DESCRIPTION, 



CCXC. E. unialata Baker and Smith. 



In Papers and Proc. Roy. Soc, Tasmania, 177, 1912. 



Following is the original description : — ■ 



Arlior altitudineum -10 pedes attinens, ramulis validis superne quadrangulatis. Folia opposita 

 sessile oval v. coidata acuminata 2-3 uncias longa, v. falcato-lanceolata 9 inches longa, 1 inch lata, 

 obscuie pennivena, vena peripherica a margina remotiuscula. Pedunculi axillari, brevi 3 uncias longi, 

 coniplanati 3-flori; calyx tubus compressus circiter 2 uncias longus cum operculo conico obtuso. 



Fructus hemispheric!, vitrei unialata, 6 inches longi; margo crassus valva exserta. 



Systematic Description.— A tree attaining a height of 30 to 40 feet and a diameter of 12 inches, 

 with a flaky bark at the butt. Sucker leaves, sessile, opposite, oval at the first, the lower pairs nearly 

 always so, up to 2 inches long and 1 inch wide, then cordate, acuminate, up to 3 inches long and 

 H inch wide. Normal leaves lanceolate, falcate, up to 9 inches long and 1 inch wide, subcoriaceous, 

 occasionally shining on the upper surface. Venation distinct, lateral veins moderately oblique, 

 intramarginal vein removed from the edge. Branchlets in sucker growth terete, but angular at first 

 • 'ii the others. Peduncles axillary, flattened, shoit, thick, \ inch long, three sessile flowered. Calyx 

 compressed, angular, under \ inch long; operculum conical. 



Fruit hemispherical, I inch in diameter, shining, rim thickened, convex with a very narrow 

 ove below it, valves well exserted. 



SYNONYM. 



E. Viminalis Labill., var. macrocarpa. Kodway in "Tasmanian Flora/' p. 57 

 (1903). This is dealt with under E. vim i /talis at p. 9. 



RANGE. 



It is confined to Tasmania, the only localities known at present being the Govern- 

 ment Domainat Hobarb, Mounl Nelson Range, overlooking the Derwent, and Cohbrook. 



