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Fruit. — Shining, nearly globular; usually -^^ in. in diameter or a 

 little less; urceolate in young fruit, the neck being almost lost in 

 the mature fruit. The rim sharp. The valves usually five and 

 very depressed. 



Range. — On high mountain ranges of the extreme southern 

 part of New South Wales. Herbarium specimes collected by 

 W. Bauerlen and the authors on Tantawanglo Mountain (3,000 

 feet), near Cathcart. 



Affinittj. — The affinity of this species is closest with E. strict a. 

 It dLffers conspicuously from the latter in being a large tree, in 

 the shape of the fruits, and in the venation of the leaves. 



The fruits are sometimes not very dissimilar in shape to those 

 of E. maculata and the small form of E. corymbosa., but the 

 White Ash has no real affinity with either species, as it belongs 

 to a different group entirely. 



REFERENCE TO PLATE. 

 E. fraxinoides. 



Fig. 1. — Young twig, bearing buds. 



Fig. 2. —Mature leaf, showing venation. 



Fig. 3. — Portion of young branch (slightly enlarged), showing angular 



stem. 

 Fig. 4. — Portion of young branch, more mature than Fig. 3, showing 



nearly terete stem. 



Fig. 5. — Portion of leaf, showing twisted petiole. 



Fig. 6. — Portion of fiower-stalklet (enlarged). 



Figs. 7-8.— Fruit. 



Fig. 9. — Longitudinall . ... 

 „ ,rt rp j- section of fruit. 



lig. 10. — irausverse J 



