170 THE FLORA OF THE NORTHEKN TERRITORY. 



Recorded. Water Island, Montague Sound, N.W. Coast, A. Cunningham ; 

 Port Essington, Armstrong ; La Grange Bay, Hughan ; Port Darwin, Schultz, 

 (No. 601) ; Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



4. E. australis, Boiss. — Victoria River, F. v. Mueller ; Nichol Bay, M. 

 Brown ; Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown, Gregory's Expedition. 



Poisonous to sheep. 



Var. erythrantha, F. v. M. — 35 miles N.W. of Lander Creek, G. F. Hill 

 (No. 379), 24/6/1912. 



5. E. Drummondii, Boiss. — Roper River, Bull Oak Creek, Gilruth and 

 Spencer, July-August, 1911. 10 miles W. of Eva Downs, G. F. Hill (No. 518), 

 19/8/1911. About 30 miles N.W. of Twitchera Gap, Macdonnell Ranges, 

 G. F. Hill (164), 10/5/1911. 



Recorded. Victoria River, F. v. Mueller ; Gulf of Carpentaria, Lands- 

 borough. Said to poison goats (Hill). Poisonous according to Greshoff and 

 Maiden. Irritant. Alkaloid, drumin. According to Maiden it has poisoned 

 stock in N.S.W. Caustic Creeper. It is used by the Queensland natives in 

 cases of snake-bite. The fresh milky sap possesses great healing properties, 

 and is in constant use by bushmen. Feeding tests carried out by Stanley 

 (Agric. Gazette, New South Wales, Sept., 1896), with this and the following 

 species, shewed that sheep could be fed on them without injury. 



6. E. eremophila, A. Gunn. — 10 miles W. of Eva Downs, G. F. Hill (No. 

 527), 19/8/1911. 



North Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, G. F. Hill (No. 618), 19/8/1911. 



About 30 miles N.W. of Twitchera Gap, Macdonnell Ranges. G. F. Hill 

 (No. 159), 10/5/1911. 



Recorded. Groote Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; Greville Island, 



Regent's River, N.W. Coast, and Goulburn Island, A. Cunningham ; 

 Victoria River, F. v. Mueller. 



Poisonous according to Miquel. Irritant. Caustic Plant. 



7. E. filipes, Benth.—BoiToloola., G. F. Hill (No. 605), 2/10/1911. 

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



maurice River, F. v. Mueller. 



8. E. micradenia, Boiss. — Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; 

 Port Darwin, Schultz (No. 545). 



9. T. Mitchelliana, Boiss. — MacArthur River, at Black Rocks, G. F. Hill 

 (No. 643), 22/10/1911. 



Recorded. Sweers Island, Henne. 



10. E. Muelleri, Boiss.— N.W. , F. v. Mueller ; Port Darwin, Schultz 

 (No. 439, 485). 



11. E. myrtoides, Boiss. — ^Near Haast's Bluff, Macdonnell Ranges, G. F. 

 Hill (No. 203), 26/5/1911. Lat. 19 degrees. Long. 132 degrees, G. F. Hill (No. 

 438), 4/7/1911. Hermansburg, Finke River, G. F. Hill (No. 53), 11/3/1911. 



Recorded. N.W. Coast, Dampier's . Archipelago, A. Cunningham ; 

 Despard's Island, Bynoe. 



12. E. pilulifera, Linn.— Boiroloola,, G. F. Hill (No. 796), 29/2/1912. 

 Native name, Werribee-werribee, cure for sores according to natives, cure 



for asthma according to whites (Hill). 



Pill Wolfsmilk, Caiacica of the natives in Brasil, Erva dosoobras (snake 

 herb), of the Portuguese. Acts as a strong diuretic, and is used in Brazil and 

 the West Indies for snake bite, and in the East Indies for asthma (Dr. Rosen- 

 thal). Used as a sedative in spasmodic conditions of thf> re^miTatorv 



