XXV. LINE^E.— XXVI. MALPIGHIACE^. 69 



Elseocarpus — con tt) ■ 



Bancroftii, F. v. M. et Bail — Johnstone River Almond. Bony- 

 heart or Ebony-heart of Cairns. The seed has an agree- 

 able flavour and is eaten by the settlers. (Fig. 51.) 



Series II.— DISCIFLOR.E. 

 Alliance VII.— GER AN I ALES. 



Order XXV.— LXNE^. 



Tribe I. — Euline^e. 

 Linum, Linn. 



*usitatissimum, Linn. — The common Flax; a native of South- 

 eastern Europe and Asia Minor; contains prussic acid, 

 marginale, A. Cunn. 

 susedsefolium, Planch. 



*gallicum, Linn.— French or Yellow Flax. Mediterranean 

 Regions. 

 '''Reinwardtia, Dun. 



trigyna, Planch. = Liuuin trigynuui, Roxb. — East Indies. 



Tribe II. — Hugonie/E. 

 Hugonia, Linn. 



Tenkinsii. F. v. M. = Durandca Jcnkiusii, Staph. ; Hk., Ic. 

 PI. under Tab. 2822. — " Katakarkal " of Tully River 

 natives, who use the hooked tendrils as fish-hooks. (Fig. 

 53-) 



Tribe III. — Erythroxyle^e. 

 Erythroxylon, Linn. 



australe, F. v. M. — " Moolkellam" of Rockhampton natives. 

 Bark yields a brownish-yellow dye. Leaves contain 

 coca-tannic acid, 

 ellipticum, R. Br. — A valuable cabinet-wood, of a reddish- 

 brown, close-grained and nicely marked. 



Order XXVX.-MALPIGHIACE.ffi. 



Tribe I. — Banisterie^. 



Ryssopterys, Bluine. 



timorensis, Bluine. (Fig. 55.) 



Tribe II. — Hire.e. 

 Tristellateia, Thouars. 



australasica, A. Rich. 



