ASSOCIATION OF SOCXETXES FOR GROWING AUSTRALIAN lnc, STUDY GROUP

Group Leader: Gwen Elliot, P.O. Box 655 Heathmont Vic. 3135 Email: [email protected]

Greetings to all Epacris Study Group members,. Our Study Group Newsletter is coming toyou a few weeks earlier than usual this year mainly to give members adequate notice regarding the Annual Flower Show of the Yarra Yarra Group of the Australian Society at Templestowe on October 13th-14thJ where our Study Group will be having a display of Epacris. I will also be away immediately prior to this display, assisting in the leadership of a Wildflower Tour in Western for Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne Vic. AS you will see above, this is now Newsletter No. 24 of the EPACRIS STUDY GROUP,- since its inception in 1992. Two Newsletters each year have been published since 1998 each with a different SPECIES PROFILE PAGE. In this issue, an item which started off as a small piece entitled WHEN IS AN EPACRIS NOT AN EPACRIS has ended up as a full profile page on apiculata. This plant was previously Epacris apiculata and it is interesting to follow through on the features which resulted in its move from Epacris to Rupicola, and to look a little futher into its new . A separate PROFILE PAGE features the most recent botanical revision in the genus of Epacris, including the descripti~nof three new species in the " Epacris tasmanica complexJJ. This work has been undertaken by Dr. Ron Crowden of , founding leader of the EPACRIS STUDY GROUP. We are pleased to be able to also include a page entitled MULCHES AREN'T JUST MULCHES, kindly provided by Study Group member, Phil Watson, who is Parks & Natural Areas Officer for the Clarence City Council in Tasmania. Phil has also written an attractive and informative 30-page booklet which has been published by the Clarence City Council, entitled PLANTS FOR THE WATER FRIENDLY GARDEN - NATIVE PLANT FIELD GUIDE. Local residents of the region may have already received a copy, or you could check for further information on the ~ouncil'sWebsite - www.ccc.tas.gov.au The page on Epacris Flowering Times is again included, as a number of members are continuing to record flowering times of plants in their garden, and this information will provide a valuable ongoing resource for our records. We hope you enjoy the booklet on EPACRIS which accompanies this Newsletter for all financial members of the Study Group. Any information which members are able to provide regarding Epacris plants and their survival during times of drought, fire, floods or other challenging situations would be very much appreciated for future Newsletters. Warm greetings, and happy gardening, Page 2 News Gt Notes

Special coragratula~ionsto Dick Burns and Jan Sked It is with much delight that we are able to offer our congratulations to both Dick Bums and Jan Sked, on being awarded ASGAP Australian Plants Awards in the amateur division. The Association &Societies for Growing Australian Plants Inc., of which we are all members, makes these awards honouring members who make an outstanding contribution to the Sociev, at each National Conference. Dick Burns from Tasmania was founding Secretary of our EPACRIS STUDY GROUP and continues to be an adive mem ber of the group, as well as being active in many other aspects of the Australian Plant Society Tasmania, and also nationally. Jan Sked from has recently retired -from the position of national Study Group Co-ordinator for ASGAP. She also continues to be a very active member of the Society in Queensland. Both Dick and Jan have a deep passion for Australian plants and we thank them for their significant contributions to ASGAP and in particular our Study Groups.

Forthcoming Epacris Study Grous Display The Yarra Yarra regional group of the Australian Plant Society will be presenting the APS Yarra Yarra Flower Show, on the weekend of October 13 - 14th, at Templestowe College, Cypress Avenue, Templestowe Vic. The show will be open from 9arn to 5pm on the Saturday, and 9am - 4pm on the Sunday. Tbe Epacris Study Growp has been invited to present a display on Epacris and our Study Group activities, and it should provide an excellent opportunity for us to display the Victorian State ~mblemand other species. The display will also be featuring a series of dioramas to illustrate some dthework ofthe botanieJames Drummond, plus a display of drought-resistant plants suitable for Melbourne suburban gardens. Do come along ifyou live in or are able to visit the Melbourne region on October 13-14th.

