containiug twin nuts ; putamen globular wlien solitary, hemispherical 
when 2 in a fruit, of a light-brown, glossy and hard ; testa dark-brown 
and wrinkled like the kernel. 
Hab. : Abundaut along Tringilburra Creek, and tlience to Whelanian Pools. 
The nuts seem to be largely used by the natives of this locality for food, as we 
found large quantities of the broken shells as well as the whole nuts at all their 
camps. 
OEITES, ^. Br. 
O. fragrans, n. sp. 4. (Name referring to the fragrant flowers.) 
A tall shrub or small tree with dense spreading head, glabrous except 
the inflorescence and a slight hoariness on the young growth; the 
twigs or branches beariug the flowers, purplish or reddish. Leaves 
alternate, ovate-obtuse, emarginate or somewhat pointed, 2^ to 3| in. 
long, and 1 to 2 in. broad; the margins quite entire, pale on the 
under surface ; texture thin coriaceous, on slender coloured petioles 
of about 1 in. Spikes numerous in the upper axils, about 2 or 3 in. 
long ; at an early stage closely covered with broadly ovate, apiculate, 
prominently striated, imbricate, fugacious bracts, of a bright crimson 
colour ; rhachis densely ferruginous pubescent ; perianth 3 or 4 lines 
long, segments much recurved in the expanded flower ; filaments 
broad, attached to the middle of the segment ; anther about as long 
as the filament ; ovary purple and silky, but less so than the style, 
which is very hairy and as long as the perianth. 
Hab. : The highest peaks of Bellenden-Ker and also Bartle Frere. 
A most attractive plant from the rich colour and fragrance of the inflorescence. 
MICKSBEACHIA, r. v. M. 
H. pinnatifolia, F. v. M. ; South. Sci. Eec. 1883 ; Syn. Queensl. 
Mora, 810. Hills off the Mulgrave Kiver. 
HOLLATS^ OiEA, E. v. M. 
H. Sayeri, F. v. M. ; Chem. andDrugg. of Austr., 1887. 5. This 
is a very handsome tree <^f medium size, with large ovate-obtuse 
minutely toothed leaves, and long racemes of purplish-red flowers 
usually springing from the branches below the foliage. A most 
desirable tree for garden culture, but no fruit was obtainable. 
GREYILLEA, R. Br. 
poiystaciiyaj B. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 177, Prod. 380; 
n. Austr. V. 459. 7. 
G. gibbOSa, B. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 177, Prod. 380; EL 
Austr. V. 463. Eound-fruited Beefwood. 7. 
CARNABTONIA, P. v. M. 
C. ai'alisefolia, F. v. M. Pragm. vi. 81, t. 55-56; Plora Austr. v. 
4i0. 2. 
CAIIBWELLIA, P. v. M. 
C. SUblimiS, F. v. M. ; Pragm. v. 24. 1, 5. 
EANKSIA, Linn. f. 
B. COllina, B. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 204, Prod. 394; PL 
Austr. V. 548. Walsh's Pyramid, Mulgrave Eiver. 
