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Cotyledons obtusely quadrilateral to reniform, entire, 2-5-3 mm. long, 4-7 mm. broad, upperside 

 green, underside red ; petiole 3 mm. long. 



Stem brownish-red in lower portion, brownish-green in upper part. 



Seedling foliage opposite for about two or three pairs, entire, glabrous, linear; petiole 2-4 mm. 

 First pair 1-6-2-4 cm. long, 1-2 m.m broad, upperside green, underside purple; leaves Nos. five to ten up 

 to 5 cm. long, 2-3 mm. broad. 



A seedling about one foot high has an opposite pair of nodules or swellings* about the axils of the 

 cotyledons or the first pair of leaves. 



The species is named in honour of Sir William Portus Cullen, K.C.M.G., M.A., LL.D., Chief Justice 

 of New South Wales and Chancellor of the University of Sydney, who has done much to encourage the 

 preservation of our native flora. 



RANGE. 



It is confined to North Queensland, so far as we know at present. 



Alma-den, 121 miles by rail westerley from Cairns, tropical Queensland, about 

 1,600 feet above sea -level, growing on granite formation containing about 68-70 per cent, 

 silica, and known as Ironbark. (No. 3,905, collected August, 1913.) Mr. J. H. Maiden 

 informs me that he received an incomplete specimen of this species from Chillagoe in 

 1911. (Original description.) 



AFFINITIES. 



Its closest affinity appears to be with E. crehra F.v.M., which it resembles in 

 bark, timber, and mature leaves, but differs in the shape of buds and fruits, and in the 

 seedling foliage. It also resembles E. paniculata Sm., in its bark, but differs in the 

 timber and other characters. 



* " On Certain Shoot-bearing Tumours of Eucalypts and Angophoras," by J. J. Fletcher and C. T. Musaon. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., vol. xliii, p. 191 (1918). 



