548 CXXXII. TACCACE.E.— CXXXIV, ROXBURGHIACE^. 



Tribe III. — Agave^e. 

 Doryanthes, Correct. 



excelsa, Corr. — The late Mr. Walter Hill reported having 

 seen a white flowering variety on Mount Lindsay, S.Q. 

 var. Palmeri, Bail. 

 var. Guilfoylei, Bail. 



Order CXXXII.— TACCACEJE. 



Tacca, Forst. 



pinnatifida, Forst. — " Be-ung-gal " of Bloomfield River, " Pe- 

 ang-gul " of Butcher's Hill, " L T ng-ke" of Morehead 

 River, " Niu" of Batavia River, and " An-tith-a" of Red 

 Island natives. Probably some of these names belong 

 to one or other variety, or perhaps only to a certain 

 part of the plant. The rootstock furnishes an important 

 article of food to the South Sea Islanders as well as to 

 the Queensland aborigines. (Fig. 533.) 



var. Brownii (Seem.), Bail. — Much smaller in all its parts 

 than the normal form. (Fig. 534.) 



var. aconiti folia, F . v. M. 



Order CXXXIII.-DIOSCORIDE.ffi. 



Dioscorea, Linn. 



sp., Bail ? nr. D. Kumaoensis, Kunlh. (Fig. 536.) 

 transversa, R. Br. — Yam. "Am-pu" of Red Island, " Kowar ?T 

 of Rockhampton, and " Guiaka" or " Gyaki " of Barron 

 River natives, 

 sativa, Linn.- — " Kun-janga" of Butcher's Hill, "Wi-ka" of 

 Morehead River, " Karro" of Mitchell River, and 

 " Tarm" of Brisbane River natives. 

 var. elongata, Bail. — " Wokai" of Cooktown natives. 

 var. rotunda, Bail. — " Kalkur" of Cooktown natives. 

 *bulbifera, Linn. — An ornamental species common in Queens- 

 land gardens and now often met with as a stray from 

 cultivation. Tropical Asia. 



Petermannia, F. v. M. 

 cirrosa, F. v. M. 



Series III.— CORONARIE^E. 



Order CXXXIV.— ROXBURGHIACEiE. 



Stemona, Lour. = Ro.vburghia, Jones. 



javanica, Kunth., var. ? australiana, Benth. (Fig. 537.) 



