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It is both Nos. 411 and 1076 of Mr. Gunii's collections, and 

 appears to be sometimes glaucous, sometimes green. 



In the Garden it has a thick bluish bloom spread over every 

 part. The branches are purplish brown, and slightly rugged. 

 The leaves oblong, more or less narrow, long-stalked, usually 

 equal sided, and most commonly extended at the point into a 

 long and slender awn, by which it is readily recognized. 



The flowers are produced on short compressed peduncles in 

 clusters of three to five ; the tube of the calyx is pear-shaped, 

 and the lid rugged and convex, but slightly concave in the centre. 

 The fruit when ripe is nearly hemispherical, with a slightly- 

 raised even border. 



As far as can be at present ascertained, this may be expected 

 to prove one of the hardiest of the Van Diemen's Island trees. 



