370 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 1 Noy., 1897.] 
Order PROTEACEZ. 
CYANOCARPUS, Bail. 
C. Cribbiana, Bail. (n. sp.) (Named in honour of Mr. J. G. Cribb, the 
Queensland amateur pomologist, to whom we are indebted for the introduction 
of many varieties of fruits.) A glabrous tree about 20 ft. high Leaves oblong 
to oblanceolate, 3 to 7 in. long, entire on all the specimens to hand, often 
clustered at the ends of the branchlets, particularly the branchlets which 
form long internodes, thin-coriaceous, tapering from above the middle to a 
petiole of 3 to 6 lines, the apex abruptly-acuminate; primary veins distant, 
and the finer reticulation faint on both sides. Racemes 2 to 4: in. long (only 
seen in fruit). Fruit oval, red, about 1 in. long, pedicel about 2 lines, 
exocarp fleshy, endocarp thin, almost cartilaginous. 
Hab. : Mourilyan district, 2. Cowley, Sept., 1897. 
Now that the fruit is known, two out of the four species of Helicia—viz., 
H. glabriflora and H. ferruginea—given in the 5th vol. of the “ Flora Aus- 
traliensis,” have to be removed into Cyanocarpus, as their drupe-like fruits 
have a soft juicy exocarp and a cartilaginous endocarp. ‘The genera Helicia, 
Macadamia, and Cyanocarpus might all be included in one genus; but while 
Macadamia is retained we require Cyanocarpus for the soft juicy fruited kinds. 
Order URTICACER. 
FICUS, Linn. 
F. scandens, foxrb., var. australis (n. var.) Described by collector as 
a tall, woody climber. Bark on branchlets ribbed and of a rusty colour. Leaves 
alternate on rather slender petioles of about 5 or 6 lines, ovate to ovate-oblong, 
2 to nearly 4 in. long, shortly acuminate and rounded at the base. Primary 
veins distant, about 5 or G pairs, the basal ones far distant from the others ; 
the smaller veins or reticulation rather obscure, particularly on the underside, 
from a very close covering of ferruginous scales or short pubescence, which 
under a lens has a tesselated appearance. Receptacles axillary, solitary or in 
pairs, on peduncles about 1 line; globose, $-in. diameter, forming at its base 
a slender stipes of about 2 lines; the lower half of the globular portion with - 
5 or more ribs; the whole covered with yery short ferruginous glandular scales 
or hairs; orifice umbilical, the branch near the orifice rather large and slightly 
jagged at the end. No male florets in the receptacles examined. Perianth- 
segments 3, oblong, of unequal length, slightly ribbed on the lower part, fleshy 
and of a deep red, achene oblong-smooth with a rather prominent margin, 
style elongated, infra-apical, rather flattened, constricted below the long 
straight stigma. I found some galls near the orifice, which were white, large, 
and globose, with a terminal nearly sessile flag-like stigma; besides these the 
usual galls are met with near the centre of the receptacle. 
Hab.: Range about Kamerunga, L. J. Wugent. 7 
The present plant differs but little from F. scandens, Roxb., as described by Dr. King and 
others. ‘The segments, however, of the perianths I find are only three; the receptacles also are 
stipitate on very short peduncles. f 
Order FILICES. 
ASPLENIUM. 
A. nidus, var. multilobum (n.var.) This differs from the normal form 
in having its fronds much lobed for three parts of their length. Many of the 
lobes are over 6 in. long, and often themselves more or less lobed. (See illus- 
tration.) 
Hab.: Range near Kamerunga, Z J. Nugent. 
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