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- Brewsteri, var. sylvestris, Bail. thee Fistula, var. silvestris, 
umph. Herbarium Amboinense ii., 88, pl. 22). tree of medi 
size, erect trunk with dark eee bark, noble very bitter, branchlets 
cylindric, deeply indented between the noes suture margin entire = 
straight, about a line broad, internal arrangement as above. . Seed not 
so glossy as the first form, roundish, about. 3 lines long. 
vr >the E. Cowley. 
r. G. E. Rumphius, in Herbarium Amboinensis, Aer Les ae seems to think 
the re sash br alled, “the old man’s consolat ” for although it 
is not known*to possess medicinal properties, yet the toile ae sh pods have a use, 
me he old men beat their baye with them, to keep their ike from becoming 
Some trees - ae Nerang agree in foliage and wood with this form, but I 
have seen no pod. 
0 other forms. Leaflets short and broad, almost rotund, about 
m. long, very dark green and. glossy on the upper hates pale and 
Yelvety beneath. Flower- meee and flowers smaller. Pod nearly- 
terete, yw velvety, 14 to 2 ft. long, and ree: in. Aibabisr, 
ternal arrangement and Pat similar to the last 
Hab. : Logan River, range about Obum Obum, eaobesk and Mt. Perry. Tho 
Pods of this form are very similar to those of C. Gisberi iana, DC. 
Plants receive distinctive names for the conyenience of their being referred 
. atividual, sand according to the aibokhe of the distinction are separ rated genetic. 
ally, Speci , and again as varieties of each species. With regard to this latter 
division much Scrplenity and confusion is often ere by some botanists discarding 
from their writings all plant ch in their opinion are me r varieties 
githe ey enumerat so different, -—however, are some of these varieties 
thas the al that the non professional botanist can hardly believe hem 
a than distinct species. ‘The plan I have prccesagy in dea th the nati 
Paap ten ee a distinct name for ea aie this method nurserymen 
find a =~ varieties in stock under their distinctive names, and persons will not 
in their oP too late te that they have pasted quite a different Bae from heir tied 
keepi when giving the order, as might oceur when attention is not pai 
of are, the varieties distinct. I have been led to ape hao: pa remarks-on account 
ving added another variety to the above Cassi 
Order MYRTACEZ. 
Trin MYRTEX 
EUGENIA, tan, 
Sectroy JAMBOSA. 
are eral 1 v.M.and Bail. A small erect graceful tree, quite 
Sous: of og 20 to 80ft. in height, bark aoe fibrous. Lea si 
| searesly vigible except in the e young leaves, ainiey veins 
q nie dist stant and Prema, ioe to form the intramarginal one far 
