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about an acre of it (in a long strip), at the Kariong Trig. 

 Station (807 feet), about four miles west of Woy Woy, and 

 north of the Hawkesbury River about eight miles. The 

 shrubs are about twelve feet high, with stems of two to 

 three inches in diameter. 



12. E. macrocarpa Hook. See Grit. Rev. ii, 239. 



The flowers of this rare species are amongst the very 

 largest and most beautiful of the genus. The species is 

 rarely seen in the bush (because of its inaccessibility from 

 the larger centres of population), and much more rarely in 

 cultivation, and inasmuch as there is variation in the colour 

 of the filaments which has not been satisfactorily defined, 

 the object of this note is to do something in this direction. 



In Grit. Rev. ii, 241, I queried Mr. O. H. Sargents's note 

 that the flowers were scarlet. This brought the following 

 comments from that valued correspondent : — 



44 1 was in Perth recently, and saw some cultivated 

 specimens of E. macrocarpa just coming into bloom. The 

 flowers were pale coloured. I took very careful note of 

 the tint and would describe it as pale carmine red with a 

 tendency to blue. I think, perhaps, crimson is the best 

 general description of the flower's colour, but I cannot at all 

 agree to "rich" crimson, bright crimson I should say at the 

 utmost. Never have I seen a blossom of the species with 

 anything like the depth of colour that is found in the flowers 

 of E. ficifolia." (5/9/13). 



" Driving home to York from Quellington a week ago I 

 found one flower fully open on a shrub near that place. I 

 brought it home and carefully compared its colour with the 

 sample washes in Windsor and Newton's "Modern Water 

 Golor Pigments," (No. 43). Viewed from the side, the 

 wash marked "carmine" is a perfect match for the colour 

 of tke stamens. From above, looking through the anthers, 

 which are cream coloured, the mass of stamens perfectly 



