516 BOTANICAL NOTES, 



Brief analysis showing relations to cognate species. 



Leaves thickly coriaceous, smooth, shining above, the primary 

 veins very prominent underneath, the reticulations inconspicuous. 

 Fruit glohdar. C. ohovata. 



Leaves more or less coriaceous, the reticulations fine, con- 

 spicuous or obsolete on both sides. 



Fruit globular. C. glaucescens. 



Leaves thinly coriaceous, the reticulations fine on both sides. 

 Fruit ovoid-ellipfical. C. micronciLra. 



C. glaucescens and 'C. microneura are found intermingled in the 

 brushes along the whole northern coast districts of this colony as 

 well as Illawarra, and their distinct character (without any 

 intermediate forms that we can trace), is maintained throughout. 



This species differs from C glaucescens in colour, texture and 

 shape of its leaves, in its absence of glaucousness, and particularly 

 in the shape of its fruits. The reticulations are also more pro- 

 minent than in the former species, and the specific name is very 

 appropriate. The staminodia are also more acuminate. The 

 fruiting perianth is entirely distinct; in C. rjlaucescens it is 

 "depressed-globular," a shape uniformly maintained throughout 

 the whole range of the typical species, but in this species it is 

 ovoid-elliptical and consistently so. It measures about 6-8 lines 

 long and 3-4 broad, is black and shining and faintly ribbed. 

 The fruits of C microneura have not hitherto been described. 

 In fine, we have repeatedly examined the two species in the 

 brushes from Illawarra to Port Macquarie, and have requested 

 Mr. Baeuerlen, the botanical collector of the Museum, to make 

 similar olDservations on the Richmond River. Our observations 

 agree in that we are convinced that the trees are distinct. 



Proteace^. 



Petrophila pedunculata, R.Br. 



This species has been collected at Bundanoon, near Moss Vale, 

 by Mr. A. J. Sach, of Goulburn, which is at present its most 

 southern recorded limit. 



