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Frxdts. — Pear-shaped, usually a little oblique, the rim some- 

 times slightly concave, particularly when ripe. Edge of rim 

 frequently sharp. Sometimes the plane of the rim is not at 

 right angles to the axis of the fruit. Shining. The rim usually 

 well defined and often dark as in E. hct^mastoma. 



The fruit is more hemispherical in Tasmanian specimens. 



Apparently the fruits attain their largest size on the Blue 

 Mountains. It would appear that the fruits of E. Sieberiana 

 from New South Wales are usually more pear-shaped and larger 

 than those represented in the Eucalyjotograjjhia. 



Range. — Tasmania, Victoria, and in our own colony, chiefly the 

 coast districts. It, however, occurs in the Snowy Mountains 

 (near the Victorian border) at an elevation of 4-5000 feet, and 

 thence noi-thward along the ranges, west at least as far as 

 Mudgee. Mr. A. Pt. Crawford, of Walcha, .(a valued corres- 

 pondent) states that it occurs in New England, and knowing his 

 experience in such matters we attach weight to his statement, 

 but his specimens have miscarried and it has not been convenient 

 to him to rejDlace them, as they were procured 40 miles from his 

 home. 



On the Snowy Mountains it is interesting to observe that E. 

 Sieberiana is always found on slopes with a southern aspect. 



The species loves high, rocky, stony mountain ranges on poor 

 barren ground, and never takes to grassy localities. 



We have a specimen of " Mountain Ash " marked as being 

 collected by Mr. W. S. Campbell near Molong; the timber is not 

 dissimilar to that of normal E. Sieberiana; the venation of the 

 leaves has the character of E. hcemastoma or E. Sieberiana, but 

 the fruits (we have neither buds nor flowers at present) are almost 

 spherical, being truncate at the top. 



Mueller, in Eucahjptocjrapliia., speaking of E. Sieberiana and 



E. hcamastoma, states that " the stem bark of the former is far 



more ridged than that of the latter, the veins of the leaves of 



E. Sieberiana are less spreading and less prominent, while the 



fruit is usually longer, more exactly semiovate and never verging 



towards an hemispheric form."' In regard to these statements 

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