1948 Archbold Cape York Expedition : Analysis of Plant collections by Habitat. [1948-1949]
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Tookenbi Savanna forest. Occupying most of the area. Various types, excluding the communities of wet saline flats. Trees: 18365. ? S. in Bloodwood 5-f. on reddish loam. ± 6 m. Grooping habit. Ph. green. Fl. rain by cable. 66. Banksia integrifolia. O. 4-6 m. 99. Acacia. C. grey ridges R.F. 6-10 m. X 15-25 cm. Ph. wh. Fls.? Bank grey br., hard, clump formed. AMBI. 18400. Melaleuca. Sc. 8-12 m. x up. 6-30 cm. Also secondary R.F. 62. Euphorbia. O. in S.F. of ridges (a R.F. th.). 98. Tristaniopsis longifolia. C. through out on sandy soil. 4f. 6-12 m. x 40 cm. Ph. yellow, non-scabrous. This plant bark shedding in thin scaly scales. 18413. Myrti. M. in open rocky bed of Zanadiya. Travoli eucalyptus-like bank. S.F. 18538. Waronia cleta. S. (P. in gallery R.F.) 70-20 m. x up. 6-50 cm. Ph. yellow. 12. Acacia AMBI. P. on sandy soil. 4f. 6-12 m. X 25 cm. Ph. cream. Fl.? 51. Saraje florifund? C. in SR adjacent to R.F. 4f. 6-20 m. x 50 cm. "Green Tea" or ARATANU. Term a resin used for cementing spear heads. 57. Pandanus. M. C. & in places forming small groves on sandy soil. 6-8 m. 190-10. 66. Casuarina. Few trees grow, on a clay sandy 240s (20 m.) 6-10 m. x up. 6-20 cm. 18607. Mel. Linn. var. F. on acid sandy flats. 6-8 m. The very pale green. Branches crooked. Whitish papery bark. 11. Tristaniopsis C. on sandy soil. 4f. 6-20 m. X 50 cm. Ph. grey. Short, thick trunk. Crown spreading. Bark (br.), fibrous, flaky. 12. Eucalyptus C. on greyish sandy soil. 4f. 6-15 m. x 60 cm. Ph. backs any. Travoli grey or brownish bark. Branches often pendulous. "Euphorbia" seen. 13. Mel. Linn. var. P8 Than. Large tree of stream banks & waterholes. 4f. 6-25 m. X 50 cm. Ph. cream; heavy burnt sugar odor. Branches drooping. Bark papery, greyish-brownish-wh. 22. Erythrophleum. F. in Bloodwood SF or a hard puffy subside ridge. 7-8 m. Fls? (Parinariam ronda. C. & growing S. fairly large trees. Bloodwood 13%. The most common eucalypt.) Tristaniopsis marialuna P. on sandy flats: big tree. Grevillea shrubs C. locally. T. shrubous. Emeline O. Large leaves. Erythrina. Rob oakly bank. Fruits 6f. 1-± 12 m. Tanyo cinnamomia F. smokier tree. Monter Bay Molk P. Typically about edges R.F. Xanthosoma crassulatum (#19140) "Term north of Pandium River" )