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Laportea- — contd. 



Section Sarcopus. 



gigas, Wedd. — Large Stinging-tree. " Braggain " of Brisbane 

 natives. Should be useful for paper-making. Have met 

 with trees having trunks over 10 ft. in diameter. The 

 dried leaves cause violent sneezing. 



photiniphylla, Wedd. — Shiny-leaved Stinging-tree. 



moroides, Wedd. — Stinging-tree. " Gympie" of natives. 



Subtribe II. — Procridece. 

 Pilea, Li nd 1. 



muscosa, Lindl. — Gunpowder-plant. 

 Elatostemma, Forst. 



reticulatum, Wedd. 



stipitatum, Wedd.. 



Subtribe III. — Bcehmeriece. 

 Bcehmeria, Jacq. 



nivea, Hook, and Am. — " Jalcan-jalcan" of Johnstone River 



natives. A useful fibre plant, 

 platyphylla, Don. — A useful fibre plant. 

 Pouzolzia, Gaudich. 



Section I. — Pouzolzia. 

 indica, Gaudich. 



Section II. — Memorialis. 

 quinquenervis, Benn. 

 Pipturus, Wedd. 



argenteus, Wedd. — " Thil-la-wo" of Forest Hill, " Koomeroo- 

 koomeroo" of Stradbroke Island, and " Kongangn" of 

 Rockhampton natives. 



Subtribe 1 1 r . — Panetariece. 

 Parietaria, Linn. — Pellitory. A European species is used for 

 placing in corn to keep it free of weevils, 

 debilis, Forst. 



Subtribe V. — Forskaleece* 

 Australina, Gaudich. 

 Muelleri, Wedd. 



Order CXX.— CASUAMNEjE. 



Casuarina, Linn. — Queensland Oaks. The word "Oak" is used 

 in Queensland for all species of this genus ; " Shea-oaks" 

 in the Southern States. It is derived from the sound 

 made by the passing wind through the slender branchlets 

 of the trees, and has nothing to do with the well-known 

 Oak-tree. 



