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“ deadness/' then picking up its victim the bird walked into 
the water, gave the eel what appeared to be a good washing, 
then with the long neck and beak well erected, the eel still 
showing signs of life, slowly disappeared. 
M. I. HOBLER. 
BOTANIC NOTES,— No. II. 
By Cyril T. White. 
Interesting plants collected during two excursions of 
the Field Naturalists* Club to Buderim Mountain and 
adjacent localities, 29th ApriMst May, 1911, and 5th-8th 
April, 1912. 
Dilleniaceae. 
Hibhertia vestita, A. Cunn, ; H. Billardieri, F. v. M. 
H. voluhilis, Andr. (Seeds with a scarlet arillus), Moo- 
loolah Heads. 
Adrastaea salicifolia, D.C., Swamp near Mooloolah 
Heads. 
Violarieae : 
lonidium suffruticosum, Ging. Lamina of lowest petal 
(labellum) in our specimens, yellow, turning pink m drying. 
Very common, especially under Casuarina trees between 
Buderim Mt. and the sea. 
Pittosporeae : 
Billardiera scandens, Sm., Buderim Mt. 
Tremandreae : 
Tetratheca thymifolia, Sm., Sandy land, Buderim Mt. 
and Mooloolah Heads. Leaves varying from opposite to 
five in a whorl. A good illustration of this plant is given in 
Bot. Mag., 8028. 
Malvaceae ; 
Hibiscus heterophyllus , Vent., var. gemiinus. Hoch. Ann. 
du Conserv. et du Jardin Bot. Geneve (1900) 122, common. 
Leaves varying from entire to deeply five-lobed. 
Tiliaceae ; 
Elaeocarpus cyaneus, Ait, Mostly on sandy land Buderim 
Mt. and Mooloolah Hds. Usually a shrub or small tree, 
6ft, and upwards ; leaves in some of our specimens only 
l|in, long, some bearing fruits globose and only 3 lines 
diameter, 
Rutaceae ; 
Zieria obcordata, A. Cunn. Forest country Buderim Mt., 
common. 
Acronychia laevis, Forst, var. normalis, Bail. Common 
in the scrubs. 
