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J. H. MAIDEN. 



Fruits polygonal and most of them angled, the angles or 

 ribs persisting until maturity, pear-shaped to sub-globose, 

 sessile or very shortly stalked, walls thick; capsule sunk, 

 3 or 4-celled. 



Type from Jounama Peaks, N.S.W., Wilfrid Alexander 

 Watt de Beuzeville, Assistant Forester, Forestry Com- 

 mission, December 1919. 



Range. 

 So far it has only been found on peaks in the Mount 

 Kosciusko district of New South Wales. " Near the summit 

 of Mount Jounama, at an altitude of 5,400 feet almost. 

 Jounama is one of what is known as the Bogong Peaks in 

 the parish of Jounama, County of Buccleuch, about thirty 

 miles south of Tumut. There is a belt of these trees about 

 five or six miles long by about half a mile wide along the 

 top of the Jounama Peaks. Its lowest level would be 

 between 4500 and 5000 feet. The tree is one of the largest 

 in the district. The buds mature in a few weeks, and the 

 fruits set immediately; in other words, it flowers and fruits 

 in the same year." — (de Beuzeville). [A consequence of 

 the severity of the climate during the greater part of the 

 year.] 



Affinities. 

 1. With E. coriacea A. Cunn., var. alpina. It differs in 

 being a much larger and, as a rule, a freer growing plant. 

 "Have never seen a form like it before. Tree much like 

 the ordinary jEJ. coriacea except for it being much more 

 spreading and gnarled, though this might be accounted for 

 by its exposed position at a high altitude." (de Beuzeville). 

 It has large, mostly oblique leaves, and large angular buds. 

 The fruits are also two or three times as large as those of 

 var. alpina and usually with two or three faint anguies* 

 and a more convex rim. 



Its affinity with the Tasmanian E. coccifera Hook, f., is 

 more remote. 



