II. 



4. Callitris propinqua, 



R.Br., ex End I. et Herb. 

 "CYPRESS PINE." 



(Syn. : — Frcncla Moorci, Pari. Schweinforth.) 



Habitat. 

 Kangaroo Island; Sandy Creek, Gawler (S.A.); and Bibbenluke i^N.S.W.). 



I. HISTORICAL. 



The distinctive specific position of this tree was first noticed when 

 inspecting the cultivated Pine trees in the Hobart Botanic Gardens when on the 

 wa\- to Europe. 



Upon an examination of Cunningham's original specimens and MS. in the 

 British Museum, its specific differences were still further marked, and after com- 

 parison with other described species, there could be little doubt as to its systematic 

 position from a morphological standpoint, and so Brown's naming is here restored. 



The glaucous fruits are quite characteristic, especially before dehiscing, 

 when the bloom disappears ; they also have an elongated shape that differs from 

 that of other species. 



The decurrent leaves on the branchlets are light olive-green in colour, similar 

 to those of C. rohutta, or C. calcarata. 



Maiden, in his " Forest Flora," places C. gracilis, R.T.B., with this species 

 but the differences of the two are very marked morphologically, anatomically, and 

 chemically, and no intermediate forms have yet been recorded. 



.As far as our researches go, it appears to occur in Kangaroo Island and 

 South Australia ^W. Gill), and south-east N.S.VV., at Bibbenluke, Quidong 

 (J. H. Maiden;. 



Herbaria Material Examined. 

 Kew, — 



No specimens. 

 British Museum, — 



Bro.vn's original specimens from Kangaroo Island, 1802. 

 Berlin National Herbarium, — 



Schweinforth's specimen labelled "Frcncla Moorci, Pari. " Tnloi luiiattly 

 there is no locality given. 

 Hobart, — 



'There is a tree of this species cultivated in the Hobart Botanic Gardens.) 



