April, 1921 
The Qu,-ensland Naturalist. 
133 
Above its hip — it that part of a frog's anatomy can be- 
so styled — a carab was fastened, and it continued greedily 
eating its way into the body of its victim. For absolute- 
brutality one can see nothing worse than Nature's own 
workings. From the foot of that unfortunate frog right 
up to the carab 's position every bit of flesh was stripped, 
leaving only the bone and a bit of skin. The wretched 
creature was in a state of collapse and only able to emit 
faint croaks of pain. 
^'The poor devil is suffering Hades!" exclaimed our 
visitor, a soldier back from the horrors of war. I secured 
the carab, and the frog was dispatched to end its misery. 
Next evening came the now well-known croak ; so, with 
a growl at beetles in general, Man with lantern and stick 
soon located the trouble. A brown frog was tossing itself 
about in agony, while fastened in its stomach were the 
deadly nippers of C. lacordairei. We released the victim, 
but the carab was damaged and useless as a specimen. 
I may add these incidents have only occurred here after 
heavy rain and when there is extra shelter in the garden. 
THE FLORA OF A SMALL TROPICAL ISLAND, 
I 
By the late W. Bradtke. 
(With a foreword by C. T. White, F.L.S.) 
During the years 1916 to 1918. Mr. W. Bradtke, a 
resident of the Duke of York Islands. Bismarck Archipelago, 
New Guinea, and a keen collector of the native flora of the 
group, sent me a number of botanical specimens, and it 
was our intention in conjunction to work up the flora of 
the Duke of York Islands in detail. This proposal was cut 
short by Mr. Bradtke 's untimely death on 10th May, 1919. 
Among his correspondence to me was the following 
account of the flora of a small coral island near his home, 
and it is now offered for publication. A noteworthy feature 
is the record of native names. In the list given herewith 
the native name in the Duke of York group follows the 
botanical one in each ease. 
All the species listed, with the exception of the Crinum, 
and possibly the Carapa, occur on the sea coast of tropical 
Queensland. Practically all are plants noted for the buoy- 
ancy of their seeds, these being carried considerable 
distances by ocean currents. — C.T.W. 
