Verticordia 
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Vy 
T.S. of leaf 
V. cunninghamii 
Fig. 56 
X. paradoxus F.Muell. 
Tree 4-12 m; bark grey, rough, flaky. Leaves 
alternate; petioles 4-20 mm long; blades discolorous, 
glabrous throughout or only above to densely 
puberulous throughout, narrowly to broadly elliptic, 
50-140 mm long, 26-75 mm wide, base obtuse to 
attenuate, apex obtuse. Inflorescence cymose, in 
upper axils, all parts glabrous to puberulous, 25-70 
mm long, bracts caducous. Pedicels 6-10 mm long. 
Hypanthium c. 3 mm long, 4-7 mm wide. Calyx 
lobes triangular, 1.6-3.5 mm long, acute, margins 
ciliate even in glabrous forms. Petals yellow, the 
blades ovate to orbicular, 4-5 mm long, ciliate. 
Stamens yellow, in 1 whorl, free or slightly fused at 
the base, arising from the margin of a slightly exserted 
disc, 20-27 mm long. Fruit globose, 7-13 mm long, 
glabrous. Flowering and fruiting: irregular. Fig. 57 
Xanthostemon 
X. eucalyptoides 
Fig. 57 
V. decussata 
X. paradoxus 
T.S. of leaf 
V. verticillata 
Common and widespread across northern Australia. 
In the DR found in a variety of habitats from moist 
sites to rocky ridges. Variation in leaves and fruit is 
discussed by Wilson (1990). The species has a hard, 
dense timber. 
X. psidioides (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) Peter Wilson & 
J.T. Waterh. 
Tristania psidioides A.Cunn. ex Lindl. 
Tree, rarely a shrub, to 5 m; bark dark grey to 
almost black, platy or tessellated. Leaves alternate; 
petioles 9-16 mm long; blades strongly discolorous, 
mostly elliptic, 50-150 mm long, 20-65 mm wide, 
finely velvety pubescent below, glabrous above, base 
attenuate, apex acute to obtuse. Inflorescence 
corymbose, 20-75 mm long, all parts excluding 
upper surface of petals and stamens, puberulous. 
X. psidioides X. umbrosus 
