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Werong (R. H. Cambage) ; Jenolan Caves (W. F. Blakely); Mount Wilson (Jesse 
Gregson), Mount Tomah and Kurrajong Heights; Wolgan River (H. Deaue) ; 
Mount Victoria (E. Cheel); Blackheath (A. A. Hamilton); near Mountain top, 
3,000 feet, Kempsey district (W. McDonald) ; Dorrigo (W. Heron), Beilsdown 
Falls (Spigott's old camp); Dorrigo Forest Reserve (J.H.M.) ; Acacia Creek^ 
Macpherson Range (W. Dunn). 
Propagation. Speaking of the Botany of Berrima at Mittagong, the late 
Rev. Dr. Wool Is speaks of 
Quintinia Sieberi, a curious trea, which, although sometimes standing alone in the forest, and 
attaining a height of 40 or 50 feet, is frequently to be seen growing from the Tree Fern (Dicksonia 
antarctica), each having its separate stem in the ground, but so blended together as at first sight to appear 
one and the same tree. Allan Cunningham was the first to notice this botanical curiosity, on Mount 
Tomah, but subsequent observers are of opinion that this extraordinary tree, although sometimes 
apparently growing by itself, is nevertheless always propagated in the first instance from the stem of the 
Tree Fern. The same opinion is also, expressed respecting Eucryphia Moorei, of which I have already 
spoken. (The Flora of Australia, p. 113.) 
I have mislaid the reference to Cunningham's statement, so cannot quote it 
at length. 
It is now well known that these trees begin life on the side of the trunk of a 
tree fern (Dicksonia at Kobertson), penetrating the trunk, and even splitting it up. 
Eventually the roots reach the ground, and the tree destroys the tree fern. 
In 1905 there was a fine example, in the hotel yard at Robertson, of an 
Acacia melanoxylon, a fairly large tree, growing out of a tree fern, and I shall be 
glad if my readers will favour me with the names of trees known to them which 
start life on a tree fern. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 197, 
A. Flowering twig. 
B. Flowers enlarged, 
c. Bud. 
D. Flower, showing 
(a) Calyx. 
(b) Petals. 
(c) Stamens. 
K. Part of flower, showing 
Calyx-lobes. 
5-celled ovary. 
5 styles uniting in one. 
Stigma. 
F. Ripe capsule. 
G. Fruit alter dehiscence. 
