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straight upright growth, 40 to 50 feet high in forests. Pretty 
white flowers and large operculum. The leaves of the young trees 
are bruised and rubbed in water in a kooliman with the hands 
till the water is green and thick, when it is drunk for fevers and 
headache. 
78. Excecaria parviolia, F. v. M. Native name in Cloncurry, 
“Jilleer.” The gutta-percha tree; grows all over the Gulf waters, 
and also on the Mitchell River, often in country subject to floods. 
Erect stem, sometimes 20 feet high, with a rough, rugged bark, 
and small leaves gathered in clusters. Full of milky juice, very 
dangerous to the eyes. The natives use the bark mashed u i 
water in a wooden kooliman, and heated with stones from a fire 
close by. The wash is applied externally to all parts of the body, 
rubbing it in. Used for pains and sickness. 
19. Gnaphalium luteo-album, Linn. Native name ‘“‘ Kar-kar.” 
Annual herb, about 1 foot high; small yellow flowers ; found 
mostly in the rivers and creeks or near scrubs on the Mitchell. 
Used medicinally for general sickness, as a drink. 
80. Heliotropium ovalifolium, Forsk. Native name “ Kar-kar,” 
which seems to be a general name for medicinal plants. A small 
herb with yellow flowers, found in the rivers commonly. Bruised. 
In water it is used as a drink and wash, the head and body being 
tubbed over with the dilution. 
81. Loranthus quandong, Flor. Aus. vol. vi. The mistletoe of 
the gidya (A. homalophylla) ; hangs in clusters, with scarlet flowers. 
The leaves are bruised in water and drunk for fevers. 
82. Luffa egyptiaca, Mill, Dict. (cUCURBITACE2.) Native 
name on Mitchell, “Bun-bun.” A vine growing in the bed of the 
Mitchell, Gilbert, and Ennasleigh Rivers ; climbing into the tallest 
trees. Broad leaf, 4 to 6 inches across, and a large yellow flower. 
od 4 to 6 inches long, full of pulp and seeds, with a spira 
thread. Used to poison fish when green. 
83. Melaleuca leucadendron, Linn. Native name on Mitchell, 
.” The large tea-tree; grows in the beds of all the 
Hers in the north of Queensland. The young leaves are bruised 
Mm water, and drunk for headache and colds and general sickness ; 
the bark is also used for bedding to lay on the ground, and to 
form camps with. Cajaput oil is made from this same tree. 
84. Moschosma polystachium,D. C.Prod. XIL, 48. Fl. Aus, vol. 
Vv. An erect, slandaey uch-branched annual, nearly 3 feet high ; 
htly pubescent, stems acutely four-angled, strong-smelling. 
Grows on the Mitchell and Flinders in sheltered places, growing 
“ingly. Used as a medicine by mixing in water, for fevers, &c 
