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BOTANICAL NOTES, 
Brief analysis showing relations to cognate species. 
Leaves thickly coriaceous, smooth, shining above, the primary 
veins very prominent underneath, the reticulations inconspicuous. 
Fruit globular. C. obovata. 
Leaves more or less coriaceous, the reticulations fine, con- 
spicuous or obsolete on both sides. 
Fruit globular. C. glaucescens. 
Leaves thinly coriaceous, the reticulations fine on both sides. 
Fruit ovoid-elliptical. C. microneura. 
C. glaucescens and 0. microneura are found intermingled in the 
brushes along the whole northern coast districts of this colony as 
well as Illawarra, and their distinct character (without any 
intermediate forms that we can trace), is maintained throughout. 
This species differs from C. glaucescens in colour, texture and 
shape of its leaves, in its absence of glaucousness, and particularly 
in the shape of its fruits. The reticulations are also more pro- 
minent than in the former species, and the specific name is very 
appropriate. The staminodia are also more acuminate. The 
fruiting perianth is entirely distinct; in 0. glaucescens it is 
"depressed-globular," a shape uniformly maintained throughout 
the whole range of the typical species, but in this species it is 
ovoid-elliptical and consistently so- It measures about 6-8 lines 
long and 3-4 broad, is black and shining and faintly ribbed. 
The fruits of G microneura have not hitherto been described. 
In fine, we have repeatedly examined the two species in the 
brushes from Illawarra to Port Macquarie, and have requested 
Mr. Baeuerlen, the botanical collector of the Museum, to make 
similar observations on the Richmond River. Our observations 
agree in that we are convinced that the trees are distinct. 
Proteace^e. 
Petrophila pedunculata, R.Br. 
This species has been collected at Bundanoon, near Moss Vale, 
by Mr. A. J. Sach, of Goulburn, which is at present its most 
southern recorded limit. 
