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o. 197. 
Quintinia Verdonii F.v.M. 
(Family SAXIFRAGACE^G.) 
Botanical description. Genus, Quintinia. (See Part LIT, Vol. vi, p. 28.) 
Botanical description. Species, Q. Verdonii F. Muell. Fragm. ii, 125 (1861). 
Very near Q. Sieberi, the leaves of the same shape and size, but much less reticulate. 
Racemes in the specimens seen all simple and solitary in the upper axils, 3 to 4 inches long. 
Flowers rather smaller than in Q. Sieberi, on pedicels about 2 lines long. 
Calyx-lobes narrower, about half as long as the petals. 
Capsule smaller than in Q. Sieberi. 
Seeds small, ovoid-oblong, obtuse, not winged. (B.F1. ii, 438.) 
Botanical Name. Quintinia, already explained (see Part LI I, p. 28) ; 
Verdonii, in honour of the late Sir George Verdon, at one time Chairman of the 
Trustees of the Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery, Melbourne, a member of 
the Victorian Legislature, and some time Agent-General for that State. 
Vernacular Name. I know of none. 
Flowers. Yellowish white or pale yellow. 
Timber. This is a small or medium sized tree, and I have not seen it 
sufficiently large or abundant for it to be looked upon as an important addition to 
our timber supply. It is pale coloured, and probably of no economic importance. 
Size. A large shrub or small tree. I do not call to mind that I have seen 
it higher than 15 feet, though it is highly probable that further search in brushes 
may show that it attains a far greater size. 
Habitat. This is a small brush tree, and, so far as we know at present, it 
is almost confined to coastal New South Wales. It extends to southern Queens- 
land, but I know of no specific localities. It has been collected on the Tweed 
River. 
It was originally collected on the Macleay and Hastings Rivers by Dr. 
Ludwig Beckler. Its farthest south locality recorded is the Ellenborough Falls, 
