Gunniane, N. O. Cupuliferee. 
TAB. DCCCLXXXI. 
Faeus Gunyu, Hook. fi. 
Fraticosa suberecta v. prostrata, ramis rigidis tortuosis inter- 
textis, ramulis foliisque subtus secus nervos pilosis, foliis de- 
Socaranetin nucibus Sateen cabanas nea late alatis. 
. Summ Mount Olympus, Van Diemen’s Land; alt. 
4500-5000 feet, R. Gunn 
A most interesting deciduous-leaved Beech, bearing an extraor- 
dinary resemblance to F. antarctica of Fuegia, and differing 
mainly in the curious stipules (fig. 4), stmply coarsely crenate 
leaves, and the less fimbriate lamelle - t = e s only 
other Tasmanian species, F. Cunningham k. (Lond. Journ. 
Bot. vol. ii. p. 152. f. 7) has coriaceous gone foliage. In 
Fuegia, New Zealand, and Tasmania, there are two divisions of 
Fagus, one with deciduous, the other with ease leaves: the 
species of each division bear a very strong resemblance to one 
another in all the localities. Mr. Gunn says that the present 
shru 
nt in 
all directions by. the wets of the winter’s snow, that it is not 
easy to force one’s way through. Mr. Joseph Milligan has found 
a Fagus, probably the same, on the top of a mountain near Mac- 
quarrie Harbour. J. D. H. 
_ Fig. 1. Stipule, with its inflated base. 2, 3. Cupules. 
J. 4, 5. Nuts :—alt magnified. 
