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hairy scales ; staminal colvunn densely stellate tomentose, 

 much thickened downwards ; ovary closely hirsute ; 

 follicles very shortly stipitate, ovate-oblong, terminating 

 in a short obtuse beak, closely in^'ested with yellowish 

 stellate hairs ; seeds numerous, pale yellow, smooth. 



Gorges near the Isdell River ; smuniits of Isdell and Edkins 

 Ranges ; Mt. Rason (W.V.F.). 



Height 10-30ft. ; trunk to 10ft. ; diameter to 1ft. ; bark 

 greyish, smooth. Timber pale pink, fibrous, soft. Leaves 

 2-3in. long ; petioles IJin. or less. Calyx |-lin. long. 

 Scales 1^-2 Unes long. Follicles 3-3| hnes in length. 

 Among sandstone and quartzite boulders. 



Affinity to S. discolor F. v. JI. 



421. S. Gregorii F. v. M. 



Attains a height of over 50ft. ; flowers yellowish- white, pinkish 

 striate. " Kurrajong." 



422. S. decipiens W.V.F. n. sp. 



A deciduous tree, quite glabrous, excepting the flowers ; 

 leaves on long slender petioles ; ovate-cordate from 

 short to long — acuminate, entire or prominently trilobed, 

 the lobes ending in slender acuminate points, veins very 

 divergent ; flowers in short axillary reoemes ; calyx 

 broadly campanulate, lobed to the middle, green streaked 

 with purple, densely tomentose without, glabrous within ; 

 staminal column in the male flowers very slender, glabrous 

 except at the base, where it is surrounded by a tuft of 

 straight white hairs, in the female very short, but with a 

 similar basal tuft of hairs ; ovary densely tomentose ; 

 style glabrous, the stigmas almost peltate ; folHcles 

 somewhat oblong, glabrous, with a straight or curved 

 beak ; seeds numerous, bright-yellow, smooth and shining, 

 the outer coating densely hairy. 



Near Derby and Mt. Harris and in numerous intervening 

 localities. 



Height 30-3 5ft. ; trunk 10-1 5ft. ; diameter rarely to 1ft. 

 Bark grey, thin, smooth. Timber pale, soft, fibrous. 

 Leaves 3-4in. long. Calyx 5 Hnes diameter. Style |in. 

 long. FolHcles 2J-3iin. long by Ij-ljin. across ; beak 

 Jin. long, reddish-brown. " Kurrajong." In sandy loam. 



Affinity to S. caudata Heward. 



423. S. caudata Heward. 



An evergreen tree of 30-60ft. in height ; trunk to 25ft ; 

 diameter scarcely 1ft. ; bark greyish, smooth, or sHghtly 

 rugose ; timber pale, soft, fibrous ; leaves sometimes 6in. 

 long ; folHcles dull-red, 2-2Jin. long, inclusive of a broad 

 beak of 1 J Hnes ; outer coating of the seeds densely hairy, 

 inner smooth and bright-yellow. ' ' Kurraj ong. ' ' In sandy 

 soils. 



