CXXIV. CYCADACE^E. 513 



Araucaria — contd. 



Cunninghamii — contd. 



forma glauca, Bail. = A. glauca, Antoine. — A native of 

 the islands off our N.E. coast ; differs from the normal 

 tree in its sometimes glaucous colour. 

 Bidwilli, Hook. — Bunya-bunya Pine ; from the native name 

 " Bon-ye," " Bon-yer," or " Bon-yee." " Ki-gera" of 

 Cardwell natives (R.B.H.). This grand Conifer was 

 originally discovered by Mr. Andrew Petrie. 



Order CXXIV.— CYC ADAGES. 



(The roots of plants of this Order are gatherers of nitrogen.) 



Tribe I. — Cycade.e. 

 Cycas, Linn. 



media, R. Br. — " Kammama " of Atherton, " Ma-ra " of 

 Bloomfield, " Bodell " of Cairns, " Nijar " of Cape Graf- 

 ton, " Baven" of Rockhampton, " Kimalo" of Tully 

 River, and " Ba-dur" of Cooktown natives. " Bun-jin-oo" 

 of Cardwell natives (R.B.H.). 



Xormanbyana, F. v. M. — Curly Pine Palm. 



Cairnsiana, F. v. M. 



Kennedyana, F. v. M. 



Rumphii, Miq. = C. ScratcJilcyana, F. v. M. — The Director, 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England, informs me 

 that specimens of this plant collected at Cape York in 

 1864 were forwarded to the Kew Herbarium by Mr. 

 Walter Hill in 1881. 



Tribe II. — Encephalarte.e. 

 Macrozamia, Miq. = Encephalartos, Lehm. — " Rickets " plants, 



all supposed poisonous to stock (see Bail., Ol. Agric. Jl. 



ii. (1898), 131, tab. xv.; Lauterer, Proc. Roy. Soc. O. 



xiv. (1899), 5). 

 platyrhachis, Bail. — This was said by Mr. H. C. Brock- 



Hollingshead not to produce "rickets" in stock; but 



during the present year Mr. G. D. Logan sends me word 



that many stock suffer with the disease from eating 



this plant. (Fig. 517.) 

 spiralis, Miq. — Xative Pineapple. 

 Paulo-Gulielmi, F. v. M. 

 Miquelii, F. v. M. = M. Mackenzii, Hort. Gard. Chron. 1877 



(1), 665, Fig. 109. "Banga" of Rockhampton natives. 



Under the name of " Banga," the wool or dense down 



covering the bottom of the petioles is used for stuffing 



pillows. 

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