"black" in the name probably alludes to the blackish-gray color of the bark of the trees. The soil is a sour sand, elevated a little above adjacent wet teatree flats. Trees up to ca. 30 ft. tall; the major dominant being Thryptomene oligandra. Undergrowth formed by two species of Australian heath (Epacridaceae) - both bushy big shrubs or small trees- growing in great abundance to a height of 6 - 12 feet but leaving open glades through which one can walk freely through the scrub. Wiry, tufted Restionaceae 18507, and a few stiff sedges, form what little ground cover there is apart from a couple of mosses which occur usually under the shade of the heaths. Several epiphytic orchids grow close to the ground; the most conspicuous being Dendrobium 18511 with a great showing of waxy purple-brown, curly, sweet scented blooms. Other common epiphytes are climbing, succulent dischidias (D. num http://www.illinois.edu/~joseph/nummularia and D. Rafflesiana). A wet teatree flat, beside the black teatree scrub, was remarkable for the number of species of bladderworts scattered through the sparse sedge and grass ground cover. Collected no less than five spp., and found a sixth which I decided to leave for another day. Collecting series of these very small plants uses up a lot of time. One of today's bladderworts, U. 18517, was only 3 cm. high and its white flowers so minute that I had to stoop close to the ground to see them. Also found 3 spp. of Drosera; two of them sterile, and one of the sterile species almost as tiny as the little white Utricularia. My trip to Cody Creek was done by bicycle. My first ride on one of these machines for fully 30 years. The road was just two wheel tracks through grass over head high, with here and there a muddy watercourse or deep ruts where Holland's truck had sunk down in the wet season. With Robert, a good bike rider, following, I led my machine out of sight of camp before trying to ride it. Had numerous mishaps, but by good luck always managed to land with a foot on the ground. The worst trouble was the long grass, which whipped across my sweaty face and into my eyes, and I did not dare to raise a hand to ward it off. That was on the outward trip. On the home run I was getting the feel of the machine and no longer tried to handle it like a car or a horse. Having no jeep, I bought three second hand bikes in Cairns for use in collecting. They should be very useful, for in all our collecting localities there are roads of a kind. Thursday April 29: The butcher's boat from T. I. was expected at RIP today with mails, and having letters to do, I took the day off to attend to correspondence and do odd jobs outstanding. Geoff went to RIP with Holland to meet the boat, but no boat arrived. A tally of results of my first week here shows 187 numbers and 1094 sets collected, which is a nice start. Last night George and Van went hunting in the vicinity of the saw-mill with the two Dick Hollands. Someone got lost in the rain forest (who it was has been kept secret from those of us who stayed at home), most of the ammunition was used in blazing at a ghecko in a high tree, and no mammals were shot or seen. A fine big 48 lb. specimen of Macropus agilis jardinei shot by the boy Moreton this afternoon.