DESCRIPTION. 



CCXC. E. unialata Baker and Smith. 



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



Following is the original description : — 



Arbor altitudineum 40 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, 

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

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



Fructus hemispheiici, 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 

 li 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 

 on the others. Peduncles axillary, flattened, short, thick, |- inch long, three sessile flowered. Calyx 

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



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

 groove below it, valves well exserted. 



SYNONYM. 



E. viminalis Labill., var. macrocarpa. Rodway in " Tasmanian Flora/' p. 57 

 (1903). This is dealt with under E. viminalis at p. 9. 



RANGE. 



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

 ment Domain at Hobart, Mount Nelson Range, overlooking the Derwent, and Cohbrook. 



