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numerosis lineari-lanceolatis falcatis, basi lata deorsum de- 



currente insertis, parallele plurinerviis, subtus praesertim 



inter nervos (in sicco fusco-) stomatoso-punctatis ; coni 



masc. squaraae cuneiformes, apice in corpus sterile securi- 



formi-rotundatum tomentellum vertice saepe in brevem api- 



culum contractum expansae; fem. pedicellato-peltatae, pelta 



trans verse compressa in brevem cuspidem coriaceam recur- 



vam sericeo-velutinam excurrente, matura valde incrassata. 



Crescit in Nova Hollandia orientali extratropica austra- 



liore, v. c. in regione fl. Manning: stephenson; in distr. 



fl. Burnett: c. moore; in confinibus Sinus Moreton, in 



sylvis prope Durando : w. hill ; in tractu montium Expe- 



dition-range usque ad plagain altam Buckland Tableland, 



in jugis nemorosis basalticis, ad 1000 — 2000 ped. alt.: 



A. C. GREGORY. 



Omnium spectatissima species. Truncus usque 18 — 20 

 pedum alt., cylindricus. Folia numerosa, 12 — 7 pedes longa, 

 saturate viridia, lucida. petiolis 2 — 3-pedalibus basi valde 

 incrassata fulvo-tomentellis, caeterum glabris, semicylin- 

 drico-tetragonis, dorso convexioribus ; rhaehi inferne sub- 

 tetragona superne a lateribus compressa, antice utrinque 

 sulco folioligero instructa. Foliola numerosissima, usque 

 240, densa, sed non imbricata, rhaehi antice inserta, basi 

 lata baud callosa, omnia falcata, inferiora opposita, supe- 

 riora alterna, infima duplo breviora, superiora haud mul- 

 tum abbreviata, omnia circiter 6 — 8 — 10 poll. longa, | 

 lata, 12 — 15-nervia, coriacea, flexibilia, plana, supra asto- 

 matosa, subtus praesertim inter nervos tenues sed bene dis- 

 tinctos dense stomatosa. 



Conus masc. valde elongatus, cylindricus, aliquando 3i 

 pedes adaequans, ingentis comu ad instar e foliorum co- 

 rona emersus, utplurimum autem oblongo-ovoideus, | — 1 

 pedes longue, 4 — 7 poll. crassus. Squamae 1£— 3 poll. 

 longae, pari e extrorsum exserta indumento griseo-fuscescente 



