 Outer petals 5 to 6 Unes long. Pod 2 in. broad. — 1. B. Cunninghamii. 



Calyx disk-bearing base cylindrical, free part as long, divided to the base. 

 Outer petals 1 J in. long. Pod 1 to IJ in. broad. — 2. B. Hookeri. 



1; B. Cunninghamii, Benth. — S. lat. 18 degrees, long. 132 degrees, G. F. 

 HiU (No. 444), 6/7/1911. 



Katherine Creek, Gilruth and Spencer, July- August, 1911. 



40 miles S.E. of Newcastle Waters, G. F. Hill (No. 444), 10/8/1911. 



Recorded. Careening Bay and Vansittart Bay, A. Cunningham ; N.W. 

 Coast, Bynoe ; Oakover River, Nichol Bay, F. Gregory's Expedition ; Arn- 

 hem's Land, F. v. Mueller. 



Furnishes a heavy dark wood useful for many purposes. 



2. B. Hookeri, F. v. M. — Amhem N. Bay, R. Brown ; Port Essington, 

 A. Cunningham. 



Queensland Ebony. Furnishes a heavy, dark wood useful for many 

 purposes. 



B. Oilesii, F. v. M., and Bail ; recorded in National Herbarium Census 

 from North Australia. , 



9. LABICHEA, Gaud. 

 1. L. nitida, Benth. — Victoria River, Bynoe. 



10. PETALOSTYLIS, R. Br. 



1. P. labicheoides, R. Br. — Jay Gorge, Macdonnell Ranges, G F Hill 

 (No. 133), 4/5/1911. 



40 miles N.N.W. of Meyer's Hut, G. F. Hill (No. 233), 2/6/1911. 



Recorded. Dampier's Archipelago, Bynoe ; Nichol Bay, F. Gregory's 

 Expedition. 



Var. microphylla, Ewart and Morrison. — 40 miles W. of Lander's Creek, 

 Camp IV., G. F. Hill (No. 364), 23/6/1911. 



The stems and leaf-rachis of this variety are stouter, more rigid, and almost 

 spinescent, terete and covered by a dense hoary coating of hairs. The leaflets 



