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FI£LD NATURALISTS' EXCURSION TO WOOLSTON. 



*of another species, P. Brunoniana, Kndl., from the Proserpine 

 River : and the sender, C. W. de Burgh Bircli, Esq , writes* 

 "that from the fruit a viscid substance exndea which attaches to 

 the feathers of any birds that may either perch upon the tree or 

 hop among the fallen fruit. I have seen several birds so covered 

 as to bo unable to fly." 



Cryptocarya australis, Benth, From the bark of this treo 

 Dr. T. L. Bancroft obtained an intensely bitter alkaloid resembling- 

 " curarine." 



Xotothixos incana, Oliver. Tn flower. The hoary mistletoe 



Ficus Cunninghamii, Mig. In fruit. 



„ platvpoda, A. Ctmn, var, petiolaris. In fruit. 

 ,, macrophylla, Deaf. In fruit. Moreton Bay fig. 

 ,, stenocarpa, F.r.M. In fruit. 

 „ aspera Forst. In fruit. lilac'; fig. 



Cymbidium suave, RBr. In fruit. 



Sarcochilus olivaceus, Ldndl. In flower. 



Crinum pedunculatum, R.Br, In flower. 



Dianella casrulea, Sims. In flower. 



Cordyiine terminatis, Kunth. In fruit. 



J uncus pauciflorus, H.Br. In flower. 



ScirpUS lacustris, Linn. In flower. 



Colocasia macrorrhiza, Schott. In flower. Ounjevoi, 



C. m. var., Urisbanica. This variety is usually of more- 

 slender growth, the petioles beautifully mottled, the whole plant 

 of a somewhat purple hue — quite worthy of garden culture. 



Pteris f'alcata, It. Dr. Some fine specimens of the normal 

 form of ihii fern were obtained, and also of the swamp Poly podium 

 proliferum, Pres. The weather was too dry for the mosses to look 

 at all attractive ; but these plants were gathered by some of the 

 party, and amongst them were Macromitrium Dfemelii, CM., and 

 caloblastum, CM. Bryum subleptothecium, CM. Bescherellia 

 brevlfolia, Ilumpe. Garovaglia cuspidata, Mitt. Pterobryum 

 sulcatum, Hook. Meteorium filipendulum Hook, and Neckera 

 Hodgkinsome, CM. Besides these, some interesting Hepatics, 

 Lichens, and Fungi, were collected ; some of these latter may 

 prove near. 