A speclal Gift for Study Group Members

As mentioned in our MARCH 2007 Newsletter we are very pleased to be able to orwa ward with this Newsletter to all financial members of the EBACRIS STUDY GROUP, a copy of the booklet EPACRIS which was written and illustrated by S.G.A.P. member Alice Talbot in 1977. This publication was one of a series undertaken by the Australian Plant Study Group and published with the assistance of S.G.A.P. Maroondah Group in Victoria. All copies have been numbered and signed by Alice. Some years ago Alice kindly gave us permission for the Epacris Study Group to use her illustrations at any time we wish, and several have been included in our Prof3le Pages. We hope you enjoy reading through this publication, and would welcome your comments, additions and other details regarding your own experiences with growing Epacris, which we will be happy to share with other Study Group membem through our hlewsletters. Page 3 ASSOCIATION OF SOCIETIES FOR GROWING AUSTRALIAN PLANTS Inc. EPACRIS STUDY GROUP Special Plant Profile Paw QUESTION - menis an Epacris NOT an Epacris ? ANSWER - When Egacris apiculata becomes Rupicola apiculata

Rupicda apr'culat'a(A. Cunn.) Telford was originally described and named as Epacris apiculata by Alan Cunningham in 1825 then following a botanical revision by the botanist Ian Telford in 1992 it was transferred to the closely related genus of Rupicola. A major difference between the two genera is in the filaments and anthers of the . In Rupicola the filaments are inserted at the base of the floral tube and the anthers converge around the style. Then pollen is released through a slit at the tip of the anther. In Epacris the filaments are inserted in the throat of the tube with the anthers attached at about their middle to the filaments. The pollen is released through a longitudinal split.

Flower of Epacris Flower of Rupicola Illustrations by David Mackay from FLORA OF NEW SOUTH WALES, Vol. 3. Edited by Gwen Harden, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney Published New South Wales University Press, 1992

R upjcula spjculata occurs in rocky areas of the Blue Mountains region of NSW, where it grows in moist situations usually in sandy soils. It is a small shrub to about 50 cm tall with : hairy branchlets, pointed green leaves to 1.2 cm long and white flowers to about 1 cm across, produced near the branchlet tips mainly in spring and sometimes also during autumn. This species is not common in gardens as plants have proved difficult to maintain, 'but it has been propagated from cuttings and cultivation in containers appears to provide best results.

Plants of Rupicola can appear very like a number of Epacris species and a hand lens or other form of magnification is often needed to distinguish between the two genera. Illustration O Trevor Blak Encyclopaedia of Australian plants vol. 8 Published- Lothian Books, Melbourne 2002 Page 4 The genus Ru#cola Maiden Er Betche Rupicola is a small genus, described and named by the botanists Joseph Maiden and Ernst Betche in 1898. There are just four species, all of which are endemic in the Central Tablelands and Coastal Districts of New South Wales. They are Rupicola apiculata (formerly Epacris apiculata), R. ciliata, R. decumbens and R. sprengelioides. Rupicola gnidoides was previously in this genus but has now been re-classified as Budwangia gnidoides. The genus name comes from the Latin rupis, meaning a rock, and colo to inhabit, referring to the fad that these are plants of rocky regions.

Joseph H. Maiden was born in London in 1859 and died in New South Wales in 1925. He arrived in Australia in 1880 and became first Curator of the Technological Museum, Sydney, where he established an herbarium in 1883. He was appotnted Government Botanist and Director of the Botanic Gardens in Sydney in 1896, retiring in 1924. He travelled widely throughout Australia, collecting and researching native plants and wrote many publications on Eucalyptus Acacia and other genera. Joseph Maiden and Emst Betche produced A Census of New South Wales Plants published in 1917.

D. Ernst L. Betche was born in Germany in 1851 and died in New South Wales in 1913. He arrived in Sydney in 1881 and was appointed as Collector for the Sydney Botanic Gardens. He was promoted to Botanic Assistant toJoseph Maiden in 1897. He had a major interest in the family Goodeniaceae and published papers on other genera also. He worked with Maiden on A Census of New South Wales Plants which was published in 1917, after his death in 1913.

