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Pod shortly stipitate, straight, linear, 3 — 4 mm. broad 

 aud about 3 cm. long, valves smooth or finely granular on 

 the surface, the margins thickened, the thickening some- 

 times grooved. 



Seeds obliquely arranged in the pod, elongate-ovoid, 

 shiny black, funicle soon thickening into a double fold 

 forming a small arillus disposed at the top of the seed. 



Type, Dr. T. L. Bancroft, No. 19, Eidsvold, Queensland. 



Range. 

 It appears to be confined to Queensland, and probably 

 extends over a far larger area of that State than is known 

 at present. Specific localities are — 



1. Eidsvold, west of Maryborough (Dr. T. L. Bancroft). 



2. "Ringy Rosewood" (Bailey's Queensland Hardwoods, 

 No. 139 B), Gladstone. Labelled A. glaucescens (?) on poor 

 material. It is interesting that, later on, Dr. Bancroft 

 drew attention to the ornamental "ringy" character of 

 this timber. 



3. "Rosewood." "Very like A. aulacocarpa, but with- 

 out pods cannot say." (Note by the late F. M. Bailey). 

 Subsequently named by him A. glaucescens. Rockhampton 

 (J. Edgar). 



4. Duaringa, 63 miles west of Rockhampton (J.H.M.) 



5. Clermont 229 miles west of Rockhampton, (Forest 

 Ranger Gorman). For a view of Nos. 2, 3, 5, 1 am indebted 

 to Mr. O. T. White, Government Botanist of Queensland. 



Affinities. 

 Its closest relations are A. Burroivi n. sp., A. argentea 

 Maiden, and A. glaucescens Willd., and their differences 

 may be stated in the following table. It has usually been 

 considered to be A. glaucescens by Queensland botanists 

 hitherto. 



O -December 3, 1919. 



