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1 Ve p ones of Drummond differ in their much more slender branches. Drummond's 
1 2, with male amenta only, may belong to C. dis istyla, or gera to C. bicuspidata. 
ee specimens with shorter cones from Murchison river, are referred by Miquel to 
eh Aces : : P 
5. C. ainiti h Forst. Char. Gen. 108, t. 52. A tree attainin 
a large size, but so frequently cut that it is s generally m et with muc 
spreadi 
the smaller ones often pendulous, lebron è or tomentose when g. 
Whorls usually ae but the parts varying from eath 
teeth short or S es fine-pointed on the persistent 
branches, the rie rarely exceeding } in. up ribs rather PS 
. ment. lowers iecious, male spikes about $in. long, term nating 
slender deciduous branchlets, the à 
in i DC. Prod. Xvi. ii, 338, with the several (non-Australian) synonyms 
_ there given. 
. _N. Australia. North ig A. Cunningham ; e of the Gulf of Carpentaria, 
— Henne; Esc 'ape Cliffs, Hulse; Port Darwin, Schultz, 
3 ueensland, Nai aati islands, R. Brosh n; Cape Bedford and b a 
. Cape Flattery, F. Mueller; Entrance island, Endeavour Straits, Leichhardt; P. 
3 ront Walter ; Rockingham and Edgecombe bays, Dallachy; Port De bale, 
zalan 
m T iiu shoots very tomentose. C. incana, A. PN — — Port 
3 e, A. Cunningham, Leichhardt ; Moreton Í sland, C. Moor This ety ap- 
E ques bo to be found in New Caledon, from a specimen received pas the Paris her- 
- , The species is widely spread over East India and the qe e man With C. distyla 
. it has long been cultivated in gardens, where varieties ha - sen which have ted 
1 LE as new Australian species. Amongst per C. excelsa, Dehnb.; Miq. Rev. 
6. c. uberes]: Ott. - Dietr. ; Miq. Rev. Cas. 54, t. 6, and in DC. 
Prod. xvii. ii. 837. A t e of 30: to 40 ft., the s specimens closely re- 
the cem : extending nearly to the apex of the valve—Hook. 
Fl. Tasm. i. 948, t. 96; C. leptoclada, Mig. Rev. Cas. 41, t. 4, and 