R UP~CQ~~apicdata (A. Cu nn .) Telford was originally described and named by Alan Cunningham. Alan Cunni~ghamwas born in England in 1791 and died in Sydney in 1839. He arrived in Australia in 1814 and was among the very significant early botanists in Australia. Alan Cunningham also named and further details regarding his work can be found on that Profile Page, in Epacris Study Group Newsletter 10, Spring 2000.

I an Telford is a contemporary Australian botanist, born in 1941. In addition to the re-classification of Epacris apiculata to Rupicola apiculata he has also described and named Rupicola ciliata and Rupicola decumbens, both of which are low spreading shrubs to about 20 cm tall X about 1 m across. He also re-classified Rupicola gnidioides to its current status as Budwangia gnidioides. The only species of Rupicola not named by Telford is R. sprengelioides which was named by Maiden Er Betche. Page 5

EPACRIS STUDY GROUP

The 44Epacristasmanica Complex99

The "Epacris tusmanica Complex" comprises a group of Tasmanian Epacris species which all have very similar flowers. Within this group the 5 species of Epacris acuminatu, E, barbats, E. ewerta, E, glabella and E. aua-2 have characteristics which make their identification relatively straightforward, however the other 2 species in the complex, E. tasmanica and fi; virgata have always presented a problem because of their variable and partially overlapping features.

Dr. Ron Crowden, founding leader of our EPACKTS SruDY GROUP has been working on this group of plants for many years now, together with his colleague pr. Yvonne Menadue, and the latest issue of the botanical publication MUELLERIA, Volume 25,2007, published by the Royal Botanic Gardens el bourne includes a 14-page section, documenting this work.

It is proposed that three new species be included in the complex. They are Epacris cerasicoll3na R. K. Crowden, E. graniticola R. K. Crowden Er E. moscalianus R. K. Crowden

A bot~nicalkey providing information on the "E tasmnnica Complex" is contained it1 thc article, and this has been included on the reverse of this page, in Tarnily-tree' format which will hopefully provide an easy-to-read reference to the different species.

The illush-ations below, by Dr. Yvonne Menadue show some of the distinguishing features between these species and Epacris tasmanica, while the Tasmanian maps, as included in the article in MUELLERIA provide details of the natural regions of distribution.

4c. E. gzaniticola 4d. E, moscalianus

~j~~~~ 4. nimlburioa ot&ad c&~e n. E, fermanica, b. E. elcollin% c. E. *I-, h & mamlhnur, dmwiq csren griw Locatioat. Figure 5. Drawings of Epocris species; a flower, b. leaf vadati011.c. flower sectioo. Scale bars = lmm. . - .. . . Page 6 flSOCIAllON OF SOCrt I 113POR GROWING AUSTRALIAN PLAhlTS Inc, Epacris Study Group

The "Epacrjs tasmanlca Complexw

This group of species is defined as follows: Corolla tube more or less campanulate, about equal in length with or slightly shorter than the and the lobes. ~vrthevsare wserted either in major pat+ or wholly above the plane of the corolla lobes. The style is long, swollen near the base, the at the top of the anthers or exserted beyond them. KEY to species of the The "Epacvis tasmanica Corn~lex" 1 Leaf apex attenuate, pungent Leaf apex acute or rounded or mucronate, blunt 1 r I ~ilameitsshorter ~ilamen&longer Leaves lanceolate-ovate, Leaves elliptic-lanceolate than the anthers, than the anthers ovate, rounded or or narrow oblong, usually only the top which are wholly obovate, mostly less than 6mm or longer, the apex half of the anthers exserted above 5mm, the apex a short a blunt, usually inturned exserted above the the lobes. blunt mucro. mucro. plane of the corolla - lobes I I T 1 Sepals Er Sepals Flowers typicaiiy in long, open Flowers clustered at the and bracts spicate arrangements extending tips of the main stems or hirsute. glabrous. for many cms down the main on short axillary branches, E. barbatu L cemsicolll~ stems Er branches, or more or sometimes overlapping rarely in denser clusters at the in short spike-like runs of ends of the minor branches. several cms. Edaiah I Leaf base broadly obtuse Leaf base narrowly obtuse Lamina 3-5mm long, Lamina usually less or rarely cordate., lamina or truncate, the lamina +/- recuwed with than 4mm long, concave and stem-clasping flat or slightly concave but thickened scabrous flat, straight, near the base, straight and not stem-clasping, margins. margins +/- entire +(- spreading above. spreading. E. ~amniticola or microserrulate mrnindg 1

