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pusilla and BulbopJiylhm Toressce, the latter named after my first-born, 
one found at 4,000 feet and the other at the Whelanian Pools, both 
flowering in June and July. Many of the orchids were in flower, 
beautiful blossoms diffusing a rare fragrance, conspicuous among 
them being Dendrohium speciosum, summit of Charoogin, and Bailey's 
orchid, which was flowering in splendid perfection at the Morehead 
Cataracts and Francesca Falls. The orchids and ferns seen in 'our 
gardens and summerhouses bear the same resemblance to their wild 
free brethren of the hot moist tropic jungles that a caged eagle with 
half his tail gone, a foreclosed mortgage on his feathers, and a bilious 
headache bears to the noble bird sweeping through the sunlit fields of 
air in all the glory and perfection of unfettered freedom. The Queen 
street myall, wearing a brass medallion resembling a doctor's doorplate, 
and in his uncertain eye the melancholy and hopeless expression con- 
tracted by persistently gazing far away down the dim and shadowy 
vista of empty bottles, differs not more widely from the wild son of the 
forest whose foot treads proudly on his native heath, whose beverage 
is spring water, and the monotony of whose vegetarian diet is occasion- 
ally varied by choice fillet of barbecued Chinaman. Among the plants 
becoming naturalised and growing vriid in that district are the pa-paw 
apple, granadilla, apple guava, red pepper, citron, passion fruit, tomato, 
tobacco, castor oil, and many grasses. Among the fibrous plants is one 
called " Boorgay" by the blacks, a ground plant with radiating long 
narrow leaves extending to three feet in length. The leaves are about 
two inches wide tapering to a point ; one of them would suspend 100 lb. 
The blacks use the leaves as rope, twist a couple into a band, and carry 
surprising loads, the weight all bearing on the band passed round the 
forehead ; of course only the skull of a myall or an alderman will 
submit to such a formidable strain. The botanical name is Gymno- 
stacJiys anceps^ a title about as tough as the plant. It was found on 
Chooreechillumupto4,000 feet. Among the large trees were stavewood, 
red beech, red and white cedar, tulip, ivorywood, bean-tree, red sandal- 
wood, blue and grey gums,bloodwood, Moreton Bay ash, box, Leichhardt, 
beefwood, swamp and forest oaks, stringy-bark pine, dammara, and 
kauri and she-pines, and many giant trees not yet known or described, 
the local names of which are only misleading to the inquirer. 
We found several plants known in other countries to possess more 
or less valuable medicinal properties, one of them being the Indian 
wild Taro, the tubers of which are used as a potent fomentation in 
rheumatism. Among the canes were the Midgen, and the large and 
small lawyer canes, called " Yaplam" by the blacks. There were some 
magnificent palms, two of them with leaves from 10 feet to 20 feet 
in length. We got over thirty specimens of grasses, some exotic 
and some indigenous. 
This is but a meagre outline of the vast assortment of specimens 
obtained by the expedition, and a rich and extensive field yet remains 
for further botanical exploration. 
Eeeatum. — The two Herberton lakes are " Yeeteham" and "Barrang" : 
the name " Boonoobagolamee" being given by the natives to the tliird lake, 
at present unknown to white men. 
By Authority : James C. Beal, Government Printer, William street, Brisbane. 
