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distinet or obscure. Calyx-lobes about 1 in: long, the petals an 
Fruit globose, often large, the prey s seeds covered with a very 
juicy pulp, which is sharply acid o det 
ab.: This common plant of sia cht ad has strayed from cultivation and 
become Tisturalieed about Bundaberg.—J. Ki 
Nore.—Dr. W. Dymock, ae. a of W. India, heeds that the Arabs 
recommend the root-bark as being the caged athe Link of the plant, and a 
perfect specific in cases of tapeworm ; it is g in dec n, prepared with two 
ounces of fresh bark, boiled in a pint and a Si if of wate “ill ie mse rT RS of 
a pint remain; of wie ie cold a wineglassful may be dran ery half-hour till 
the whole is taken. This dose pamela rai the Metis a > litle, but par Hons 
fails to destroy the worm, which n after passed. 
The seeds of the p te are con mtr to be stomachie, the pulp 
cardiacal and stom: siti The root, bark, and rind of the fruit are officinal in the 
Pharmacopeia of India. 
Order SAPOTACEA, 
SIDEROXYLUM, Linn. 
Twah, Bail. Proc. Roy. Soe. of Ql., April, 1894. A medium o 
sae tree. I have o nly leaves, young fruit (probably not more 
oD with a dense ring of glossy brown hairs at the base, the rest 
part glabrous. Ripe fruit of a reddish purple, oval, but often v9 ee 
€ so as to become somewhat pear-s to 23 in. 
me Pena se i 3 2 seeds, the 2-seeded fruits much pe ino 
uit shaped erin a cowrie shell, from 2 to 1; in 
in Bitoad) the length of the 
+ Near Mount Eerwah, Field wigdldtes 24th March, 1894. 
Order APOCYNACEZ. 
CARISSA, Linn. 
&. ovata, erred to in D 
ae R.Br., var. stolonifera, Bail. Referred to in Dr. 
Thos. [, Bancroft’, er in Proc. Roy, Soc., June, 1894. This form 
touch = and fora fresh plants, thus one plant will 
th a low bushy growth a large space stems td 
d me) leaves Babe tur than in t oastal or norma 
er ore remarkable distinction is that while the 
Thos. L. Bancroft found to contain little or no 
the bark of this inland plant he found t 
bitter poisonous principle. 
“eat Dalby, Dr. Thos. L, Bancroft. 
