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K. T. BAKER AND H. G. SMITH. 





D. fascicularis. 



D. grandiflora. 



D taxifolia. 



Sp. gr. at 15° 0. ... 



0-9184 



0-915 



0-8779 



Rotation a D 



+ 1-2° 



+ 23-1° 



-6-5° 



Ref. index at 20°C. 





1-4773 





Ester by boiling . . . 



60% 



35-1% 



5'3% 



Ester in the cold... 



58% 



33-8% 





Yield of oil 



0-318% 



0-12% 



0-313% 



Distribution. 

 Berowra, R. T. Baker. Left bank of the Hawkesbury 

 River, opposite Milson Island, Dr. J. B. Cleland. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Plate VII. 

 1. Flowering twig. 

 2 Individual flower. 



3. Transverse section of calyx. 



4. Transverse section of calyx. 



5. Longitudinal section of lower portion of flower. 



6. Flower cut open to show disposition of stamen and staminodia_ 

 7 and 8. Two bracts. 



1 to 8 enlarged. 



Plate VIII, 



Transverse section of leaf, showing anatomical structure. 



