276 CINNAMOMUMS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 



slender, terminal, and in the upper axils, 2 or 3 inches long, of 

 few branches, hoary or velvety hairy, branches few, with usually 

 2, 3, or 4 pedicellate flowers at the end of each branchlet. 

 Perianth hairy on both sides, as are also the broad filaments of 

 the stamens. Stamens all shorter than the perianth. Ovavj and 

 style glabrous ; stigma peltate. The only fruit seen was much 

 deformed by gall insect and fungus.'' 



My material being complete I am enabled to add the following 

 description of the fruit : — Oval in shape, measuring about ^ inch 

 long and under ^ inch broad, resting in the enlarged perianth 

 tube, the segments deciduous. They are, however, very often 

 deformed by gall insects or fungus. Some of the " galls " 

 measure as much as 2 inches in diameter, and are coated 

 for ^ inch or more with a micro-fungus Melampsora iieso- 

 dapJmes, B. & Br., which is highly fragrant and has the 

 appearance of a mealy powder of a canary-yellow colour. 

 Under a one-eighth or one-tenth objective the hyphre and 

 spores are well l^rought out, the latter being oval or oblong 

 in shape with a thick cell wall and "delicately granulated." 

 After a time the substance of the "gall" becomes quite woody, 

 and when the fungus is removed the surface is shown to be very 

 irregular. An error has evidently been made in Cooke's 

 " Australian Fungi," p. 333, under Melampsora nesodaphnes, 

 B. & Br., and in all probability Nesodaphne ohtusifolia, Benth., 

 should read C. Oliveri. 



The "galls " are very characteristic of the tree, and were known 

 to me some years before I had sufficient evidence to identify the 

 host. They occur on the trees both at Port Macquarie and 

 Richmond River. The primary cause of this deformation of the 

 fruits is not quite clear, as it may be due to either an insect or a 

 fungus. It is still under investigation. 



Bailey adds the following note to his description of the species : 

 " From imperfect specimens I thought this tree onl}'^ a form of 

 Bentham's Beilschmiedia ohtusifolia, and under which name its 

 wood and bark have been noticed in my Catalogue of Queensland 

 Woods, No. 315. Professor D. Oliver, of the Kew Herbarium, 

 to whom I sent specimens of the bark for the museum, and also 



