39fi R. H. CAMBAGE. 



About five miles past Kuranda, the effect of the change 

 of climate from the wet and humid conditions of the coastal 

 belt to the drier atmosphere of the western side of the 

 mountains is most marked, and is evident in the resultant 

 flora. In less than thirty miles from Cairns, practically 

 the whole of the jungle flora is left behind, and is seen no 

 more on the way to Normanton. The geological formation 

 of a considerable area between Mareeba and Alma-den is 

 granite. 



From Kuranda to Alma-den the following species were 

 noted: — 



Dilleniace,e : Hibbertia volubilis Anclr. (Seen only around 

 Kuranda). 



RhamnacEjE : Alphitonia excelsa Reiss. (At various points). 



LEGUMiNOSiE : Castanospermum australe A. Cunn. (Moreton Bay 

 Chestnut. Seen only around Kuranda), Acacia flavescens A. 

 Cunn., A. aulacocarpa A. Cunn., A. auriculiformis A. Cunn., 

 A. cincinnata F.v.M. (with compact spiral pods). 



MYRTACEiE : Callistemon viminalis Cheel (at Biboohra), Melaleuca 

 leucadendron Linn. 1 var. Cunninghami Bailey, Eucalyptus 

 leptophleba F.v.M., E. melanophloia F.v.M., (Silver-leaved 

 Ironbark), E. crebra F.v.M., (Narrow-leaved Ironbark), E. 

 miniata A. Cunn., E. tereticornis Sin. (Forest Red Gum), E. 

 alba Reinw. (E. platyphylla F.v.M.), E. pellitaF.vM., (large 

 fibrous barked trees between Kuranda and Barron Falls, with 

 fruits 1*6 cm. in diameter), E. papuana F.v.M. (E. tesselaris 

 F.v.M. var. Dallachianal Cabbage Gum), E. corymbosa Sm. 

 (Blood wood), E. sp. (Stringybark, between Oaklands and 

 Koah), E. dichr omophloia F.v.M.? (Red Bloodwood), Tristania 

 suaveolens Sm., Rhodamnia trinervia Blume, (at Kuranda), 

 Carey a australis F.v.M., (at intervals all the way, often 

 showing a few red leaves). 



Melastomace^e : Melastoma malabathricum Linn. (At Kuranda). 



LoranthacEjE : Loranthus longiflorus Desr. 



