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The nut is also very similar to that of C. Ealmerstoni, Bail., (the similarity 
between the leaves is less strong) but the flowers of neither species of Cryptocarya 
have been described. 
The nut of C. Ealmerstoni is described as enclosed in a large fluted red and 
yellow exocarp. Thus the similarity of leaf and nut between C. Ealmerstoni and 
Endiandra globosa is merely accidental. 
I have seen fruits of Endiandra globosa only in a dried state, picked up from 
below the tree, or unripe on the tree, but there is no sign of a fluted exocarp. 
The fruit of Cryptocarya australis has a distinctly fluted red exocarp, faintly 
seen in the hard kernel, so this may be a character of Cryptocarya, and Bailey has 
probably correctly referred his plant to the genus Cryptocarya in spite of the 
absence of flowers. 
Timber. —We know nothing of this timber, which is another of the brush 
timbers of which we are compelled to state our absolute ignorance. 
Size. —It is a tall tree, but I have not been able to obtain measurements, 
even approximate ones. 
Habitat. —So far it has only been recorded from brush forests at Mur- 
willumbali on the Tweed Paver, New South Wales (the type locality), but it has 
doubtless a wider range in this State, and it is hardly possible that it does not 
extend to Queensland.' 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 138. 
A. Flowering branch showing— 
(a) Venation of leaf. 
b. Flower-bud. 
c. Flower, enlarged, showing— 
(a) Calyx-lobes (perianth segments). 
( b ) Glands. 
(c) Stamens with extrorse anthers. 
( d) Staminodia. 
d. Flower, enlarged (viewed from above), showing — 
(a) Calyx-lobes (perianth segments). 
( b ) Glands at the bases of the stamens. 
(c) Stamens (extrorse anthers). 
(d) Staminodia. 
(e) Pistil. 
E. Pistil. 
f. Young fruit, from Tweed River, Murwillumbah (Dr. Goldsmid). 
g. Mature fruit, the pericarp having perished, from the Tweed River 
(M. Darley). 
