"508 CXXI. CUPULIFER/E.— CXXII. CERATOPHYLLE^E. 



Casuarina — contd. 



Section I. — Leiopitys. 



glauca, Sieb. — Swamp Oak. "Billa" and " Wunna Wun- 

 narumpin" of Stradbroke Island and " Woongul " of St. 

 George natives. (Fig. 496.) 



lepidophloia, F.v.M., Fragm. x. 118. (Fig. 497.) 



Luehmanni, R. T. Baker, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxiv. 

 (1899) 608, tab. 47. (Fig. 498.) 



•equisetifolia, Forst. — The bark, according to Dr. Gibson, is 

 an excellent astringent, and may be used with advantage 

 in chronic diarrhoea and dysentery (Dymock). It is also 

 used in tanning. (Fig. 499.) 

 var. incana, Bcnth. (Fig. 500.) 



suberosa, Ott. ct Diclr. — The C. leptoclada, Miq., placed by 

 most authors as a synonym, is the monoecious form, of 

 which the only Queensland specimens I have seen were 

 some collected near Mooloolah Heads, in April, 191 1. 

 (Fig. 501.) 



Cunninghamiana, Miq. (Fig. 502.) 



inophloia, F. v. M. ct Bail. — Stringybark Oak. The hard, 

 dark-coloured plates of the medullary rays form a pretty 

 feature in the wood when used in cabinet-work. (Fig. 



503- 

 distyla, Vent. (Fig. 504.) 



Section II. — Trachypitys. 

 torulosa, Ait. — Forest Oak. " Boorooda" of Brisbane River 

 and " Koondeeba" of Stradbroke Island natives. (Fig. 



505-) 

 Decaisneana, F. v. M. (Fig. 506.) Figured from specimen 

 kindly lent for the purpose from the Muellerian Her- 

 barium, by Professor A. J. Ewart. 



Order CXXI.— CUPULIFERJE. 



Fagus, Linn. 



Moorei, F. v. M. = F. Carronii, C. Moore. — Negro-head 

 Beech of N. S. Wales. In Queensland of little value as a 

 timber, as the stems are so often pipy. (Fig. 507.) 



Series VIII. — Order of Doubtful Affinity. 



Order CXXII.— CERATOPHYLLEiE. 



Ceratophyllum, Linn. 



demersum, Linn. — Hornwort; a troublesome pond-weed. 

 (Fig. 508.) 



