440 CXI. PROTEACE^. 



Persoonia — contd. 



Section II. — Ambly anther a. 



media, R. Br. — Geebung. " Koom-barra" of Stradbroke 

 Island natives. Wood somewhat resembling English 

 Beech. 



cornifolia, A. Cunn. 



sericea, A. Cunn. 



Mitchelli, Meissn. 



fastigiata, R. Br. 



prostrata, R. Br. 



lanceolata, Andr. 



linearis, Andr. 



virgata, R. Br. 



tenui folia, R. Br. (Fig. 428.) 



Series II. — Folliculares. 

 Tribe IV. — Grevillee.e. 



Macadamia, F. v. M. 



ternifolia, F.v.M. — Queensland Nut. Edible; good cabinet- 

 wood. The leaves of this tree contain prussic acid. Nos. 

 429, 430, and 431 represent forms met with in Queens- 

 land which, though apparently distinct, do not in my 

 opinion differ enough to bear names even as forms or 

 varieties. 

 Lowii, Bail., Ql. Agric. Jl. xxvi. (1911) 127 = M. ternifolia 

 forma, Bail., Rept. Aus. Assoc. Advanc. Sci., vol. vi. 

 (1895) 374, Bot. Bull. xii. 15. — Maroochie Nut. (Fig. 



432.) 

 minor, Bail. — Smaller Queensland Nut ; very similar to 



M. ternifolia, but much smaller in all its parts. It is a 



small tree or large shrub sending up several stems from 



the base. (Fig. 433.) 

 Whelani, Bail. — Nuts contain a large amount of prussic acid; 



eaten after preparation by the aborigines, 

 prasalta, Bail. = Hclicia praalta, F. v. M. — Wood useful for 



cabinet-work, also for tool-handles and other purposes. 



Xylomelum, Sin. 



pyriforme, Knight. — Wooden Pear. Leaves contain saponin. 



Southern localities, 

 salicinum, A. Cunn. — Wooden Pear. Northern and Southern 



localities. (Fig. 434.) 

 Scottianum, F. v. M. — Wooden Pear. Northern localities. 



(Fig. 435-) 



