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Casuarlna torulosa Ait. Forma gracilior? 
Orescit in solo subturfoso sylvae ad radices montis Wuljenup, Plantagenet, 
14. Oct. 1840, sterile. Herb. Preiss. No. 2007. 
3. Casuarlna Preissiana Miq. ramulis glaucescentibus 
glabriusculis densis erectis strictiusculis ? 5 - 6 - angulatis 
sulcatis 5 amentis masc. terminalibus subpyramidato - cylin- 
draceis densifloris 5 femineis lateralibus subsessilibus ob- 
longis utrinque obtusis, maturis ochraceis verruculosis, fo- 
veis seminiferis elliptico-tetragonis ? bracteis latis brevi- 
acuminatis ? versus basin pilosulis, bracteolis margine su- 
periore pubescentibus. 
in virgultis inter saxa calcarea hand longe ab oppidulo Freemantle, sp. fem. 
mat., 18. Dec. 1838 ; in calcareis ad littus meridionale montis Elizamountain, 19. Maj. 
1839, sp. masc. fl. ; in arenosis inter frutices planitiei prope Albany oppidum, reg. 
Plantagenet, 5. Oct. 1840 (sp. masc.) Herb. Preiss. No. 2008. 
„Frutex 3 - 5 - pedalis divaricatus (sp. fem.) , 4 - 6 - pedalis ramis fastigia- 
tis, vel saltern bipedalis 44 (spp. masc.) Rami vetusti teretes, fusci, suban- 
nulati, dentibus vaginarum deciduis cicatrices elevatas relinquentibus. ha - 
mull densissimi, 3- plures verticillati, erecti, angnlis acutis, sulcis latis rectan- 
gularibas, glabriusculis; internodiis 4-0 mm. longis; dentibus brevibus lan- 
ceolatis pallide viridibus albido -marginatis, 5-6, appressis. Amenta masc. 
1-2 cent, longa, 3-4 mm. crassa, versus apicem attenuata, rubiginosa. re- 
minea matura subsessilia, oblonga, 2-2 y 2 cent, longa, ochracea - rubiginosa, 
bracteolis verruculosis margine sup. puberulis. 
4. Casuarlna obesa Miq. ramulis teretibus striolatis gla- 
bris, vaginarum dentibus 15 et pluribus lanceolatis appres- 
sis sensim sphacelatis et deliquescentibus , strobilis fenn- 
neis breviter pedunculatis , maturis subglobosis utrinque 
truncatis 5 multifoveatis cristato -tuberculatis 5 bracteis lan- 
ceolatis fusee rostratisj marginibus extenuatis lacero-ci- 
liolatis. 
In depressis turfosis humidis ad fluvium Cygnorum supra oppidulum Perth, 
27. Jun. 1839, et in solo calcareo ad aestuarium portus Lescbenault, 30. Dec. 
1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 2002. 
Casuarinae equisetifoliae Forst. cognata, sed glabritie et vaginarum 
dentibus statim dignoscenda. . « „ t : 
„ Arbor 25-35- pedalis 44 . Rami vetustiores sordide fusci subannuia , 
vaginarum dentibus hie illic persistentibus. Ramuli strictiusculi erecti , 
sicco cinereo-virides, glaberrimi, laeves, cylindrici, subtiliter stnati, intel ”. 
1 - 1 V 2 cent, longis. Vaginarum dentes erecti, lanceolati, fusci, versus l P 
albi , floccoso - laceri vel subciliati, apicibus sensim deliquescentibus. ovru- 
bili feminei nascentes obovato -globosi pedunculos dense mac ea 
aequantes, maturi effoeti breviter pedunculati, subglobosi, utrinque tru « > 
bine fere brevi - cylindrici l-iy 2 cent, longi, bracteolarum margmi 
tatis prominentibus extus puberulis cristati. Bracteae lanceolatae u. 
tes, marginibus albicantibus lacero-ciliatae. 
5. Casuarlna Mtigfeliana Miq. ramulis teretibus 
vato - striatis puberulis subverruculoso - scabriusculis, t 
bus vaginarum 8-9 lanceolatis erecto-patulis sensim e 
quescentibus ? amentis masculis filiformibus erectis su i 
