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Herbaria Material Examined. 

 Kew, — 



Sir J. D. Hooker's specimens collected on the bank of the Esk River, with 



notes and sketches for plates in his " Flora Tasmanica." 

 R. Gunn's specimens, labelled " C. Gunnii " by Hook. f. 

 A specimen from Launceston, no collector's name given. 

 A specimen grown in the open air since 1893 by Mr. W. J. Ross, Rosstrevor, 

 Ireland — shows no variation. 



British Museum, — 



R. Gunn's specimen from South Esk Bank, 25-5-43. 

 Caley's specimen, labelled F. Gunnii, no loc. 



Paris Herbarium, — 



Gunn's specimen ; information, Kew and British Museum. 



Cambridge University Herbarium, — 



Gunn's specimen ; information, Kew and British Museum. 



Brussels Herbarium, — 



Verreaux's specimen from Paris Herbarium, labelled " Frenela australis, R.Br. 

 1844-46," not in fruit. 



II. SYSTEMATIC. 



A shapely bush or small tree rarely attaining a height of 25 feet, mth a 

 hard, compact bark, and very numerous branchlets. Free ends of leaf small, 

 acute, closely appressed at the base of each joint, the three decurrent portions 

 forming angles on the branchlets resembling those of C. Muelleri ; the internodes 

 are comparatively rather long, ranging from 2 to 3 lines.. Male amentum terminal 

 or towards the ends of the branchlets, very short, just over a line long, the whorls 

 of stamens few, anther cells a little larger than in other species. Female amentum 

 not seen. 



Fruit cones somewhat conical, about an inch long and | inch in diameter 

 towards the base, solitary, on short peduncles or in clusters, and sessile at the base 

 of the younger branches. Valves six, obtuse at the apex, rather thick, the alternate 

 ones about half the size of the others, — which are sometimes convex 

 longitudinallv at the lower half and concave at the upper, smooth on the 

 back, the dorsal point very prominent on the outer edge at the top ; the 

 central columella short, three-partite. Seeds, broad, equally or unequally 

 winged. 



On a carpological classification the species has greatest affinity with C. 

 rhomboidea, R.Br., as both have a well-developed "spur." 

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