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84 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE QUEENSLAND FLORA. 



The following papers were read : — 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE OUEENSLANO FLORA. 



I'^RT II. 



BY 



¥. M. BAILEY, F.L.S., Government Botanist. 



(Plate xiv.) 



This Contribution to our Flora, forming a Second Supple- 

 ment to my work " Synopsis of the Queensland Flora," 

 contains forty-eight species, nineteen of which are Dicotyledons, 

 nine Monocotyledons, and twenty Acotyledons. 



Amongst the dicotyledons the most notable are the Spicarpia 

 of Fraser's Island, which I consider new, and have, therefore, 

 named after Mr. Walter Hill, who was, I believe, the first to 

 draw attention to it as a valuable timber. The tree, in its 

 native state, so far as at present known, is peculiar to Fraser's 

 Island, where the soil is largely composed of sand ; but from 

 the appearance of some in the Wickham Terrace Reserve, 

 which were raised from seed and planted there a few years 

 ago by Mr. Hill, this Syncarpia seems to be adapted also 

 for hard dry rocky soils, a feature worthy of note since 

 sooner or later attention must be turned to Forest Plant- 

 ing in this colony also, as in other parts of the globe. 

 Another tree belonging to the same natural order, Myr- 

 tace8s, viz., Eugenia eucalyptoides, is deserving of considera- 

 tion also. Fruit of this was forwarded a few years since from 

 Cooktown to Mr. A. J. Hockings, under the name of "Native 

 Pear." The tree bears a handsome fruit, which may be used 

 for the same purposes as the " Rose Apple," but as it is more- 

 over of most gi^aceful habit, it will be, perhaps, more suitably 

 grown for scenic effect than either for its fruit or timber. 



Amongst the Monocotyledons I would draw attention to the 

 new orchid Bulbophyllum pur]3urascens, received from Mr. 

 J. W. R. Stuart, of the Herberton and Mourilyan Harbour 

 Railway Survey. I take this opportunity also of acknowledging 

 my indebtedness to this gentleman for several other plants of 



