470 CXVI. BALANOPHORE^.— CXVII. EUPHORBIACE.E. 



Exocarpus — contd. 



cupressiformis, Labill. — Cypress Cherry. " Por-nu-poy" of 



Mount Cook and " Tchimmin-dillen" of Stradbroke 



Island natives, 

 spartea, R. Br. 

 aphylla, R. Br. 



Order CXVI.— BALANOPHOREiE. 



Tribe Eubalanophore^e. 

 Balanophora, Forst. 



fungosa, Forst. (Fig. 457.) 

 forma extratropica, Bail., n. form.' — A more slender form 

 than the typical plant not uncommonly met with in the 

 tropical portions of Queensland. (Fig. 458.) 



Hab : Parasitic on roots of trees, Mt. Eerwah, N.C. Line 

 (H. Andresori) . 



Series VII.— UNISEXUALES. 



Order CXVIL— EUPHORBIACE^. 



Many of this Order yield Caoutchouc. 



Tribe I. — Euphorbie^e. 

 Euphorbia. Linn. — Fruit a Regma. 



Section L — Anisophyllnm. 

 atoto, Forst. 

 Mitchelliana, Boiss. 



var. glauca, Bcntli. 

 schizolepis, F. v. M. 



var. ? glabra, Bcntli. 

 Schultzii, Benth. 



australis, Boiss. — Mr. G. F. Leney, of Allora, writes me that 

 a decoction of this plant cured a very bad case of sciatica. 

 var. erythrantha, Benth. — Poisonous to sheep. 

 Drummondii, Boiss. — Caustic creeper; a well-known sheep- 

 poison. Used by the natives in cases of snake-bite. The 

 fresh milky sap possesses great healing properties, and is 

 in constant use by bushmen. 

 var. rubescens, Benth. 

 Muelleri, Boiss. 

 alsinjeflora, Baill. 

 Wheeleri, Baill. 

 carissoides, Baill. (Fig. 459.) 

 micradenia, Boiss. 



