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shortly stalked or sessile ; scales 6, woody, the larger ones blunt, 

 f-1 in. long, the others about half that length, the claw near the 



apex prominent, 

 shape. 



Seeds broadly oval, wings variable in size and 



Fig. 33.—CALLITRIS OBLONGA. 

 a, spray with four expanded cones ; b, end of branchlet ; c, cone-scale with four seeds attached and 

 four scars whence seeds have fallen ; d, seeds. 



C. ohlonga is a native of Tasmania, where it is fairly common 

 on the banks of the S. Esk and St. Anne's Rivers. 



A plant now (1923) about 10 ft. high has been in cultivation 

 at Rostrevor, Ireland, since 1893. 



Gard. Chron. July 7, 1917, p. 3. 



