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In Trans. Linn. Soc., x, 208 (1809), Robert Brown proposes the name latifolia 
for the species, and says :— 
I am compelled to change the name of this species of Cavanilles, since it never grows into a tree, 
but is always a small shrub. 
Brown goes further into the matter at p. 391 of his Prodromus, and points 
out that in Cavanilles’ work it is stated that it is a tree 30 feet high, but the error 
is really that of D. Nee, whose statements as to the height of the plant and the 
texture and usefulness of the wood really refer to B. serrata. 
In Bot. Mag., t 2406 (1823), in spite of a knowledge of the above facts, the 
name B. latifolia is retained; and this is the case also in Meissner’s revision of the 
genus in Be Candolle’s Prodromus, xiv, 460 (1856). 
Bentham, in the Flora Australiensis, also keeps the name latifolia. 
Mueller in his Census of Australian Plants revives the name B. robur, Cav., 
and I think rightly, because Brown’s reasons for altering the name would not be 
considered adequate nowadays. Although I would like to follow him in adhering to 
the name robur, modern botanists favour the fifty years’ rule, i.e., names are not to 
be revived which have not been in use for the previous fifty years. 
Leaves. —Tile leaves of this species are the coarsest of those of all the 
Honeysuckles. 
Timber. —This plant is too small to yield timber, but it is desirable to 
include it in this series in order to make the list of Honeysuckles complete, and 
especially because, on herbarium specimens only, this has been confused with a 
timber-yielding species (B. serrata). 
Size. — I have not seen this species more than 5 or 6 feet high, but the 
variety minor (a reference only to the leaves, of course) may he twice as large. 
Habitat. —The typical form extends from the Sydney district to the Brisbane 
district. Specific localities known to me are the Port Jackson and National Park 
districts, and Tuggerah Lakes—more northerly. 
The variety minor occurs from Buddawang Mountain, Braid wood, N.S.VT. 
(J. L. Boorman), in the south (this is the most southerly locality known to me), to 
the Richmond River (Chatsworth Island to South Woodburn, J.H.M.). It is very 
common near the sea coast in the Sydney district; and Appin in the south and 
Tuggerah in the north are specific localities. 
In the Flora Australiensis it is recorded from the Hastings River, New South 
Wales, and Moreton Bay, Queensland. I have not seen them from those localities, 
and I would like to know if they are normal, or var. minor. 
