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Order CVIII.— MYRISTICE^. 



Myristica, Linn. 



insipida, R. Br. — M. ciniicifera, R. Br.- — Queensland Nutmeg. 

 " Kurroonbah" of Barron River and " Gooroombah" of 

 Tu'lly River natives. Wood of a pinkish-grey, easily 

 worked. 

 Dr. Warburg (Monographic der Myristicaceen) divides the 

 Queensland species of Myristica as follows : — 

 cimicifera, R. Br. 



var. typica, Warb. (Fig. 407.) 

 var. insipida, Warb. (Fig. 408.) 

 Mnelleri, Warb. (Fig. 409.) 



Order CIX.— MONIMIACEjE. 



Tribe I. — Monimie^e. 

 Palmeria, F. v. M. 



scandens, F. v. M. 

 Mollinedia, Ruiz et Pav. 



Huegeiiana, Tul. — Wood light-coloured, hard and tough, 

 angustifolia, Bail. (Fig. 410.) 

 Wardellii, F. v. M. (Fig. 411.) 

 macrooraia, Bail. (Fig. 412.) 

 loxocarya, Benth. 

 acuminata, F. v. M. 



subternata, Bail. — " Wonda" of Tully River natives. (Fig. 

 4I3-) 

 Kibara, Endl. 



macrophylla, Benth. — Wood nicely marked. 



longipes, Benth. — Wood straw-coloured, nicely marked. 



(Fig. 414.) 

 laxinora, Benth. 

 pubescens, Benth. 

 Hedycarya, Forst. 



angustifolia, A. Cunn. 

 Piptocalyx, Oliv. 

 Moorei, Oliv. 



Tribe II. — AtherospermetE. 

 Atherosperma, Labill. 



moschata, Labill.— Australian Sassafras ; is used as a dia- 

 phoretic and diuretic in asthma, and in some forms of 

 heart disease. 

 Doryphora. Endl. 



sassafras, Endl. — The Queensland tree, so far as known, only 

 met with near the border of New South Wales. 



