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GROUP IV. E. STUARTIANA. 
low temperatures; and the obvious inference is that for all future plantings we 
must obtain our seed from colder parts of the natural habitat, say, 3,500ft. to 
4 ,000ft. above sea level in Victoria. The species is placed in Group IV. on the 
assumption that it will in future be propagated only from the hardiest parent 
stocks. 
56. E. STUARTIANA F. von Mueller. 
NATURAL HABITAT, DESCRIPTION, AND USES. 
This species is represented by scattered groups and single trees from central 
Victoria to southern Queensland, at various altitudes up to 3,000ft., flourishing on 
damp flats or struggling for existence on dry ridges. The growth tendency of the 
tree everywhere is towards a form in which the bole is short with bianchy and 
spreading top. Dead bark persistent on stem and branches, sub-fibrous. Juvenile 
leaves sessile, round or heart-shaped, usually glaucous. Adult tree leaves when 
first formed at tips of growing twigs glaucous, changing as they become mature 
to deep green on both surfaces, up to 8in. long, vertically suspended, often wit 
double twist in petiole. Umbel with short stalk and very short stalklets, usually 
7-flowered; lid of bud short with low point; anthers with parallel openings. Ripe 
seed-cup about Min. in depth and width, 3-celled, rim rising; open valves wholly 
above rim (exserted). Mature wood reddish-brown; reputation for quality and 
durability not good. 
CULTIVATION IN NEW ZEALAND. 
E. Stuartiana has found a place in a great many New Zealand plantations, 
but has nowhere become a profitable timber yielder. Its service will be that of a 
shelter tree in open paddocks, or as a wind-break tree combined with a comfei such 
as Pinus muricata. Seed for these purposes could be obtained from typical 
specimens in the Karaka district south of Auckland. 1 hrough misunderstanding 
in earlier years, E. Stuartiana was credited with merits it did not possess. We 
now know' that it can nearly everywhere be replaced by much more valuable 
species. It is a species that may even become a weed if allowed to spread beyond 
control. Further planting is not recommended. 
appendix to GROUP IV. 
( a ) E qlobulus. —Since the description of this species was written, as on pages 61 
and 62 , the three-flowered form therein mentioned has been separately named 
and described as E. bicostata. The name E. globulus is now restncted to the 
form indigenous to Tasmania, in which the flowers are usually single or 
solitary and the seed-cups large. 
(b) E. oreades. —This name is correct and will stand. E. altior as a synonym will 
be discontinued. 