Leaves lanceolate, Leaves elli ptic-ovate Young stems and Young stems and recuwed in the upper to obovate, flat, branchlets glabrous. branchlets with part. the apex barely Midrib only evident sparse hairs or Plant widespread pungent. Plant of abaxially. Plant of hirsute. 3-5 veins in the south-east. limited occurrence limited occurrence evident abaxially, the at Southport BILI~F. in 3 known locations midrib almost keeled $ st~r~rtii of the west coast. Distribution uL3Mh restricted to the north 6 northeast. E. moscalianux Special acknowledgement and thanks to Dr. Ron Crowden, Dr. Yvonne Menadue and the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne for the information contained on this page. Further details regarding the revision of the Epacris tasmannia complex can be found in the publication MUELLERIA, Volume 25, 2007. Page 7 A special article on MULCHES Sincere thanks to Epacris Study Group member, Phil Watson, who is Parks fi Natural Areas Officer for the Clarence City Council in Tasmania, for the following article on Mulches which he has prepared to help with further understanding of what is the best for native plants including Epacrids.

A satisfying sense of achievement can be enjoyed by enthusiastic bush carers, gardeners and landscapers alike, following a revegetation or landscape planting which features a fresh blanket of neatly spread mulch. These committed folk take it for granted that by spreading mulch they will not only enjoy an attractive landscape, but will be rewarded from an away of water-saving, weed reducing, disease minimising, fire retarding and nutrient releasing benefits. However recent scientific studies reported in the 'Gardening Australia' magazine suggest that the anticipated outcomes don't eventuate, primarily due to poor selection of mulch ingredients and an inconsistent range of particle sizes. This article aims to provide a solution to the frequently experienced grower's frustrations associated with loss of plants as well as planting and growing time, due to the poor performance of the mulch.

Three types of mulch As a brief background, mulches are grouped as either landscape mulch (sometimes referred to as groundcover or revegetation mulch), soil conditioner mulch or green mulch (uncomposted shredded trimmings).

Soil conditioner mulches (pea straw, lucerne hay, compost, sea grass etc) are composed of a mixture of coarse and fine particles which will decompose into humus over short periods. As humus, these mulches can be dug directly into the soil. Here they contribute significant amounts of nutrients to the soil as well as improving soil structure by clumping together soil particles to form peds. This in turn enhances its water-holding capacity and air flow into the soil (air filled porosity). They are excellent for veggie patches and mulching around fruit trees or flower beds. However, since they rapidly break down, they are of little use as a landscape or revegetation mulch.

Landscape or revegetation mulch - (pine or gum barks, composted recycled organic mulches, woodchips, various grades of gravels etc) are a specialised group of mulches composed of carefully graded chunky pieces which are slow to break down.

Green mulch. This is treated separately as a problematical mulch type, although it is normally considered to be landscape mulch. These popular green mulches are produced by the tree pruning contractors in their tub grinders from tree and shrub pruning or by the home gardener energetically stuffing prunings into their domestic mulching machines. Although cheaply available, caution should be given as to its use since it doesn't act like landscape mulch. Users should be aware that it also results in nitrogen draw down problems and growth inhibiting properties derived from the phytotoxin chemicals (polyphenols) it contains.

Landscape mulches require uniform sized chunky particles.

Although many landscape mulches are spread with all the best intentions, they leave a high maintenance legacy, simply because they are composed of more than the surprisingly small figure of 5%fine particles. The quality mulches (wood chips, chunky barks etc) are screened to a uniform particle size (15mm, 20mm, 30mm etc). This sieves out the finer particles, but does impose a significant increase in production costs. This screened finer organic material is not wasted as it supplies an ideal ingredient for soil conditioning compost. Summarised below are the benefits derived from Chunky Landscape Mulches (CLM) in contrast to the inherent problems associated with the Unscreened Landscape Mulches (ULM) Many types of mulch are water wasters, not water misers

Unscreened Landscape Mulches (ULM) composed of fine and coame particles initially soak up all the rain and irrigation rather than allowing it to flow freely down into the soil and onwards into the plant's root zone. Hence, due to its sponge-like effect, there is a substantial volume of precious water lost to the soil, especially during light showers. Ultimately a lot of the water held in the mulch layer is wasted since it evaporates back into the dry atmosphere.

