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Summits of Mts. Herbert, Broome, and Bold Bluff (W.V.F.). 



Trunk 4-6ft. high. Leaves 2-2|ft. long, petioles l-Jin ; 

 leaflets Gin. or less long by Jin. broad. ^Nfale cones Ijft. 

 long by Sin. diameter ; scales lin. or less in length, Jm. 

 diameter ; acumina Jin. long. Carpophylls 6-8in. long ; 

 stalk Jin.; blade 1-1 Jin. broad; apex 1-1 Jin. long. 

 Seeds IJin. diameter, bluish purple and glaucous when 

 young, yellow when mature. In sandy soil among sand- 

 stone and quartzite rocks. 



Affinity to C. medin, R. Br. 



15 C. media R. Br. 



N.W. coast (A. Cunn.), Prince Regent's River. (J. Bradshaw 



and Allen.) 

 The description published in Flora Australiensis appears to 

 be based on examples of more than one species. 



CONIFERiE 

 CUPRESSE^ (ACTINOSTROBIN^). 



16. CalUtris verrucosa R. Br. 



A tree of 20-40ft. ; trunk to 15ft. ; diameter 1-lJft. ; bark 

 grey, rough ; timber brownish ; branchlets and foliage 

 often glaucous and then the cones are much more verrucose 

 than in the ordinary form. " Cypress-pine." 



In the western interior the species is most often found growing 

 over calcareous rocks. Both the ordinary form and the 

 glaucous one occur in tertiary limestone and sands, the 

 latter in proximity to the sea. 

 var. microcarpa Benth. 



York Sound, Prince Regent's River, Brunswick Bay (A. 

 Cunn.). Summits of King Leopold, Paokhorse, Isdell, 

 Synnott, Artesian, Edkins, and Harding Ranges, and to 

 the north ; Mts. Harris, Barnett, and Bold Bluff ; 

 occasionally descending to their bases (W.V.F.). 



Tree30-80ft. ; trunk to 40ft. ; diameter IJ-i^ft. ; bark greyish, 

 rugose ; timber brown ; cones small, slightly verrucose 

 or quite smooth. In sandstone and quartzite country. 



ANGIOSPERMiE. 

 MONOCOTYLEDONEiE. 



PANDANALES. 



TYPHACE^. 



17. Typha angustifolia L. 



Near Perth (Preiss), (W.V.F.) ; Rawlinson's Range (E. Giles) ; 

 Bases of Mts. Brcmnan, Synnott, and Edliins Ranges 

 (W.V.F. ). 



