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upper two rows contain many chlorop lasts and represent palisade tissue ; 

 the rest of the cells have fewer chloroplasts and there are numerous air- 

 spaces. Lower epidermis similar to upper. • 



Habitat : Common in forest from sea-level to summit of Mount Gower. 



Distribution : Endemic. Closely allied to D. semicarpifolia F. Muell.. 

 of Queensland. 



Cryptocarya triplinervis R. Br. 

 Cryptocarya triplinervis R. Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 402, 1810. 



Recorded : Bentham, Fl. Austr. v, 297, 1870 ; Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x. 

 249, 1896 ; Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 23, 133, 1898. 



Anatomy of leaf of specimen from forest, Transit Hill : Thin cuticle on 

 upper surface. Upper epidermis of single row of oblong or square cells. 

 Palisade tissue, half the mesophyll, of two or three rows of long cells inter- 

 rupted by large empty cells the width of about four palisade cells. Spongy 

 tissue with air-spaces. Lower epidermis similar to upper, but with thinner 

 cuticle. 



Habitat : Common in lowland forest, Transit and Northern Hills. 



Distribution : Australia. 



Cryptocarya Gregsoni Maiden. 



Cryptocarya Gregsoni Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 27, 347, 1902. 



Recorded : Maiden, I.e. ; Maiden, id. 23, 135, 1898 (black plum). 



Anatomy of leaf of specimen from scrub on summit of Mount Gower : 

 Thin cuticle on upper surface. Upper epidermis of oblong cells deeper 

 than wide. Hypoderm of two rows of clear rounded cells. Palisade tissue 

 two-layered, with a few large empty cells among it. Spongy parenchyma 

 of small cells with air-spaces. Lower epidermis similar to upper, but with 

 thinner cuticle. (See fig. 2, c.) 



Habitat : In forest on mountains from 300 m. alt. to summit of Mount 

 Gower ; in scrub on Northern Hills. 



Distribution : Endemic. 



Lepidium howei-insulae Thell. 

 Lepidium howei-insulae Thell., Gatt. Lepid. 291, 1906. 

 Recorded : Bentham, Fl. Austr. i, 86, 1863 (L. joliosrmi) ; Hemsley ^ 

 Ann. Bot. x, 231, 1896 (L. folios um) ; Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 

 23, 123, 1898 (L.joliosum) ; Thellung, I.e. ; Maiden, Proc. Linn Soc. N.S.W. 

 39, 381, 1914 {L.foliosmn). 



Habitat : Maritime meadow, talus slopes, and sand-flats ; Ball's Pyramid 

 and Admiralty Islets (Maiden). 



Distribution : Endemic. Nearlv allied to L. oleraceum of New Zealand. 



Colmeiroa carpodetoides F. Muell. 



Colmeiroa carpodetoides F. Muell., Fragm. Phutogr. Austr. vii, 149- 

 1871. 

 Recorded : F. Muell., I.e. ; Hemsley, Ann. Bot. x, 236, 1896. 

 Habitat : In forest, upper slopes of Mount Gower. 

 Distribution : Endemic. Allied to Carpodetus of New Zealand. 



