BY R. T. BAKER. 283. 



expanded. Berry 6 lines long, 4 broad, resting on an enlarged 

 perianth tube measurmg across the top almost 5 lines, shining. 

 Pedicels enlarged under the fruit, the whole resembling some 

 Quercus fruits and cups such as Q. pedanculaia, itc. 



Hah. — Tintenbar, Mullumbimby, Dunoon, Gonellah (W. 

 Bauerlen). 



This species was first collected at Lismore by W. Bauerlen. It 

 differs from C. Oliveri in its foliage, the uniform colour of the upper 

 and lower surfaces of its leaves giving it a distinctive character 

 from those of that species, which are dark green coloui'ed on the 

 the upper surface and whitish below. The neuration found in 

 most other Cinnamomums is slightly developed in this species, 

 although wanting in C. Oliveri. Some specimens preserve a light 

 green colour, others darken a little, but the colour is always dis- 

 tinct from C. Oliveri, Bail., C. ovalifolium, Wight, C. Tamala 

 ISTees, and C. Zeylanicum, Nees; the leaves are also thicker, more 

 risid, and less fra^'rant than those of C. Oliveri. 



The bark is thin, non-aromatic, and a distillation of 60 lbs. 

 gave very little oil. 



The remarks on the timber of C. Oliveri are also applicable to 

 this species. 



It differs from C. Tamala, N"ees, the only Australian represen- 

 tative of this genus recorded in B. Fl. v. 303 (allowing for all 

 variations), in the shape, colour, size and venation of the leaf, as 

 well as in the characters of the stigma; from C. ovali/olitivi, 

 Wight, in its lanceolate, unicoloured, glabrous leaves, which are 

 also less coriaceous than those of that species. 



The perianth is very much more enlarged and thickened than 

 in C. Oliveri, Bail., which has an entire and thin-edged enlarged 

 perianth tube, whilst this one appears to show rudimentary lobes. 

 The fruits also are larger than those of C. Oliveri, Bail., and very 

 shining. 



F. M. Bailey (in Bot. Bull. v. p. 25) refers to a probal)ly new 

 species of Cinnamomum under the name of C. propinquum, but 

 I do not think that my specimens can belong to that species, as the 

 branchlets are not 4-angled, neither are the leaves ovate-lanceolate; 



