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to the trees mostly grown, and in most cases suits our climatic conditions far better 
than the imported pines. The seed is very cheap (anyone can gather a few cones, 
place them on a sheet of newspaper and let them shed their seeds), the seed readily 
germinates, the trees are remarkably free from disease, grow rapidly, and their 
timber, apart from other uses, forms flic best fuel we have. 
Insect enemies. —On this tree occur remarkable homopterous galls produced 
by Frenchia casuarinre , Mask. This Mallec-scrub insect has hitherto only been 
recorded for Victoria. 
From our own State Frenchia ssmiocculla, Mask., has been described from 
Thornleigh, near Sydney, by Mr. Vroggatt ( Trans . N.Z. Inst., 1894, p. 70, pi. vii., 
lig. 0-21)). The allied CylinJrococcus spiniferus, Mask., was described from Victorian 
specimens, hut it is very common upon this Shc-Oak in New South "Wales. It is 
figured in Scott’s work on Lepidoptera, evidently under the impression that seed- 
cones were being figured. See Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1891, p. 41. 
In Proc. Linn. Soc., N.S.W. [2], viii, 165, Dr. T. P. Lucas describes a new 
lepidopterous insect ( Catoryctis nonolinea ) taken on this species at Brisbane. 
Host for fungi. —In Victoria a number of fungi have been found on Casucirina 
of various undefined species. They are Fomes ignarius and Hexagonia decipiens on 
the trunks, Trichopeziza spliaerula on the dead bark, Dasyscypha eucalypti on the 
leaves (? branchlets), and Pestallozia casuarinre on the branchlets. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 72. 
A. Branch with pistilliferous flowers. 
b. Twig with cones. 
c. Ripe cone. 
d. Winged nut containing seed. 
E. Branch with standniferous flowers. 
f Staminiferous flowers. 
g. Part of same opened out, inside view. 
h. Portion of branchlet, showing portions of two joints. 
K. Whorled bracts representing leaves, opened out. 
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