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Specimens from Mundaroo State Forest, Tumbarumba district, New South. Wales 

 ( W. A. W. de Beuzeville) constitute the type. They are almost identical with specimens 

 from Burrinjuck (J. L. Boorman, K. H. Cambage), which may be regarded as co-types. 

 They are not unlike some specimens from Jenolan Caves (W. F. Blakely) and one from 

 Parish of Otway, Victoria, at an elevation of 500 feet, 1 mile from the sea (A.V. Galbfaith). 

 The fruits of the latter are more fully developed than any of the above specimens, 

 and are slightly larger and more globular. In the majority of specimens that have 

 been examined, the so-called small fruited forms are really fruits which have not reached 

 maturity. 



SYNONYM. 



E. globulus F. v.M.j Benth., and others, non Lab ill. 



RANGE. 



So far it appears to be confined to the coastal and cool mountain districts of New 

 South "Wales and Victoria. 



In New South Wales it is common on the Upper Murray and Tumut Rivers, and 

 in the counties of Selwyn, Wynyard, Buccleuch, and Cowley generally. Further north, 

 it occurs at Burrinjuck, Jenolan Caves, &c. Going still further north, it is found on 

 Nulla Mountain, Bylstone (Mudgee) districts, and in New England (Nundle and Walcha 

 districts). 



In Victoria it is confined chiefly to Gippsland, and is said to reach a height of at 

 least 200 feet. 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. globulus Labill. 

 It is closely allied to E. globulus, with which it had been confused for many years, 

 and from which it differs in the more numerous and smaller flowers in the head, smaller 

 and usually two-ribbed fruits, and in the semi-persistent floral bracts. In E. globulus 

 the buds are usually solitary, large and four-ribbed or four-angled and very warty. 

 The fruits are also four-ribbed, and sometimes with smaller ribs between the prominent 

 ones. There does not appear to be any essential difference between the juvenile and-adult 

 leaves of both species, and in a young state the plants are very similar. E. bicostata 

 does not appear to be as adaptable as E. globulus, and is unable to make the same rate 

 of growth under cultivation as E. globulus. Its timber is also inferior to that of the 

 last-named species. 



