504 CXIX. URTICACE^. 



Ficus — contd. 



Section III. — Covellia. 



hispida, Linn. f. — " Wo-o" of Tully River and " Boombil " of 

 Johnstone River natives. 



fasciculata, F. v. M. — " Berdi-ga" of Starcke River natives. 

 var. ? subopposita, Benth. 



mourilyanensis, Bail. 



esmeralda, Bail. — " Pandara" of Cape Grafton natives. 

 (Fig. 491.) 



casearia, F. v. M. 



pleurocarpa, F. v. M. — " Kar-pe" of Atherton natives. The 

 fruit is prominently ribbed in a dry but not in a fresh 

 state. • (Fig. 492.) 



crassipes, Bail. (Fig. 493.) 



semicostata, Bail. — A very prolific fruit-bearer; receptacles 

 1-2 inches diameter, striped with red. The fruit, which 

 it bears in great abundance, is a useful food for many of 

 our native animals when kept in confinement. 



glomerata, Willd. — F. vesca, F. v. M. ; F. caudici flora, Sol. 

 MSS. and Banks's Journal (Hiern. Jl. Bot. xxxix. 

 (1901) 5). — Cluster Fig. " Moochai " of Cooktown and 

 " Parpa" of Rockhampton natives. In Bombay the sap 

 is a popular remedy which is locally applied to mumps and 

 other inflammatory glandular enlargements. Another 

 species of Fig was used by the Greeks, and is still in use 

 in Egypt, for the same purpose. (Fig. 495.) 



Subtribe II. — Euartocarpcce. 

 Cudrania, Trecul. 



javanensis, Trecul. — Cockspur Thorn. " Barra" of Brisbane 

 natives. Wood and bark yield a yellow dye. A useful 

 cabinet-wood. 

 var. Bancroftii, Bail. — Foliage variegated. 



Tribe IV. — Urtice.e. 



Subtribe I. — Urcrece. 

 Urtica, Linn. 



incisa, Poir. — " Cood-mo-ro" of Forest Hill natives. 

 *urens, Linn. — Common English Nettle. Europe. 

 Fleurya, Gaudich. 



interrupta, Gaudich. 

 Laportea Gaudich. — Tbe formic acid contained in the stinging 

 hairs of these plants has been used by the natives of 

 various parts where these trees abound to cure rheuma- 

 tism, often by only stinging the locality affected. 



