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It will be observed that while the type describes the flowers as 1-3, a form in 

 which the flowers are solitary is fairly constant. 



The leaves were originally described as alternate, but Rodway records them 

 as flowering also in the opposite stage, adding another to the species recorded as 

 flowering both in the opposite and alternate leaved stage. 



RANGE. 



It is confined to high lands in Tasmania, extending to no other State. The 

 type comes from Mount Fatigue at 4,000 feet. 



Mr. Rodway' s statement is "On mountain tops from La Perouse to Arrowsmith 

 and to the West Coast." 



I have seen the following specimens :— 



" Fatigue Hill (or Mount Fatigue), above 4,000 feet above the sea-level." 

 (R. Gunn No. 1113.) This is the type. 



"Mount Sorell, 3,000 feet, Macquarie Harbour, 1-3 feet high." (R. Gunn 

 No. 1113.) 



Mount La Perouse (L. Rodway) ; Cradle Mountains (G. Weindorfer). 



AFFINITIES. 



Bentham (B.F1. iii, 232) says " It is in some respects nearly allied to E. viminalis, 

 in others to E. dumosa." 



1. With E. viminalis Labill. 



This species is nearly allied to E. Gunnii Hook, f., and I think E. vernicosa is 

 more closely allied to the latter than to E. viminalis. The broadish juvenile leaves 

 at once separate it from E. viminalis. 



2. With E. dumosa A. Cunn. 



I do not see any close affinity. Plate 10, Part IV, may be compared. E. dumosa 

 is an erect shrub or small tree usually found in regions of low rainfall, and relatively 

 high temperature. The foliage is very different, as are also the anthers and flower- 

 buds, both as regards the number, shape, and sculpture. The fruits of the two species 

 have some superficial resemblance. 



