BEEBEEIS— continued. 



buxifolia, Lam. ; sh. ; Straits of Magellan. B. 

 Darwinii, Hook. ; sh. ; Chiloe. B. 

 fasciculata, Sims ; sh. ; South America. B. 

 Eortunii, Lindl. ; sh. ; China. B. 

 japonica, Lincll. ; sh. ; Japan. B. 

 latifolia, Ruiz et Pav. ; sh. ; Peru. B. 

 laxiflora, Schrad. ; sh. ; Worth America. B. 

 Leschenaultii, Wall. ; sh. ; East India. B. 

 nepalensis, Spr. ; sh. ; Nepaul. B. 

 Wood bright-yellow, hard, 49 lbs. per cubic foot ; used as a dye. 

 vulgaris, Linn. ; Common Barberry ; tr. ; Europe. B. 



The fruit makes an agreeable jelly, and as a medicine is considered an agreeable, grateful, 

 astringent acid. The bark of the roots boiled is used to dye yellow. Weight of wood, 55 lbs. per 

 cubic foot. 



Wallichiana, DC. ; sh. ; Nepaul. B. 



JNANDIJNA, Thumb. 



domestica, Thunh. ; Sacred Bamboo ; sh. ; China and Japan. A.B. 



This plant is said to be used in China at certain seasons to decorate houses and altars in 

 temples, and has hence received the name of " Sacred Bamboo." 



Order NYMPHiEACE^I. 



(Water-Lily Family.) 



The seeds of all the order are edible, containing much fecula. The rootstocks are astringent, 

 and have been used for tanning leather. 



Suboedee NYMPILEJE. 

 JNYMPHJEA, Linn. 



alba, Linn. ; White Water-Lily ; aq. ; Europe. A.B. 



Rhizome astringent, styptic, and slightly narcotic, prescribed in dysentery, and occasionally 

 chewed by singers to relieve the relaxation of the uvula. 



gigantea, Hook. ; Large Blue Water-Lily ; aq. ; Queensland. A.B. 



The tubers are baked and eaten by the aborigines. — Thozet. 



lutea. 



Spreading luxuriously in a pond in the Acclimatisation Garden. 



There are three Xymphseas growing in Northern Queensland. One, a pure white-flowered 

 species, highly fragrant, is to be found in the pools of the Barron River. Its flowers rise a foot or 

 more out of the water. This species should be introduced into our gardens. I consider it to be 

 Nymphsea lotus. A small water-lily, with flowers not more than an inch across, of a purplish 

 colour, grows also in the shallows of the same river. This would be suitable for aquaria. It has 

 not yet been brought to Brisbane. (See IS. minima in the " Synopsis of the Queensland Flora.") 

 Another interesting aquatic grows in the same river, which I consider to be X. cserulea, Savigny. 

 It is about half the size of N. gigantea. It has not yet been introduced in the gardens. 



Suboedee NELUMBOOTLE. 



NELUMBIUM, Juss. 



speciosum, Willd. ; Pink Water-Lily ; aq.; E. India and Queensl. A.B. 



This is "The Lily of the Nile" of Herodotus. In India the seeds are eaten either raw. roasted, 

 or boilecl. In China the seeds and slices of the rhizomes are served up in summer with ice, and 

 the rhizomes are also laid up in salt and vinegar for winter use. The seeds are eaten by the 

 Australian aborigines. 



var. alba. A.B. 



One pool is entirely occupied with this large double-flowering white lily in the Acclimatisation 

 Garden. 