ULM and especially the uncomposted tree mulches are notorious for their tendency to become hydrophobic (water repellent).

After a few months they compact down causing the smaller particles tofill up the air spaces between the larger particles resulting in an impewious layer over the soil. Coupled with this they form an ideal environment for rapid growth crf fungi mycelium and the white actinomycetes (the white powder colour in mulch), which tend to strongly bind the soil particles into a very compact hydrophobic mass. Consequently it is nearly impossible for water to penetrate into the soil below, The only recourse is to regularly "fluff up" the mulch. Interestingly, as a temporary solution, this technique is used on the fine mulches spread under play equipment as 5oR fall to maintain its impact absorbing qualities.

Chunky mulches promote air flow and limit microbial nasties

Chunky Landscape Mulcbes (CLM) allow air to flow freely through the network of spaces between the chunky particles, ensuring the air in the soil (air filled porosity) is maximised. Air flow is an essential ingredient 2.0 inhibit excessive growth of unwanted disease micro organisms including infectious fungal diseases such as root and stem rot fungi (pythium, phytaphthora, arm illaria etc.).

ULM acts like a wet sponge during rainy periods which sits on the soil forming wet scarf-like bands around the stems and crowns of plants allowing these nasty fungi to dominate. CLM on the other hand provide a constant airflow which allows the good microbes including the nutrient postmen of the soil mycorrhiza and nitrogen fixing rhizobium bacteria to dominate at the expense of the bad ones.

Chunky mulches are weed and fire retardant

The uniform grades of chunky particles in Chunky hndscape Mulches produce the advantages of restricting the germination of any wind borne weed seeds. The seed falls freely ar is easily flushed by water, deep within air spaces of the mulch. If it does germinate the seedlings' first shools (plumules) would have a fight on their hands to reach the surface and the first rootlets would find it difficult to permanent.^ attach to the chunky particles. This contrasts to the ideal seed germination environment provided by the fine particles making up the surface of most Unscreened Landscape Mulches. As a result this eventuates in proliferation of weed maintenance problems.

Similarly in explaining the fire retarding properties of the chunky mulch, the presence of uniform chunky particle ensures I'mited flammability. These chunks are very hard to ignite by abandoned cigarette butts or matches in the wrong hands. In contrast the ULM's fine organic materials are extremely flammable and they are hard to extinguish, smouldering for long periods.

Select your mulch carefully

In the light of the knowledge that mulches aren't just mulches, careful consideration should be given to ensure the mulch selected provides the anticipated benefits.

This hopefully will lead to the right mulch (rather than being swayed by cheaper altlematives) and consequently a vigorously growing landscape made up of healthy seedlings.

Phil Watson, Rosny Park, Tas. News Notes

Some follow-up on Fire and Epacris

The item on Fire and Epacrisfrom our March 2007 Newsletter was reprinted in the Newsletter of the WALLUM & COASTAL HEATHLAND STUDY GROUP, with the following additional information provided by the leader of the group, Mrs. Barbara Henderson of Moore Qld.

We visited Beerwa h Scientific Area in May. We weren't only checking on post-fire regrowth in general, but focussing on the recovery of on the block vandals lit on 9th September 2006. I chose this particular activity after reading in the Epacris Study Group Newsletter March 2007, an article on "Fire and Epacris". We accessed the Scientific Area by a different gate this time. The area we looked at hadn't experienced a HOT burn in September 2006, and were pleasantly surprised to note that general fire recovery along this side of the block has been excellent. There has been rain in the Beenvah region, and signs of the fire were minimal. . . . . We found healthy regrowth from rootstock of the Epacris pulchella, with several in flower, mainly pale pink . . . There was no evidence of seed germination and whether there will be any seed germination we have yet to discover. We have no idea how long it would take for seed to germinate but will continue to check this particular area. At Pine Ridge Conservation Park on the Gold Coast there was a very severe burn in February 2004 and regrowth of many plants has been slow. Epacris pulchella has come back, and flowering, but probably from rootstock. We will continue to monitor, but seed germination should have occurred by now.

