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Size. A tall bushy shrub or small tree. Towards its southern recorded limit 
it attains a height of 30-50 feet and a diameter of 10 inches. 
Habitat. In the Flora Australiensis it is recorded from : 
Queensland. Glasshouse Mountains (F. Mueller) (?). (Specimens in leaf only). 
New South W ales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains (R. Brown, Sieber n. 269 
and others); New England (C. Stuart) ; Hastings River (Seeder). 
Its range may be stated from southern New South Wales, along the coast and 
coast mountain districts, to Southern Queensland. Its favourite habitat is lining the 
banks of creeks in gullies. 
Its southernmost recorded limit is on the Sugarloaf Mountain, Clyde District, 
at an elevation of about 3,000 feet. Westerly it is found at Mount Wilson. 
Following are some localities represented in the National Herbarium, Sydney : 
Sugarloaf Mountain, Braidwood District (W. Baeuerlen);' Helensburgh to 
Waterfall (J. H. Camfield); Mt. Irvine to Mt. Wilson (Jesse Gregson); Newnes and 
Eskbank, Leura, Springwood, Glenbrook (all A. A. Hamilton) ; Spring Greek, Hornsby 
(W. F. Blakely) ; Galston, with unusually narrow leaves (J.H.M. and J. L. Boorman) ; 
(both of these localities are a little north of Sydney) ; Wallsend (J. L. Boorman) ; 
Taree District (District Forester Hardman) ; Camden Haven (J.H.M.) ; Upper 
Hastings River, ascent to Tableland (J.H.M.); Urunga (E. H. F. Swain); Glenfernie 
Forest Reserve (J.H.M.); Upper Copmanhurst, Clarence River (Rev. H. M. R. Rupp); 
Woodburn, Richmond River (J.H.M. and J. L. Boorman) ; also a specimen received from 
Mueller, marked Queensland, but without locality. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 217. 
A. Flowering twig. 
B. Individual flower. 
c. Flower, opened out, showing 
(a) Corolla (the segments vary from 4 to 6). 
(b) 2-celled ovulary. 
(c) Styles. (Stamens removed.) 
D. Head of fruits. 
(All from Port Jackson.) 
