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Casuarina tornlojsa Ait. Forma gracilior? 
Crescit in solo sublurfoso syl\.Te ad radices niontis Wuljenup, Phmtagonct, 
U. Oot. 1840, sterile. Herb. Preiss. No. 2007. 
3. Caisiiarina Preissiana Miq, ramulis glaucescentibus 
glabiiusculis densis erectis strictiusculis , 5 - G - angulatis 
sulcatis, amentis niasc. termiiialibus siibpyrainidato-cylin- 
draceis densilloris, femineis lateralibus subsessilibus ob- 
longis utrinque obtusis, niaturis ocluaceis verruculosis, fo- 
veis seniiiiiferis elliptico-tetragoniSj bracteis latis brevi- 
acurainatis, versus basin pilosulis, bracteolis margine su- 
periorc pubesceiitibus. 
In virgultis inter saxa calcarea baud longe ab oppidulo Freemantle, sp. feiii. 
mat., 18. Dec. 1838; in calcareis ad littus meridionale luontis Elizamountaiii, 19. Maj. 
1839, 8p. masc. fl.; in arcnosis inter frutices planitiei propc Albany oppidum, reg. 
Plantagenet, 5. Oct. 18-10 (sp. masc.) Herb. Preiss. No. 2008. 
mull densissimi, 3-plares verticillati, erecti, angiilis acutis, sulcis latis rectan- 
giilaribus, glabriuscnlis; internodiis 4-0 mm. longis; denfihus brevibus lan- 
ceolatis pallide viridibus albido -marginatis, 5-6, appressis. Amenta 7nasc. 
1-2 cent, longa, 3-i mm. crassa, versus apicem attenuata, rubiginosa. Fe- 
minea matura subsessilia, oblonga, 2-272 cent. Jonga, ochracea-iubigmosSj 
bracteolis verruculosis margine sup. puberulis. 
4. Ca^narina obesa Miq. ramulis teretibus striolatis gla- 
bris, va^hianim dentibus 15 et pluribus lanceolatis appres- 
sis sensim sphacelatis et deliquescoiUibus, strobilis fenii- 
iieis breviter pedunculatis . maturis subglobosis utrinque 
truncatis, multifoveatis cristato-tuberculatis, bracteis lan- 
ceolatis fusee rostratis. marginibus extenuatis lacero-ci- 
liolatis. 
In depressis turfosis hiimidis ad iUuium Cygnornm supra oppidulum Pcrfn, 
2T. Jan. 1839, et in solo calcareo ad aestuarium portus Leschcnault, 30. Dec. 
1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 2002. 
+ 
Casuarinae cquisetifoUae Foist, cognata, sed glabritie et vaglnarum 
dentibus statim dlgnoscenda. 
„Arbor 25-35-pedalis". Rami vctustiores sorditle fusci snbanniilati, 
vaginarum dentibus hie illic perslstentibus. /i*rtm«// strictiusculj erecti , in 
sicco cinereo-virides, glabcrrimi, laeves, cylindrici, subtiliter striati, internodas 
l-lVs cent, longis. Vaginarum dentes erect!, lancLoTati, fusci, versus ajncem 
alM, floccoso-laceri vel subciliati, aplcibus sensini deliquescentibus. ^^^ 
bill feminei nascentcs cbovato -globosi pedunculos dense bracteatos ler 
aequantes, maturi effoeti breviter pedimculati, snbglobosi, utrinque trnncati, 
bine fere brevi- cylindrici 1 - 1 Va cent, longi, bracteolarum marginibus acu- 
tatis prominentibus estus piiberulis cristati. Bracteae lanceolatae fuscescen- 
tes, marginibus albicantibus lacero-ciliatae. 
5. Caj^narina Hiigeliana Miq. ramulis teretibus ele- 
vato-striatis puberulis suWerruculoso-scabriusculis, denti- 
bus vaginarum 8-9 lanceolatis erecto-patulis sensim deli- 
quescentibus - amentis nmsculis filiformibus erectis subre- 
