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This author points out that “the English Araucarias described by Gardner 
are founded on leafy branches only.” 
Whether our Richmond River or Hoop Pine shall be found to occur fossil in 
Europe may be held over for further investigation; meantime one can only say that 
some Araucarias , particularly the New Caledonian series, vary so much under culti¬ 
vation that it becomes a matter of the greatest difficulty, and perhaps impossibility, 
to separate them except with the amplest botanical material. With the material 
available to palaeontologists the difficulty is, of course, enormously increased. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 131. 
a. Twig, young growth. 
b. Twig bearing staminiferous flowers (male amenta or catkins). 
c. D. Stamens, with 4 or 5 anther-cells. 
(N.B.—A stamen can only have one anther : the anther has in Phanerogamic generally 
2 cells, but in Conifene from few to numerous cells.) 
E. Unfertilized fruiting cone. 
f, g. Vertical sections of two different unfertilized fruiting cones. 
h. Young fertilized or female cone. 
k. Mature cone. 
l. Seed, adnate to the scale. 
PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS. 
a , b. Road through Pine forest, Tabulam-Casino Road.—(Kerry, photo.) Two views. 
c. Pine logs, Acacia Creek, Macpherson Range.—(Bell and Mauch, photo.) Presented by Mr. William 
Dunn. 
d, e. Back and front views of branchlet showing fasciation in Norfolk Island Pine (Araucaria excelsa) 
planted at Thompson’s Farm, Lord Howe Island. Collected by W. S. Campbell.—(Government 
Printer, photo.) 
