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Endiandra pubens, Meissn. 
(Family LAURACE^l.) 
Botanical description. —Genus, Endiandra. (See Part XXXV, p. 79.) 
Botanical description. —Species, E. pubens , Meissn. in DC. Prod, xv, 1, 509 
(1804). 
A large tree, the branches and petioles more or less velvety-tomentose and ferruginous. 
Leaves oval to elliptical-oblong, obtusely acuminate or almost obtuse, narrowed at the base, 4 to 
8 inches long, glabrous above, prominently veined, and pubescent or villous underneath. 
Panicles axillary, broadly thyrsoid, usually about 1 inch long, sometimes more branched and half 
as long as the leaves, sometimes very short, more or less ferruginous-hirsute. 
Bracts narrow, the lower ones often 1 line long, those in the cymes smaller. 
Pedicels scarcely so long as the flower. 
Perianth nearly If lines long, the tube thick, turbinate, broader than the limb, the lobes small 
and erect. 
Stamens 3, usually exserted, the filaments rather narrow, without glands, but alternating with 
small staminodia, the outer series quite deficient. 
Fruit globular, \ to | inches diameter. (B.F1. v, 302.) 
Above is the form figured ; there is a var. (jlahrijlora. Perianth rather larger, 
glabrous. Bracts ovate, concave. Richmond River ( Henderson ). (B.F1. v, 303.) 
Botanical Name. — Endiandra , already explained (see Part XXXV, p. 79) ; 
pubens , Latin, downy, in reference to the short-hairimess of the leaves and 
inflorescence generally. 
Vernacular Name.— I know of none. 
Aboriginal Name. —I know of none. 
Synonym. — Cryptovarya Muelleri, Meissn. 1 c. 73. 
Timber.—J Phis is another of our brush timbers of which we must confess 
our almost complete ignorance. By analogy, it is probably a good deal similar to 
that of other Endiandra timbers, but that is mere guesswork. 
Size. —A tree which attains a height of 50 feet or so, but I have been unable 
to get precise measurements. I have seen it of the size quoted ; it may attain a 
larger size. It has been noted as a tree of 20 feet at Casino, Richmond River. 
