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such as Waverley, Randwick, and the Illawarra suburbs. The Manly Municipal 
Council has one or two in the Reserve near the jetty, but I cannot call to mind 
many about Sydney. In Adelaide I noticed a large number planted by the sides of 
the road, on the North Terrace. They were planted alternately with other trees, 
and were healthy-looking and ornamental. I have not at all a doubt they would do 
even better for street-planting in Sydney, for we have a more humid climate and a 
more saline atmosphere than has that beautiful city of our sister State. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 18. 
a. Flower in vertical section, a, Peduncle; h, Sepal; c, Petal; d, Monadelphous stamens; 
e, Five-rayed stigma. 
b. Portion of staminal column, showing five-rayed stigma. 
c. Five-valved capsule, opening loculicidally. 
d. Seed. 
B 
