48 
The Queensland Naturalist. 
Nov., 1925. 
FRUIT OF ACRONYCHtA IMPERFORATA— 
A “WILD ORANGE. “ 
Mr. J. H. Scbmeider, of “Seaview,” AVatlaqan, N.C. 
Line, recently wrote me as follows : — 
“I enclose herewith a specimen of a local scrub tree, 
which 1 have heard some people call ‘‘Wild Orange T 
Mmuld be glad of the identification. The fruit in colour 
is a sort of yelloAvish-white when ripe, it has a single- 
stone, hard, and with an uneven vsurface, round in shape, 
tlie kernel is covered with a fairly thick tough flesh, 
which comes away from the stone. The flesh is astrin- 
gent. The average sixe would be about three-eighths 
of an inch in diameter. It has four divisional marks, 
but I do not think the fruit would burst o])en. A school 
boy here became violently ill a couple of evenings ago, 
after eating soine of these “AVild Oranges.’’ 
(The fruits forwarded by Air. Scbmeider were those 
of Acronychia imperforata, a very common tree in South- 
eastern Queensland. The tree is particularly abundant 
in light rain forests or “scrubs” or scrubby patches 
bordej'ing on the coast such as is found on foreshores 
often behind the mangrove formation. — C, T. AVhite.) 
0 
OBITUARY. 
Tt ■was with much sorrow that members of the 
Queensland Naturalists’ Club learrit of the death last 
month of Airs. AI. T. llobler. The late Airs. Ilobler took 
an active part in the work of the Llub, and for a short 
time served on the council. The deceased lady \vas of 
a very genial disposition, and much beloved by all who 
knew' her. She was a daughter of tlie late Air. Geo. 
Barnard, of Goomooboolaroo. Duaringa, Central Queens- 
land, a well known student of nature, wdiose home in the 
early days of Queensland w'as the resoi-t of naturalists 
from all parts of Australia as w^ell as other countries. 
The entire family wms imbued wuth tlie father’s love of 
natural history, and his sons are amongst our foremost 
students in entomology and ornithology. 
Airs. Ilobler wms a contributor to various papers on 
nature study, and besides the contribution in the present 
issue, the “Queensland Naturalist” is indebted to her 
for the following: — Frog-eating (’arahs, April, 1921: 
A\Giy the Birds Should be Protected, Alarch. 1923: Nature- 
Notes, September, 1923; Coleoptera, found on AToretorr 
Island, September, 1924. 
