NATIVE FLORA OF TROPICAL QUEENSLAND. 393 



Elceocarpus granclis F.v.M., "Mooregan" (Tiliacese, Blue 

 Pig or Quandong). 



Castanospermum australe, "Dongera" (Moreton Bay 

 Chestnut or Bean Tree). 



Backhousia Bancroftil Bailey etF.v.M., "Cowarda," with 

 the accent on the first syllable, (Myrtacese, Johnstone 

 River Hardwood). 



Alstonia scholaris R.Br., " Jalgan," (Apocynaceae, Milky 

 Pine). 



Corclyline terminalis Kunth., "Midgenbil" (Liliaceae, Lily 

 Palm). 



Colocasia macrorrhiza Schott., "Culgum," (Aroidese, Cun- 

 jevoi of the natives of parts of the southern Queensland 

 coast). Some of these plants were noticed to be 

 prostrate, and it was pointed out by the natives that 

 the roots are eaten by the Brush Turkeys (Talegallus 

 Lathami) which undermine the plants when scratching 

 for their food. This is evidently the plant referred to 

 by Professor Baldwin Spencer as being eaten by the 

 Native Turkeys near Oooran, south of Gympie. 1 



Angiopteris evecta Hoffm., "Chillimother," (Pilices). A 

 beautiful tree-fern with a short trunk and remarkably 

 long fronds, often upwards of twelve and fifteen feet. 

 Locally called Water Tree-Fern, from being commonly 

 found on the banks of creeks. It ranges over tropical 

 and Eastern Asia to Japan and extends from Mada- 

 gascar to the Pacific Islands. 2 



As showing the effect of warmtli and moisture on poor 

 soils, it may be mentioned that the greater portion of 

 Bellenden Ker, which has an excessive rainfall, over 150 

 inches annually, is covered with brush, although the granitic 

 rock at the summit contains about 72% silica, and yields a 



1 Victorian Naturalist, Vol. ix, (1892) p. 32. 

 2 B. PI., Vol. vn, p. 694 



