176 J. H. MAIDEN. 



know what you think of it." As herbarium specimens were not 

 forthcoming for years afterwards, I put the specimens aside. A 

 native of Tasmania. 



Rhizophore^e. 

 Rhizophora mucronata, Lam. A " Mangrove." 



The blood red sap is much used by the natives of Fiji for 

 dyeing their hair. Mixed with the sap of Hibiscus moschatus, 

 Linn., it is used for painting crockery by the native potters. 

 (Seemann, Flora Vitiensis.) 



New South Wales to Northern Australia. 



COMBRETACEiE. 



Terminalia sp. 



" We collected a great quantity of Terminalia gum, and pre- 

 pared it in different ways to render it more palatable. The 

 natives, whose tracks we saw everywhere in the scrub, with 

 frequent marks where they had collected the gum, seemed to roast 

 it. It dissolved with difficulty in water ; added to gelatine soup 

 it was a great improvement. . . . But it acted as a good 

 lenient purgative on all of us." (Leichhardt, Overland Journey 

 to Port Essington, p. 374.) 



" The Nut trees, a species of Terminalia, are very plentiful 

 near here. . . . The gum of these trees is readily soluble in 

 cold water, and is good to eat when pounded very small and 

 dissolved ; three large tablespoonfuls we found would make one 

 quart of thick gum water. In appearance it is very similar to 

 gum tragacanth." (Waterhouse's Report on Stuart's Exped. in 

 Northern Territory.) 



Terminalia Catappa, Linn. 



Lauterer (33) has a note on this gum. 

 Eucalyptus Kino. 



" The origin of the name Kino has not yet been satisfactorily 

 ascertained. As stated by Dr. Pereira, it was introduced into 

 the Edinburgli Pharmacopoeia of 1774, as Gummi Kino, and into 

 the London Pharmacopoeia, in 1787, as Resinai Kino. Tt was 

 described under this designation in the third edition of Lewis* 



