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always more ov less attenuate. They are rather coriaceous, smooth 

 and rather shining. They possess xao odour of peppermint. 



Buds. — The chief characteristic is the shortly acuminate oper- 

 culum, which is much accentuated in dried specimens. In A". 

 ohliqua the operculum is blunt, and the whole bud club-shaped, 

 very different to those of the species now under review. 



The anthers are partly folded in the bud. 



Fruits. — The figure (PL Lxi.) will make the shape clear. They 

 are pear-shaped, have a conical or domed rim, with the valves 

 somewhat exserted. They are always 3-celled as far as seen. 

 Diameter of rim 2|^ to nearly 3 lines. Length from end of 

 pedicel to rim 2| lines. 



The fruit differs from that of E. obliqua in being more or less 

 conical, while| that of B. obliqua is subcylindrical. The latter 

 species has no well defined rim and the valves are sunk, whereas 

 in the tree now under consideration there is a prominent rim, 

 while the valves are somewhat exserted. The fruits of -E. obliqua 

 are also larger than those of our species and have shorter stalks. 

 In the latter species the peduncles are elongated over half an inch 

 in fruit, and are distinctly pedicellate, about 1-^ lines. 



Bark. — It resembles closely that of B. obliqua, the principal 

 difference between the two ti-ees, in this respect, consisting in the 

 fact that the tops and the branches of " Cut-tail " are smooth, 

 while those of IJ. obliqua are the reverse. 



Timber. — It has all the characteristics of the timber of E. 

 obliqua, from which it is scai'cely, or not at all, to be distinguished. 

 At Montgomery's mill on the Tantawanglo Mountain, near Cath- 

 cart, the two trees are considered of equal value, and the timbers 

 of the two cut up and sold as one and the same. 



Range. — The coast range from Tantawanglo Mountain to near 

 Braidwood, so far as observed at present. Specific localities 

 are: — Tantawanglo Mountain, growing with E. obliqua and E. 

 goniocalyx ; Nimbo (head of Queanbeyan River), mixed with 

 stellate variety of E. goniocalyx ; Braidwood district (Reidsdale, 

 Irish Corner Mountain), with E. obliqua and E. goniocalyx. 



We have not yet determined whether it occurs to the west of 

 the Dividing Range. 



