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R. H. CAMBAGE. 



E. setosa is growing in, and around the town of Nor- 

 manton, on a mixed siliceous and ironstone formation, and 

 was not noticed to the eastward near Croydon or George- 

 town. It is a low shapely spreading tree about thirty to 

 forty feet high, and seems closely related to the Angophoras, 

 having the general appearance of A. subvelutina, while its 

 broadly winged seeds show its affinity with the bloodwood 

 group of Encalypts. It is remarkable for its rusty hispid 

 branchlets and inflorescence, and its sessile, opposite, cor- 

 date leaves. The bark of this tree is rough and somewhat 

 scaly, and a note made when near one of the trees reads: — 

 "bark between that of an Angophora and Eucalyptus 

 robusta." 



Ficus glomerata (Red Fig) was growing as large trees 

 on the bank of the Etheridge at Georgetown. Clusters of 

 fruits are attached to the stem or the thick part of the 

 branches, and as they ripen they become red and are then 

 about one inch in diameter and emit a most agreeable per- 

 fume. Although these fruits are considered edible, their 

 fragrance is superior to their taste. 



The plant provisionally identified as Pandanus aquations 

 was noticed at intervals right from Cairns to Normanton 

 on the Gulf of Carpentaria. It ranges from about fifteen to 

 twenty feet high, the head being divided into several 

 branches with leaves at least four or five feet long. The 

 suspended fruits are collected in an ovate to globular head 

 of about six inches' diameter. On the young plants the 

 leaves grow spirally up the stem, but the trunks of the 

 adult trees are bare although the spiral scars from the 

 fallen leaves remain visible for a long time. Prom this 

 feature this palm-like plant is sometimes called a Screw 

 Pine. The particular plants noticed showed nothing of any 

 adventitious descending roots, and were always found close 

 to streams or on moist flats. In going southerly from 

 Normanton to Cloncurry the Pandanus was not seen. 



