NATIVE FLORA OF TROPICAL QUEENSLAND. 397 



Composite : Helichrysum sp.? (white flower with black centre, on 

 granite hills between Boonmoo and Petford) 



Bignoniace^e : Spathodea heterophylla R.Br.? (at Kuranda). 



Proteace^e : Persoonia falcata R.Br., (10 to 15 feet high. Near 

 Lappa Junction, 1900 feet above sea level), Helicia Nortoni- 

 ana Bailey, (at Kuranda on slate formation), Grevillea chryso- 

 dendron R.Br., with beautiful yellowish-red flowers, G. poly- 

 stachya R.Br., G. gibbosa R.Br., (Beef tree). 



Euphorbiace^e : Homalanthus populifolius Grah. (Carumbium 

 populifolium Reinw.). 



Urticace^e : Ficus opposita Miq., Cudrania javanensis TrecuL 

 (Cockspur Thorn, near Kuranda). 



Casuarinace^e : C asuarina suberosa Ott. and Dietr., (Black Oak), 

 C. torulosa Ait., (Forest Oak), C. C unninghamiana Miq. 

 (River Oak), C. Luehmanni R. T. Baker, (Bull Oak). 



Conifers: Callitris sp. (Pine), Agathis robusta C. Moore, (Queens- 

 land Kauri Pine, seen around Ku»ancla). 



Cycadace^e: Macrozamia sp. (between Boonmoo and Lappa 

 Junction). 



JuNCACEiE: Xerotes longifolia R. Br. 



PANDANACEiE : Pandanus aquaticus F.v.M.? 



Gramine^e : Imperata arundinacea Cyr. (Blady grass, seen only 

 near Kuranda). 



Amongst the Acacias of North Queensland is a consider- 

 able percentage of those belonging to the sections Pluri- 

 nervse and Juliflorse. A, auriculiformis was noticed at 

 Kuranda and also on the side of Bellenden Ker, where 

 some of the trees were 70 to 80 feet high and 3 to 4 feet 

 in diameter. 



Eucalyptus leptophleba was noticed soon after the forest 

 country was entered, and it extends westerly to Alma-den 

 and towards Forsayth, but from about this latter locality 



