LXXV. SAPOTACE/E. 305 



Ardisia. Linn. 



pseudojambosa, F. v. M . 

 brevipedata, F. v. M. (Fig. 276.) 

 pachyrrhachis, F.v.M. (Fig. 277.) 



iEgiceras, Gcertn. 



majus, Gcertn. — River Mangrove. Tbe bark contains a large 

 quantity of saponin (Dr. T. L. Bancroft). 



Alliance V I .—EB.EN ALES . 



Order LXXV.— SAPOT ACE M. 



Many plants of this Order yield Caoutchouc. 



Chrysophyllum, Linn. 



pruniferum, F. v. M. — Wood useful for bentwork. 



Lucuma, Juss. 



Unmackiana, Bail., Ol. Bot. Bull. iv. (1891) 12. 

 (Sersalisia) sericea, Benth. et Hook.- — "Mongo" of Mount 



Cook natives. A useful cabinet-wood. 

 (Sersalisia) galactoxylon, Benth. et Hook. = S. galacto.vylon, 



F. v. M. ; Bassia galacto.vylon, F. v. M. — " Murdarka" ; 



" Ngorbai" of Cape Grafton natives. Pencil Cedar of 



Cairns; an excellent cabinet-wood. (Fig. 278.) 

 Amorphospermum, Benth. et Hook. = Amor phosper mum 



antilogum, F. v. M. 

 chartacea, Bail. 

 obpyriformis, Bail. 



Sideroxylon, Linn. (Including Achras.) 



arnhemicum, Benth. et Hook. (Fig. 279.) 



Pohlmanianum, F. v. M. — " Arlian" of Princess Charlotte 



Bay natives. One of the best woods for engraving work, 

 xerocarpum, F. v. M . 



chartaceum, F . v. M. — " Moiary" of Barron River natives, 

 euphlebium, F.v.M. (Fig. 280.) 

 Brownlessianum, F. v. M. — " Wanakan" of Bloomfield River 



natives, 

 laurifolivrm, F. v. M. — Local name at Kin Kin, " Coondoo," 



from the Coondoo Mountain. The sweet astringent bark 



of this tree might be useful in throat diseases (Dr. Joseph 



Bancroft ). 

 australis, Benth. et Hook. — Scrub Crab-apple; Black Apple. 



A useful building wood. 

 argenteum, Spreng. 

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