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It is specially worthy of note that it should occur at places so far removed 

 as Tasmania, and Rylstone on the mainland, whilst there are only two records of 



its occurrence (Grampians, \'ictoria 

 and Xew South Wales), in the inter- 

 vening distance, and yet preserves 

 I intact the botanical characters as well 

 as its chemical constituents. 



I Mr. C. F. Laseron states — " That on 



rocky, basaltic hills near the coast it 

 is rarely more than 20 feet high, while 

 on sand dunes, which lie behind the 

 open beaches it lives as a dense shrub, 

 sometimes only 2 or 3 feet high. The 

 branches are \'er\- low and irregular, 

 though usually drooping, and so dense 

 that it is difficult to approach the base 

 of the tree. The spread of branches 

 is very wide near the base, giving a 

 peculiar shape to the tree. It occurs 

 in patches on the East Coast of Tas-. 

 mania from Otford to Swansea, and 

 probably still further north, and was 

 noticed in steep rocky gullies 16 miles 

 inland from Swansea. Young plants 

 are greedily eaten by stock. 



The habit of this tree is very differ- 

 ent from the Sydney C. rhomboidea, 

 lacking the stately grace and symmetry, and the almost parallel and ju'rpendicular 

 branches of that tree." 



Callitris Tasmanica, Glen Regis, 

 Rylstone, N.S.W. 



III. LEAVES. 

 (rt) Economic. 



It is stated that the young plants are soiiulinus ralin b)- stock. {Vide 

 Chemistry also.j 



(h) Anatomy. 



Transverse sections show a configuration (luite distinct, not only from its 

 congener C. rhomboidea, but from all the Callitris and, in fact, unlike that of any 

 other Australian pines. Some, however, resemble the cross sections figured 

 by Dr. Masters '"' Linn. Soc. Jf)urn.," Bot., \'ol. X.X.W ol ihc leaves of Pinus 



