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42. Caladium machrorhizon, Vent. Hakkin, Rockhampton tribe; Banganga or Nargan, Cleveland Bay tribe.

43. Typhonium Brownii, Scott. Merrin.

44. Entada scandens, Benth. Barbaddah, Cleveland Bay tribe.

45. Cycas media, R. Br. Nut palm. Baveu.

46. Encephalartos Miquelii, F. Muell. Dwarf zamia. Banga.

47. Encephalartos sp. Leichhardt's aborescent zamia.

Mr. Norman Taylor, of the Geological Survey Staff in Victoria, who was engaged in exploration under the Government of Queensland, supplies the following statement relative to the customs of the natives of York Peninsula:—"Their cooking is done by scooping a hole in the saudsand [sic] in the river-beds, making a fire, and piling stones on. When sufficiently heated, the wood is taken away,