172 THE FLORA OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. 



Borroloola, G. F. HUl (No. 668), 8/11/1911. 



An Australian species of Buchanania is poisonous according to Greshoff, 

 but the principle is not known. 



B. obovata, Eng. ; recorded from North Australia in Nat. Herb. Census. 



2. SEMECARPUS, Linn. 

 1. S. Anacardium, Linn. — ^Port Essington, Armstrong. 



CELASTRACEiE. 



Leaves alternate. Ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule loculicidal, coriaceous. — 

 2. Celastrus. 



Leaves alternate. Ovules 3 or more in each cell. Capsule 1 locuUcidal, 

 woody or bony. Flowers in cymes. Stamens on the margins of the disk. — 

 1 . Denhamia. 



Leaves mostly opposite. Ovules 2 in each cell. Drupe indehiscent, 2 or 

 3-celled. — 3. Cassine. 



1. DENHAMIA, Meisn. 



(Leitcocarpon, A^ Bich.) 



1. D. obscura, Meissn. — ^York Sound, N.W. Coast, A. Cunningham ; 

 Melville Island (not Moreton Bay), Eraser ; Victoria River and Arnhem's 

 Land, F. v. Mueller ; Port Essington, Armstrong. 



2. CELASTRUS, Linn. 1737. 



{Catha, a. Don., 1832 ; Guevinia, Hort., 1845-6 ; Ori.ra, Thunb., 1783 ; 

 Semarilla, Rafin., 1838). 



Leaves ovate or eUiptical. — 2. C. Muelleri. 



Leaves linear or narrow-lanceolate. — 1. C, Cunninghamii. 



1. C. Cunninghamii, F. v. M. — Lat. 17 degrees. Long., 132 degrees 

 (about), G. F. Hill (No. 454), 7/7/1911. A tree 20 ft. high, and 3 in. in diameter. 

 'i& Victoria River, F. v. Mueller ; Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R 

 Brown. 



2. C. Muelleri, Benih. — ^Near Macadam Range, F. v. Mueller. 



3. CASSINE, Linn. 

 {Elaeodendron, J acq.) 

 1. C. melanocarpa, F. v. M. — Arnhem N. Bay, R. Brown. 



STACKHOUSIACEiE. 



1. STACKHOUSIA, Sm. 1798. 



(Pokiostigma, Schuch., 1853-5 ; Tripterococcv^, Endl., 1837.) 



Corolla-lobes oblong, obtuse. — 2. S. muricata. 

 Corolla-lobes acute or acuminate. 



Cocci obovoid or globular, reticulate. Corolla 3 lines or less. — 



3. S. viminea. 

 Cocci broadly winged. Corolla more than 4 lines, with filiform points 

 to the lobes. — 1. S. Brunonis. 



1. S. Brunonis, Benth. — Regent River, N.W. Coast, A. Cunningham. 



