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pression of the ray florets in this plant, especially in examples 
growing in the Port Jackson district, affords yet another in- 
teresting problem for the student. 
Cryptostylus leptochila, F.v.M. Wentworth Falls, 
Dec., 1902, Bell, Jan., 1912. A somewhat rare orchid pre- 
viously recorded from Mittagong, Springwood, and urra- 
_jong. A mountain species, with a limited range north and 
-south. A fairly wide valley separates Mittagong and Went- 
worth Falls. This geographical data may be of interest to 
-those interested in the laws governing plant distribution. 
—A. A. HAMILTON. 
Mr. HE. Cheel exhibited herbarium specimens, together 
with a number of fallen flowers of Callistemon viminalis 
«Cheel, showing the filaments united at the base into a distinct 
ring or tube. A piece of timber measuring 10 inches dia- 
meter, was also exhibited, taken from a tree removed in May 
last from the border in Garden Palace Grounds, along Mac- 
-quarie-street, which has now been done away with, for the 
purpose of widening the street, 
Specimens of this species were originally collected by 
Banks and Solander, when accompanying Captain Cook to 
these shores in 1770, and it was named by Solander in his 
M.S. as Metrosideros viminalis, Solander’s name was pub- 
lished by Gaertner in his De Vructibus et seminbus (ian= 
tarum, vol. 1., p. 171, and a figure of the fruits is given in 
the same work on table xxxiy., fig. 4. It is also mentioned 
by Sir James E. Smith in 7ransactions of the Linnean So- 
créty, vol. 1i1., p. 272 (1797), who says:—‘‘At first I had a 
suspicion that the Afetrosideros viminalis of Gaertner was 
the same as his Mf. salignus, but having examined the original 
»specimens in Sir Joseph Bank’g collectiqn, was convinced that 
they were very different, having linear-lanceolate leaves, not 
“tapering at the ends, and with downy flowers. 
The name Metrosideros yiminalis seems to have been 
overlooked by both Bentham and Mueller, as it is not men~ 
tioned in the Flora Australiensis, or in any of Mueller’s 
works. 
The habit of this species jg so distinct in the field that 
‘there should be no difficulty in distinguishing it from other 
-crimson flowering species, as it grows into a fine tree, from 
20 to 60 feet, or more, in height, and the trunk is usually 
fairly large, and produces some very useful timber, even 
larger than that of C. salignus. 
The leaves somewhat resemble those of @. lanceolatus, 
but are thinner in texture, and the oil glands are different, 
-when closely examined. 
It is interesting to note that the peculiar way in which ~ 
