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Among the Mallee about here (Mount Hope to Parkes) there is often a 

 spreadliig Pine ( Callitris varruoosa, R.Br.), which grows with a short stem, 

 and branches out almost from the ground. The fruits are larger than those of 

 (-'. roiusta, and are covered with pimples or warts full of a resinous substance. 

 South of the Laehlan this tree is sometimes called Turpentine. (R. H. 

 Cambage.) 



Mr. Boorman's description of the plants at Nymagee is much the same. 



Eunge. — It is a dry country species, found in the interior of New South 

 Wales, Victoria, and South Atistralia, and also reaching the coast in 

 Western Australia. 



The type locality is " interior of New South Wales, between 24° et 

 38°." The specimens were collected in the same district Qyy Allan Cun- 

 ningham in Oxley's Expedition) as C. calcarata were (see C. calcarata, 

 p. 167), and Nymagee and Ooan Downs may be fairly looked upon as co-type 

 localities. 



Found amongst mallee scrub on the Coan Downs, Roto, and other stations, 

 Laehlan District. (J. Duff.) 



Mallee Pine grows in scattered patches In the mallee on this and neighbour- 

 ing stations. It is usually found just on the fringe of the mallee, or on low 

 sand rises in the mallee. (R. O. Moore, Coan Downs.) 



A correspondent informs me that it occurs about 1 mile west of Lake 

 Oudgellico, on the road to Welsh's selection, but I have not seen it. The 

 above are New South Wales localities. 



Warialda, N.S.W. (Eev. H. M. E. Rupp). Fruits covered with tubercles, 

 but tubercles smaller than in the type. Specimens like this show the 

 difficulty of classifying Callitris. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 46. 



CuJVitils Maclcayana. 



No. A and Ai One form of foliage, natural size, and about three times 

 natural size, b and b„ the second form of "foliage" (branchlets) 

 common in this species. * B enlarged and Bi greatly enlarged, c is a 

 fruit, c, seeds, and o, of the clusters of central columellas or aborted 

 ovlues of each fruit. 

 Callitris rerrneom. R.P,r. ( siieeimens from near Nymagee, N.S.W. ). 



A. Twig bearing male flowers, e. Branchlets bearing male flowers, 

 c. Stamen (with anthers), d. Cluster of fruits, d^. Very yonus fruits. 

 E. Single fruit, opened, showing central column, f. Seo(is. o. Fruit, 

 from near Karrakatta, W.A. 



H. A very warted fruit of Callitris propinqua, R.Br., showing close affinity 

 to C. vcrnicosn. For remainder of C. propinqWa, see Plate 47. 



CaliitHn robusta, 'R.'Bt. 



Botanical Name. — Rolusta (Latin), in allusion to the sturdy growth of 

 the species. 



Vernacular Names. — " White or Common Pine." It is often named after 

 a locality, thus — " Murrumibidgee or Laehlan Pine." Other names will be 

 alluded to later on. 



The " Mountain Cypress Pine " of Weddiu, ne.-ir Young, grows on hilly 

 country, and as a rule is not of a very .^ound nature, having dry rot at the 

 heart; used for saw-milling and fencing purposes. There is very little of this 

 pine in the Grenfell district. (District Forester A. Osborne.) 



