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Phenology: flowers recorded chiefly from October to January; fruit ripe mostly 
December to February. 
Conservation status: listed in New South Wales as an endangered species on Schedule 
1 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act, 1995 ; 2ECi on the ROTAP List (Briggs & 
Leigh 1996). D. jerseyana is only known to occur in one gazetted reserve, Brunswick 
Heads Nature Reserve. The largest known population of this taxon is just to the west 
of the Brunswick Heads Nature Reserve (Watson 1987). Many of the smaller 
populations are on the verges of minor roads; several are represented by isolated trees, 
and therefore may not be viable in the longer term. 
Discussion of type: there is no description of this taxon by Mueller; but, 'in an 
unpublished, and apparently (Ross, pers. comm.) now no longer extant manuscript, he 
named this new form D. jerseyana’ (Watson 1987 p. 4). However, Hoogland in 1978 
examined MEL specimens 'Taken from a folder marked Geissois jervoisiana F. Muell. 
ms.' which he determined as Davidsonia pruriens. The specimens annotated by 
Fig. 4. Distribution of D. jerseyana (V) and D. johnsonii (•). 
