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YALLISNERIA, Linn, 
v. ^rsicilis, n. sp. (Plant small and slender compared with others 
o£ the genus.) Stems slender, creeping in the mud. Leaves about 
7 or 8 to a plant, very narrow like fine grass, 3 to 5 in, long and 
about i line broad, the sheathing base short, tapering to filiform points, 
all submerged, no portion floating on the surface of the water. 
Male flowers minute; female flowers on very fine, filiform, spirally 
twisted stalks ; perianth of 3 ovate entire segments ; stigmas 3. 
Hab. : Still waters, or at tlie edge of tlie running waters of the Mulgrave Eirer. 
The above is from note made on the spot, and having but a common lens I 
could not fully describe the flowers. 
Order SCITAMINE^. 
MUSA, Linn. 
M. Banksii, F. v. M. ; Eragm. iv. 132; TL Austr. iv. 261. 
Aboriginal name, " Chatum." 1, 5. 
M. Hillii, F. V. M. ; Pragm. ix. 169. Erect-flowering Banana. 1, 5. 
These indigenous Bananas should be tried for their fibre, which probably might 
be found stronger than that of the cultivated varieties ; and they are in great 
abundance on the low lands of tropical Queensland. 
ELETTAMA, White. 
E. Scottiana, F. v. IL ; Eragm. viii. 24 ; El. Austr. vi. 264. 
Queensland Cardamoms. 1, 5. 
ALPINIA, Linn. 
A. CSermlea, Bentl. ; El. Austr. -vi. 265. 1, 7. 
A. racemig^era, F. v. M. ; Eragm. viii. 27 ; El. Austr. vi. 265, 1 , 2. 
A. arCtiflora, F. v. M. ; Eragm, viii. 25 ; Ei, Austr, vi, 266. 5. 
TAPEINOCHEILOS, Miq. 
T. pungens, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd, Bat. iv. 101, t. 4; El. 
Austr. vi. 267 ; Syn. Queensl. El, 811. 1, 5, 7, 
Order ORCHIDEiE. 
LIPARIS, Rich, 
L. reflexa, Lindl. ; Bot. Eeg. under n. 882 ; El. Austr. vi. 272. 3. 
This plant was in great abundance on the rocks from 4,000 ft. to the summit of 
Bellenden-Ker, but from my notes and the dried specimens there is nothing to 
separate them even as a form from the Southern plant. However, should the plants 
live which I have brought down, a distinction may afterwards be pointed out. 
MICROSTYLIS, Nutt. 
M. Bernaysii, F. v.M. ; Eragm. xi. 21. 3. 
It is most fortunate to have rediscovered this plant, because all the specimens 
and plants had been lost which had previously been collected in the neighbourhood 
of Trinity Bay. 
OBERONIA, Lindl. 
O. pusilla, n. sp. 3. (A weak small species.) A small light- 
green plant, thickly studding the bark of a %Lyrius. Leaves slightly 
distichous, about 4 or 5 to a plant, semi-cylindric, foveolate, fleshy, not 
over 1 in. long and 1 line thick. Elower-racemes slightly exceeding 
