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Vernacular Name. This is one of our rather numerous " Needle bushes," 
or " Pin bushes," but it has no special name in the bush. 
Timber. This timber appears to be good. It is very soft, easy to work, of 
a bright pink to flesh colour when fresh, and has a pretty figure. But it is not 
likely that it will ever be commercially important, as its range is very restricted. 
I have no doubt whatever that further search will extend" its range, but it is not 
likely that abundant forests of it will be found. 
Size. Sometimes a small tree, with a maximum trunk diameter of 14 
inches, but it is usually a moderately tall shrub of 6 to 10 feet in height. 
Habitat. In the original description the localities given are " near the 
sources of the Shoalhaven River, and near the eastern tributaries of the Snowy River, 
at elevations of 4,000 feet." 
These are localities in south-eastern New South Wales. A specific locality 
for the original specimens (collected by Mr. W. Baeuerlen) is Monga, or Sugar Loaf 
Mountain, about 15 miles east of Braidwood. It occurs on the top of Sugar 
Loaf Mountain, in common with Eriostemon Coxii F.v.M. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 194. 
A. Flowering twig. 
B. Bud. 
c. Unopened flower. 
D. Opened flower, showing 
(a) Four-lobed corolla, with sessile anthers in the concave laminae. 
(V) Style. 
(c) Stigma. 
K. Portion of flower (corolla removed), showing 
(a) Hypogynous gland. 
(6) Ovary. 
(c) Style. 
(d) Stigma. 
K. Anther. 
<. Stigiimtio disc. 
H. Rugose fruit, 
i. Seed. 
Drawn from the type specimen, Sugar Loaf Mountain, near Braidwood. (W. Baeuerlen.) 
