NATIVE FLORA OF TROPICAL QUEENSLAND. 391 



walk many plants are met with which are never seen wild 

 in the latitude of Sydney, but which are recognised as 

 cosmoplitan tropical types. 



Within the limits of the town may be seen huge spreading 

 examples of various species of Ficus; shapely trees of 

 Wormia alata Rottb., (Dilleniacse), with beautiful large 

 yellow flowers three inches in diameter, and large oval 

 leaves with winged stalks; palm-like arborescent plants of 

 Pandanus aquations P.v.M., ? (Pandanacese); shrubs of 

 Taberncemontana or ientalis, R.Br., (Apocynacese), rendered 

 conspicuous by the three-angled, falcate, yellow fruits; 

 small plants of Vinca rosea Linn., (Apocynacese), a natur- 

 alised species common in the sand; beach plants of Ipomcea 

 pes-caprce Roth., (Oonvolvulacese), common on the sea 

 coasts of most tropical countries; masses of succulent 

 herbaceous plants, near the beach, of Bryophyllum caly- 

 cinum Salisb., (Crassulaceae), a naturalised plant several 

 feet high with attractive reddish-green to pink tubular 

 flowers, from tropical Africa; large trees of Castanosper- 

 mum australe A. Ounn., (Leguminosse), Moreton Bay 

 Chestnut or Bean Tree; smaller trees of Alphitonia excelsa 

 Reissek., (Rhamnacese), a species distributed from the 

 Pacific Islands to the south coast of New South Wales, 

 where it is in places known as Red Ash, and whose identi- 

 cation is assisted by its clusters of berry-like drupes, and 

 leaves with an almost white underside; tall twining plants 

 of Hardenbergia retusa Benth., (Leguminosse) with beau- 

 tiful purple flowers; species of Macrozamia, Melaleuca, 

 and phyllodineous Acacias, including A. aulaeocarpa A. 

 Cunn., with its falcate phyllodes and spike flowers; and A. 

 flavescens A. Cunn., with its prominently three-nerved, 

 broad phyllodes, with sinuate upper margins, and its flowers 

 in globular heads. 



