1948 Archbold Cape York Expedition : Analysis of Plant collections by Habitat. [1948-1949]
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Archer River River channel Trees 19727. Bicypres 29. Braeaea On an " - - has a shad 3m. Petals wh. & yellow or salmon-pink; filaments & pypetbar red. Fl: ? 30. (Nepi? [Agonis longifolia?]) P. on islands of sand & will. (lots of water-licks). 6-8m. Ph. wh. Branches gray bark, branches sub-fused (Lanceolata, Caneopel) 31. Pterostilb. C. in this R.G. 6-10 m. Trunks merge-like Pto-wb. Fl: ? (Also Ptoere & Bosaria River.) 47. Tetratrophorum P. on dry open banks subject to flooding. Seciiculosa (Rum Grafton) but 1-6m. Ph. yellow, filaments red. Infloresc. p-pi: Full crown 48. Decasia. C. in sandy & rocky bed. At 20 and 30m. Ph.? Hard, firm wood 49. Myrtilus Islands of sand & will. Trunks or shrubs 4 m. Ph.? Fl: minute 53. Melaleuca leucadendron. Shore of sandy flood bed. "Grows to a large size - up to 25" in length & 50-60 m. dia. - but as a rule the trees are bent now or lying forms by the force of flood waters. Ph. gr-wh. Trunks gray - Green. Branches gray, filaments peeping. 54. Barringtonia C. alburnial bourses of arm-branches. 6-8m. Ph. red. Semi- deciduous & breaking into young Gulf. Shrubs 19733. Species of Alectryonica. O. in sandy bed. 3-4m. Ph. yellow. Filigree gray bark. Hydrates. 66. Plumbago zeylanica. 2-3 shrubs in this R.G. Barked & sub-forked, over 1 m. Fl: wh. Herbaceous plants 19732. Kyllinga ? C. mossy beds of sand & will. 8-20 cm. Grayish, floppy. 34. Fimbrislyle P. 10-20cm. & fluffy, grayish. 35. ? O. 5-15cm. Ph. wh. Plant reddish 36. Syltium P. 15-18cm. Ph. dark purple stars, pro-yell below. 37. Borycos Unclear 6. 60 m. 38. Tres. 1 ryph& on sand. 39. Pancernin Mossy sand. 30-50m. 40. Roots of mossy sand & will: Drowning 40-30 cm. 41. 70-100 m. Islands of sand & will Thin rain forest on islands & floodbanks.