petals ; they are of medium length and of no exceptional 

 structure. The pistil, except at its broad base, is free and 

 erect. It is composed of two blended carpels, and, unlike 

 those plants we have already described, they are so blended 

 that the ovarian chambers are combined to form a single 

 cavity : the numerous ovules arise along two lines running 

 down its side. The style is single, but it has a two-lobed, 

 terminal stigma. The pistil does not change much in 

 maturing into fruit; it only becomes larger and tougher, 

 and when ripe it splits along the junction of the carpels, 

 each curving back to allow the seeds to escape. These 

 have a well-developed membraneous wing on one side, 

 which enables them to be dispersed by the wind. Laurel 

 is confined to Tasmania, and the genus contains only one 

 other species, which differs but slightly from it and has 

 a very restricted home in Southern Queensland and the 

 adjoining part of New South Wales. 



Horizontal is a most interesting tree, in a genus all by 

 itself, and occurs nowhere but in the western part of Tas- 

 mania. In fairly open forest it is an erect tree, with a 

 rather thin stem, but where it thrives most is in damp, 

 still valleys. There it grows rapidly, and its slender stem 

 is bent to the ground by the weight of its crown. Prom 

 this arise numerous erect branches, which in turn lay them- 

 selves flat and continue the same process. This forms an 

 impenetrable shrub, which a traveller has either to cut a 

 tunnel through or climb over. 



Each of our Saxifrages has a character quite different 

 from the others. Horizontal has opposite, simple leaves, 

 which are oblong, thick, marked along the margin by 

 blunt serrations, and 1 to 2 inches long. The flowers are 

 small, green, and placed one or two together close in the 

 upper axils. The sepals are four or five, and broadly 

 spreading. The petals similar in number, but smaller and 

 narrow. There are twice as many stamens, and the pistil, 

 which is like that of Laurel, matures only one or two seeds. 



Eucryphia is often called Pinkwood, or Leatherwood, 

 but the original Leatherwood was a very different plant, 

 belonging to the Boronia family, and very like Stinkwood. 

 The name Eucryphia should be used, except by those who 

 are too conceited to improve, but those who have a rooted 

 objection to what will assist accuracy may call it Pinkwood 

 without causing much confusion. But even this is objec- 

 tionable, for Beyeria, one of the Euphorbia family, is 

 also called Pinkwood. It is found only in the western 



