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INDEX. 



rhomboidalis (Heteropus), 171 

 rhypoderma (Lecidea Psoroa), 152 

 rhytipelta (Agaricus), 91 

 ribs of snake, action in deglutition, 

 83 



Eicasolia rhapispora, irmp^^, 1 51 

 rice grass (Leersia hexandra) as 



food, 106 

 rice, wild, of Gulf of Carpentaria, 



105 



rigida (Hexagona), 17 

 rock drawings. Pigeon Creek, 45-6 

 „ „ New South Wales, 



46 



„ „ New Zealand, 47 



West Australia, 46 

 „ engravings, Camp Cove, 48 



„ Bingera, 48 



„ „ Bondi, 48 



,, Pigeon Creek, 



45-6 



>, „ India, 47 



» „ Sydney, 48 



„ „ S. America, 47 



„ „ U.S. America, 47 



„ inscriptions, symbols for to- 

 tems, 49, 50 

 Roestelia polita, Berk, 18 

 roots, water from, 175 

 Roxburgh on Dillenia, 137 

 rubiginosa (Hymenochaita), 17 

 rubricatus (Ileteropus), 170 

 rubrum (Trypethelium), 152 

 Rubus moluccanus, Lin., 10 

 „ miilleri, sp. nov. 9 

 ,, rosa'folius, Stn., 9 

 Russula sanguinea. Fries, 16 

 rye in Queensland, 176 

 Salarias galeatus, n. sp., 147 

 sanguinea (Russula), 16 

 saplings, eucalyptus, water from, 

 175 



savages, protecting birds, 184 

 ,, taming animals, 183 

 Savo megapode, A. II. Kissack on, 

 181 



„ „ early notices of, 181 



„ identified by Ram- 



say, 181 

 „ ,, burrows of, 182 



„ „ tameness, 183 



„ „ protected by natives, 



183 



scalaris, (Daedalea), 17 



scortechinii (Stenanthemum), 9 

 schmeltzii (Heteropus), 168 

 schottiana (Fliudersia), 9 

 science, applied, 4 

 Selaginella leptostachya, s^y. nov., 

 63 



semiliber (Agaricus Psatyrella), 15 

 Senecio velleioides, A. Cunn., 148 

 Serranus geometricus, n. sp., 144 



,, viridipinnis, „ ,, 

 serpens (Hypoxylon), 19 

 Sesbania, fibre producer, 101 

 sexdentatus (Ileteropus), 170 

 shield, figure on, 49 

 Sicyos angulata. Linn., fasciation 



of, 102 



siderite encased by malachite, 35 

 Sidney, rock engravings, 46 

 Silubosaurus zellingi, sp. nov., 54 

 similis (Hexagona), 153 

 simulans (Stereum), 17 

 Smith, B., distinguishing marks 



amongst blacks, 49 

 snake, an anomalous, 58 

 soi^ediata (Pannaria), 90 

 sound-producing ant, 81 

 South America, rock inscriptions, 51 

 spathulatum (Stereum), 17 

 speciosum (Dendrobium), 10 

 speed of ships, 4 



Sphaeria (Depazea) litsese. Berk Sf 

 Br., 92 



sphaerocarpa (Funaria), 150 

 Spheeropsis tricorynes. Berk cf* Br., 

 19 



sphserospora (Parmelia), 151 

 Sphserostilbe cinnibarina, Tul., 18 

 „ dubia. Berk, 18 

 Sphserotheca pannosa, Ldv., 92 

 Spondias caffra, fruiting in Queens- 

 land, 137 

 spongisepes (Stereum Thelephora), 

 17 



Sporobolus, seed as food, 105 

 Springs and their origin, 28, 31 

 ,, ,, inclination and dislo- 

 cation of strata, 28 

 „ volcanic origin, 29 

 „ „ accompanying faults, 

 30 



„ „ in Desert country, 31 

 „ „ in islands off coast, 31 

 „ Billabongs, 31 

 Spring Creek, springs, 30 



