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All the known species of Callitris have a rather extensive range, and it is not likely 
that the present form is an exception. I have not seen the specimens, hut the 
drawing is very good. The cones are large, like those of the Quiedong propinqua, 
which they precisely resemble. The branchlets are slender, like those of propinqua 
often are. The number of male amenta is one, or only occasionally two, hut I have 
shown that this character is not exclusive to this form, occurring in the Quiedong 
specimens, also in verrucosa and cupressiformis. 
Mr. Baker figures his gracilis with the stamens imbricate in 6 vertical rows. 
All the specimens of C.propinqua to which I have access possess a similar character. 
It is not rare in other species. Male flowers of Callitris have been hut rarely 
figured, hut Wildeman figures C. cupressiformis ( C. rhomboidea ) with the stamens 
in G vertical rows. I cannot find any character to separate gracilis hom propinqua. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 47. 
Callitris robusta, R.Br. 
A. Twig bearing male flowers and cones. 
A i . Portion of branchlets enlarged. 
b. A cone opening. 
c. A cone further advanced, showing the prominent central columella. (Letters a-c from Dubbo, 
N.S.W.) 
D. Cone of “ Murray Pine ” from Mildura, Vic., furrowed at the valves. 
e. Young cone of Red Pine from Dubbo, showing long stalk, and cone somewhat pointed. 
f. Branchlet (enlarged) bearing male flowers. 
G. Scale with anthers. 
H. Fruit, bearing a few small warts or tubercles. 
j. Seeds, (f-j from Mount Lofty, near Adelaide.) 
Callitris propinqua, R.Br. 
K. Branchlet (enlarged) bearing male flowers, Bremer Bay, W.A. 
l. Portion of branchlet bearing male flowers, much enlarged. 
M. Stamen with anthers. 
n. Cone, showing columella. 
o. Seeds, (l-o from Quiedong, near Bombala, N.S.W.) 
p. Portion of branchlet (enlarged) from Sandy Creek, near Gawler, S.A. (The fruit, being 
identical with that of Quiedong, has not been also drawn.) 
Q. Cone a little pointed and sparingly tuberculate, from Wentworth. N.S.W. 
r. Cone from type locality (Kangaroo Island, S.A.). For another fruit of C. propinqua, see 
letter n of Plate 46. 
Callitris columellaris F.v.M. 
s. Branchlet (enlarged) bearing male flowers. 
t. Cones, opening and shedding seeds. 
u. Cone showing the prominent columella, from which the species was named. 
v. A single columella. 
w. Seeds. (All from type locality, Richmond River, N.S.W.). 
