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Anzia angustata, Pers., Parme.lia polycarpa, Taylor, and P. teuu- 

 issima, Taylor, all from Mt. Seaview; Lecidea ferax, Muell. Arg., 

 Mt. Maiden; Usnea barbata, Linn., var. ceratiyia, Hastings River; 

 Cladonia fimbriata, Huds., Long Flat, Hastings River; and 

 Parmelia conspersa, Ehr., Tia, New England. 



On the tops of mountains higher than Mt. Seaview, and also 

 in situations not much higher than the Hastings River, I found 

 an arboreal Daviesia. It is a handsome tree with drooping 

 branches. On the average it was, say, 25 feet high, with a trunk 

 diameter of 1 foot. It had cork}'^, deeply furrowed bark, and 

 white wood. In habit it reminds one of Acacia implexa, and the 

 bark might readily be mistaken for Casuarina suberosa or 6*. 

 torulosa. I was under the impression that this Daviesia had not 

 been previously recorded from New South Wales, but the Rev. 

 B. Scortechini (loc. cit. infra) traced it to the Tweed Ri^•er fi'om 

 Queensland. It was imperfectly described by W. Hill as No. 219, 

 page 22, of his Catalogue of the Collection of Queensland Timbers, 

 published for the Sydney International Exhibition of 1879. He 

 describes it as "Queenwood. Diameter, 6 to 12 inches; height, 

 15 to 30 feet. A very ornamental, spreading, drooping tree, 

 with bright green foliage; occurring upon the Darlington Ranges. 

 Its w:ood is hard, close-grained, with beautiful pink streaked 

 lines, and takes a beautiful polish. It is destined to take a 

 prominent position with cabinet-makers, also for decorative 

 plantations." 



In the Proceedings of this Society, Vol. vii p. 221, in a paper 

 by Rev. B. Scortechini, the name Daviesia arborea is adopted as 

 of "F.v.M. and B. Scort., ined."; and although the tree is 

 described more fully than by Hill, it is not described in a formal 

 botanical manner by either, and if the name arborea should stand 

 for it, W. Hill must be given as the author. D. arborea, F.v.M. 

 and Scort., was quoted in Mueller's Census (1st Edition, 1882), 

 and suppressed in the 2nd Edition (1889) of the same work, being 

 included under D. corymbosa. I certainly think reference should 

 be made to its tree-stature, so unusual in the genus, and therefore 

 propose that it be called D. corymbosa, var. arborea. 



