166 THE FLOEA OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. 



1. H. lasiogyna, F. v. M. — Port Essington, Leichhardt, Armstrong; 

 Port Darwin, Sohultz (Nos. 700, 742 and 692). 



2. H. sepiaria, W and Am. — On the beach, Port Darwin, Schultz (No. 

 746). 



6. PETALOSTIGMA, P. v. M. 1857. 



{Hylococcus, R. Br. 1873.) 



Fruit orange-coloured. Leaves pubescent. — 1. P. quadriloculare. 



Leaves nearly glabrous. — la. var. glabrescens. 



Pruit black and non-pubescent. Leaves pubescent. — 16. var. nigrum. 



1. P. quadriloculare, F. v. M. — Borroloola, G. F. Hill (No. 714), 

 13/1/1912. 20 miles W. of MacArthur River Station, G. F. Hill (No. 560), 

 499/1911. Small shrub. 10 miles N.N.E. of MacArthur River Station, G. P. 

 Hill (561), 6/9/1911. 



Small tree 15 ft. high. 



Recorded. N.W. Coast, A. Cunningham ; Islands of the Gulf of Carpen- 

 taria, Henne ; Amhem's Land, F. v. Mueller ; in the interior, lat. 20 degrees, 

 M'Douall Stuart ; Port Darwin, Schultz (Nos. 94, 298, 299, 447, 449.). 



Bitter Crab. Bark yields a brownish yellow dye. Ripe fruit said to be 

 a valuable vermifuge for horses. 



la. Var. gZofej-ascews.— Hudson Downs, G. F. Hill (No. 829), 5/4/1912. 



16. Var. nigrum, ^Ewart and Davies (Plate XVII.). — Pubescent. Leaves 

 petiolate, ovate, obtuse or acute -|- to 2 in. long. Male flowers in axillary 

 clusters. Perianth segments 2 to 4 lines long, silky-pubescent. Fruit black, 

 ^-inch diam., glabrous, seeds smooth, dark brown. 



Sandstone ranges, Borroloola, G. F. Hill (No. 708), 13/1/1912. North of 

 15 degrees, W. S. Campbell (No. 17), 5/9/1911. 70 miles North of Cainp IV., 

 G. F. Hill (No. 387), 28/6/1911. 



7. ANTIDESMA, Linn. 



Flowers inside, glands and rudimentary ovary in the males, ovary in the 

 females, pubescent or hirsute. Spikes paniculate. 



Female flowers nearly sessile. Perianth -segments ovate acute. 



Leaves rounded at the end. — 2. A. Ghaesembilla. 

 Female flowers pedicellate. Perianth-segments very broad and 

 obtuse. Leaves often obtusely acuminate. — 1. A. Dallachy- 

 anum. 

 Flowers in the interior perfectly glabrous. — 



Leaves |-to 1 in. long, ovate or obovate. Spikes | to 1 ia. Peri- 

 anth segments broad. Fruit small. 3. A. parvifolium. 

 Leaves ovate or elliptical, 1. to 2 in. long. Female perianth seg- 

 ments narrow-lanceolate. Fruit small. 4. A. Schultzii. 



1. A. Dallachyanum, Baill. — Port Essington, Armstrong. Herbert 

 River, Cherry. 



2. A. Ohaesembilla, Gaertn. — Careening Bay, N.W. Coast, A. Cunning- 

 ham ; Point Pearce, Victoria and Fitzmaurice Rivers, F. v. Mueller ; Port 

 Darwin, Schultz (No. 694, 748). 



3. A. parvifolium, F. v. ]\L — Sandstone Ranges, near Western Creek, 

 G. F. Hill (No. 771), 16/2/1912. 



4. A. Schultzii, Benth.— Fort Darwin, Schultz (Nos. 610, 743). 



