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is near the place where Richard Cunningham, the Botanist and Superintendent of 
the Botanic Gardens, lost his life in 1835. The Belah is— 
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“ The gloomy Casuarina trees that witnessed the bloody deed ” 
of Richard Cunningham’s murder (Mitchell, Trop. Aust., 24); Coolabah and the 
Bogan generally (J.H.M.) ; East Nymagee (R. H. Cambage) ; Bourke (J.H.M.) ; 
also on the Hungerford Road (see photo.); Nyngan (J.H.M.); Dubbo (District 
Eorester Marriott) ; Coonamble ; Curlewis ; Moree (W. S. Campbell) ; Narrabri 
(J.H.M.) ; Porcupine Ridge, Gunnedah (W. W. Eroggatt) ; Warrah, on sandy 
ridges (Jesse Gregson). 
Victoria. 
Mildura, Murray River. 
South Australia. 
“ Scrub Oak,” 230 miles north of Adelaide, a tree of 15-20 feet (W. Gill); 
Mount Lyndhurst, a tree of 20 feet (M. Koch). 
Size. —One of the largest of all western trees ; attains a height of 40 or 50 
feet (K. H. Bennett). 
Two feet in diameter, Condobolin district (Kidston) ; 70 feet high, 18 inches 
diameter, in Grenfell district (E. R. Postlethwaite). 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 51. 
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a. Type specimen (fruit). 1, Young cone ; 2, Ripe cone ; 3, Winged nut, containing seed. 
“ Between the Bogan and Lachlan Rivers.” 
B. Type specimens (staminiferous flowers). “ Between the Upper Bogan and Lachlan,” 
c. Branch with ripe and unripe fruit. 
D. Part of branch showing portions of two joints. 
E. Whorled bracts representing leaves, opened out. 
f. Portion of joint of branchlet showing point of insertion into whorl. 
G. Staminiferous flowers. 
H. Part of the same opened out. 
j. A single staminiferous flower, consisting of a single stamen between two floral bracts. 
J x . A single staminiferous flower showing floral bracts. 
k. Ripe cone. 
L. Winged nut, containing seed, much enlarged. 
(The photo, of the Belah tree, facing p. 83, is from the Bourke-Hungerford road.) 
