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As regards Queensland, it is a veiy widely spread and handsome tree, equally abundant on the coast 
and in the interior. It is one of the very characteristic trees of the “ Brigalow ” scrubs (Ten. Woods, Proc. 
Linn. Soc., N.S. IF., vii, 139). It is as common in the dense tropical jungle as in the desert. This feature 
is quite exceptional, for there is little else common to the two floras. 
It extends to numerous islands in the Pacific Ocean, and also to Borneo. Seemann (Flora Vitinnsis) 
speaks of it as “as a very common and variable species, often attaining a considerable height, and yielding 
useful timber.” Found at South Co/e (Ne .v Guinea). Coll. Bev. Jas. Chalmers (Mueller). 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 
A. Flower. 
a. Sepal. 
b. Petal, including the stamen ( c). 
d. Disk, filling the calyx-tube. 
e. Lobed style. 
b. Vertical section of flower. 
a. Sepal. 
b. Petal, including the stamen (c). 
d. Disk, filling the calyx-tube. 
e. Lobed style. 
c, c 1 . Different views of stamen. 
D. Petal, including the stamen. 
e. Fruit, showing the rim or cupule. 
F. Fruit dissected to show the two nuts or cocci. 
g. The nuts or cocci, showing the method of attachment, 
ii, i, j. Views of seeds. 
B 
