216 THE FLORA OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. 



3. T. villosa, Benth. — Tableland between the Upper Victoria River and 

 Hooker's and Start's Creeks, F. v. Mueller. 



Eryngium plantagineum, F. v. M. ; and Daneus brachiatus, Sieb. ; re- 

 corded from North Australia in Ifational Herbarium Census. 



EPACRIDACEAE. 



1. LEUCOPOGON^, R. Br. 

 (Perojoa, Cav. ; Phanerandra, Stschegl.). Beard Heath. 

 1. L. acuminatus, R. Br. — N. Coast, R. Brown. 



MYRSINACEAE. 



1. AEGICERAS, Gaertn. 1788. 



(Malaspinaea, Presl. 1830.) 



1. A. majvs, Coerfw.— Borroloola, G. F. HUl (583), 12/9/1911. 

 Recorded. Albert River, Henne; Port Essington, Armstrong. 

 River Mangrove. Poisonous according to Greshoff, Ernst and Radlkofer, 

 The bark contains a large quantity of saponin. 



PBEVIULACEAE. 



1. ANAGAXLIS, Linn. 

 (Euparea, Gaertn.; Micropyxis, Duby.) Pimpernel. 

 1. A. pumila, Swartz. — GuM of Carpentaria, F. v. MueUer. 

 Samolus repens, Pers. ; recorded from IsTorth Australia in E'ational 

 Herbarium Census. 



PLUlVIBAaiNACEAE. 



1. PLUMBAGO, Linn. 



1. P. zeylanica, Linn. — ^Port Essington, Armstrong ; Victoria River, 

 F. V. Mueller. Roots considered a dangerous irritant poison. 



Statice salicornicea, F. v. M. ; and .^Egialitis annulata, R. Br. ; recorded 

 from JSTorth Australia in ITational Herbarium Census. 



SAPOTACEAE. 



Many plants of this order yield Caoutchouc. 



Calyx-segments, stamens and corolla-lobes 5 or 6^ with small scales in 

 the throat of the corolla alternating with the lobes. No hypogynous disk — 

 1. Sideroxylon. 



Calyx-segments 6 or 8. Corolla-lobes twice or three times as many. 

 Stamens as many as calyx-lobes, with petal-like staminodia between them. 

 Seeds albuminous. — 2. Mimusops. 



1. SIDEROXYLON, Linn. 



(Robertia, Scop. ; Achras, Benth. ; Sersalisia, R. Br. ; Planchonella, 

 Pierre.) 



Seeds without albumen; cotyledons thick and fleshy. — 3. S. sericea. 

 Seeds albuminous; cotyledons thick and broad. 



Flowers sessile or on peduncles shorter than the flowers. — 1. S. 



Arnhemica. 

 Pedicels longer than the flowers. — 2. S. myrsinoides. 



