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BELLENDEN KER. 



An ascent was made of Bellenden Ker from the Harvey's 

 Creek side, but it is not proposed to give an account of its 

 flora, as a comprehensive list has already been published 

 by P. Manson Bailey, Colonial Botanist, Queensland. 1 The 

 ascent, though strenuous, may be conveniently made from 

 Harvey's Creek, but it is necessary to secure a guide as 

 there is no track whatever. 



The beautiful Dracophyllum Say eri F.v.M.(Epacridacese), 

 was found flowering on the summit in August. This is the 

 only species of Dracophyllum recorded for Queensland, and 

 although the genus is represented in New Caledonia, Lord 

 Howe Island, and Western Australia, its home is usually 

 regarded as being in southern latitudes. 



The native guides, one of whom had spent much of his 

 early life on the slopes of Bellenden Ker before the arrival 

 of white men, gave me several native names of plants. It 

 seems evident that in their wild state the natives kept 

 very much to their own districts in this rough, wooded 

 country, for different dialects arise at fairly short distances. 

 As an example, the native names of Bellenden Ker and 

 Bartle Frere have been recorded from the Russell River 

 dialect as Wooroonooran and Chooreechillum respectively; 1 

 while the names given me by natives representing the 

 Harvey's Creek dialect, a dozen miles away, were Charor- 

 jimburra (the accent being on the third syllable), and 

 Chigweaya (the accent being on the first a or third syllable). 



Among the native names (Harvey's Creek dialect), sup- 

 plied of plants on the lower slopes of Bellenden Ker were 

 the following: — 



1 Report of the Government Scientific Expedition to Bellenden Ker 

 Range (1889). See also "Botanical Notes in Queensland, the Mulgrave 

 River," by Rev. J. E. Tenison- Woods. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. 

 vn, (1882), p. 305. 



