190 J. H. MAIDEN, 



manufacture a kind of asphalt wherewith to cement on flints to 

 the adzes and carvings. (Dr. T. L. Bancroft in a letter to me). 



Dr. Lauterer (33) has also examined the resin from this tree. 



Hakea acicidaris, R. Br. 



Hakea Macrceana, F.v.M. 



For an account of the gums exuding from these plants and from 

 Hakeas generally see Maiden (42). 



I have noticed jelly at the roots of Hakeas either where the 

 bushes have blown down or not, or on the stem, where insects 

 have attacked or otherwise injured them, forming a transparent 

 ooze. 



Macadamia temifolia, F.v.M., "Queensland Nut." 



I have seen a small quantity of exudation similar to that of 

 Grevillea striata from a log of this species. 



Persoonia linearis, Andr. 



For a note on a dark red gum (*? resin) from this species see 

 Maiden (42). 



Stenocarpus salignus, R. Br., "Beefwood," "Red Silky Oak" etc. 

 For a note on a gum from this species see Maiden (22). 



Stenocarpus sinuatus, Endl., "Yiel Yiel," "Fire tree." 



I have seen a small quantity of a reddish gum (?) from this tree. 



JCylomelum pyriforme, Knight, "Native Pear." 



For an account of the gum yielded by this small tree see 

 Maiden (42). 



ThYMELACEjE. 



JPimelea. 



The numerous Pimelese are perhaps of greater significance as 

 medicinal plants, (than fibres). The acridity of their bark is more 

 or less analogous to that of Daphne mezereum; the bark of Pimelea 

 stricta, Meissn., from St. Vincent's Gulf being the most acrid of 

 all. The proportion of acrid resin on which the blistering pro- 

 perties depend has as yet not been ascertained in any of our species. 

 (Mueller in Rep. Intercol Exh. Melb , 1866-7, p. 255.) 



