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The species was discovered by E. Betche in the Macpherson Range, near 
Murwillumbah, in March, 1893, but mistaken for a broad-leaved form of D. micrantha 
Benth., from which it is readily distinguished by the broader leaves and the slender 
inflorescence. 
There is no doubt it extends into Queensland. 
The two species differ in fact in a number of, what might be termed by some, 
small particulars. In the aggregate there is no doubt the species are distinct. 
The key to the two species is : 
Leaves elliptical or oblong lanceolate, cuneate at the 
base, glabrous ............... D. micrantha 
Leaves oval, ovate or ovate-oblong, at the base 
rotundate-cuneate or rotundate, underneath 
somewhat hairy ............... D. tenuipes. 
Bailey (Queensland Flora, p. 1296), recognises two additional species, native 
of tropical Queensland scrubs, viz. : 
1. D. Kpandula F.v.M. (Fragm., x, 105). 
2. D. aromatica Bail., the " Cheed-ingnan " of the Barron River natives. It is 
, figured at fig. 415 of Bailey's " Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland 
Plants." 
D. repandula is suppressed by Perkins and Gilg (" Pflanzenreich," Heft iv, 79, 
1901) and brought back to Atherosperma repandulum F.v.M., as originally described 
by him in Fragm., x, 105. However, in the same work, Heft 49, 44 (1911), Perkins 
restores D. repandula F.v.M. and adds D. Dielsii Perk., n. sp. (p. 40), from the Barron 
River, North Queensland. 
Name. Daplmandra, from two Qreek words, signifying that the 
anthers resemble those of a Daphne; micrantha, from two Greek words signifying 
small-flowered. 
Vernacular NaillCS. Because of the colour of the timber, it is often called 
" Yellow-wood " or " Light Yellow-wood," and of a certain sheen, " Satin-wood." 
Because of the aroma of the tree it is known as " Sassafras." It is sometimes known 
as " Socket-wood " for the reason explained under " Branchlets." 
Aboriginal Name. " Tdun-dambie " of the aborigines of the Clarence River, 
New South Wales, according to the late Mr. Charles Moore. 
Synonym. Antherospertna micranthum Tul., Monogr. Monim. in Archiv. Mus. 
Par., viii, 421, t, 34; Alph. DC. Prod., xvi, ii, 676. 
UraiK hid s. Note the swelling (flattened) of the base of the rhachis as it 
joins the stem. To me this has been a ready diagnostic character in the bush, but J 
am not prepared to say to what extent this holds true. 
