27. Carissa ovata, R. Br. Native scrub lime. Karey, Rockh. tribe; Ulorin, Cleveland Bay tribe.
A small prickly shrub. Flowers white, fragrant. Fruit one-third inch diameter; egg-shaped.
28. Myoporum difusum, R. Br. Amulla.
Among grass. A diffuse, almost prostrate, small herbaceous plant. Leaves alternate dentate at their base, lanceolate, acute. Fruit quarter of an inch diameter, on an axillary solitary peduncle; white and pink when ripe; slightly bitter.
29. Exocarpus latifolius, R. Br. Native cherry. Oringorin.
A small scrub tree. Bark almost black, scaly. Leaves thick, dark-green. Fruit red when ripe.
30. Ficus aspera, R. Br. Rough-leaved fig-tree. Noomaie, Rockh. tribe; Balemo, Cleveland Bay tribe.
Very common in scrubs and plains. Fruit black when ripe.
31. Ficus sp. Leichhardt's clustered fig-tree. Parpa.
A good-sized tree, found in scrub, also on the banks of rivers and creeks. Leaves ovate, lanceolate, acute, dark, smooth; green above and pale-green underneath. The fruit, which is of a light-red color when ripe, hangs in clusters along the trunk, and on some of the largest branches.
32. Pipturus propinquus, F. Muell. Native mulberry. Kongangn.
Found in creeks. A soft shrub, almost herbaceous. Leaves broadly ovate, serrate, acuminate, tomentose, and white underneath. Fruit white, transparent.
33. Musa Brownii, F. Muell. Native banana. Morgogaba, Cleveland Bay tribe.
34. Pandanus sp. Screw pine. Kaor.
The eatable part is the side of the seeds adhering to the rachis.
Seeds.
35. Nelumbium speciosum, Willd. Pink water-lily. Aquaie.
A splendid aquatic plant. The stalk of the leaves erect; the latter peltate slightly concave, one to two feet diameter. Flowers pink; five to eight inch diameter. Seeds, twenty to thirty-five; more than three-quarters imbedded in a large flat-topped torus.
(2bis.) Sterculia trichosiphon.
(3bis.) Sterculia rupestris.
36. Sterculia quadrifida, R. Br. Convavola.
In shrubs and creeks. Leaves ovate or cordate. The pod, which contains three to six black ovoid seeds, is of a bright-crimson color when ripe.
(7bis.) Nymphæa gigantea.
WITH PREPARATION.
Baked only.
Roots.
37. Phaseolus Mungo, Linn. Komin, Rockhampton tribe; Kadolo, Cleveland Bay tribe.
Found slightly twining among grass. Stems and branches hairy. Leaflets three, narrow, three to four inches long, acute. Flowers pale-yellow. Pod cylindrical, two to four inches long. Roots the shape of small long carrots.