Our thanks are expressed to Barbara Henderson and the WALLUM & COASTAL HEATHLAND STUDY GROUP for their assistance in providing this information, and ongoing monitoring of Epacris pulchella.

FOPE~~cr0s puzzle enthusiasts

One of the latest items for puzzle enthusiasts appears to be the 'Sudoku' puzzles. These were first introduced as puzzles containing the numbers 1 to 9. To complete a Sudoku, each 3 x 3 box as well as each column and row must contain each of the numbers. Puzzles then began to appear with a mixture of numbers and letters, plus some with just letters. The puzzle provided here includes all the vowels - A E I 0 and U, plus the consenants found in the word EPACRIS - ie. P C R and S, providing the required total of 9 letters. The rules of the puzzle remain as above, and somewhere in the solution you will find the word EPACRIS. Good luck. Solution next time. Page- 10 EPACRIS STUDY GROUP MEMBERS to June 2007 Australian Members Dawn Er Lyn Barr, Swan Reach Vic. 3903 Sue Bendel, Doncaster 3108 Winifred Bennett, Greensborough Vic. 3088 Dr. Elizabeth Brown, National Herbarium of NSW Dick Bums, Penguin Tas. 7316 Faye Candy, Benvick Vic. 3806 Shirley Carn Monbulk Vic, 3793 Chris Clarke, Thornbury, Vic, 3071 Jeanette Closs, Kingston Tas, 7050 Ian Cox, Kenthurst NSW, 2156 Dr. Ron Crowden, Kettering Tas 7155 Betty Denton, Eltham Vic. 3095 Simone Disney, Leichardt NSW 2040 Norma Duff, Lower Barrington Tas 7310 Helen Dunn, Hawthorn Vic. 3122 Gwen Elliot, Heathmont Vic 3135 Pat Emms, Loch, Vic. 3945 WIII Fletcher, Ridgeway Tas, 7054 Wayne Griggs, Acton Park Tas 7170 Margaret Guenzel, Ocean Grove Vic. 3226 Bill Gunn, Ocean Grove Vic. 3226 Helen Kennedy Wheelers Hill Vic. 3150 David Lightfoot, Surrey Hills 3127 Pat Macdonald, Langwarrin, Vic, 3910 Dr. Max McDowall, Bulleen, Vic 3105 John Mahoney, Mt. Duneed, Vic. 3216 Barbara Nevin, Saumarez Ponds NSW 2350 Malcolm Reed, Epping NSW 2121 Jill Roberts, Ulverstone Tas 7315 Barbara Rooks, Montrose Vic 3765 Karen Russell, Blackbum Vic. 3130 Kris Schaffer, South Hobart Tas, 7004 Marion Simmons, Legana Tas. 7277 St. Kilda Indigenous Nursery, Port Melbourne 3207 Trish Tratt, Emerald Vic. 3782 Dawen Vanden berg, Preston, Vic. 3072 Phil Watson, Mt. Rumney Tas 7170 Philip Wilson, Woodend Vic. 3442 Overseas Members Jeff Irons, Heswall, Wirral, England Mary Sue Ittner, Gualala, California USA Anthony Parry, Wiirenlingen, Switzerland Epacris Study Group Newsletters are also sent to the ASGAP Study Group Co-ordinator, State Secretaries and State Newsletter Editors of each State member body ofthe Australian Plants Society, as well as to Botanic Gardens and Universities where research on Epacris is cuwent1.y being undertaken. Several regional groups ofthe Australian Plant Society are also affiliated with the Study Group and receive each Newsletter as issued.

Epacris Study Group FXNANCIAL STATEMENT for year 1.7.2006 30.6.2007 Credit Union 55 Club Account - Balance at 1/7/2006 $459.54 Interest Received $ 12.51 Balance as at 30.6.06 $472.05 Credit Union S1 Access Account - Balance at 1/7/2006 $141.44 Memberships, donations, $270.00 Credit Union interest $ 0.46 $411.90 Exjlpenses Newsletter printing - $ 125.20 Postage, including Newsletters ET cheque unpresented @ 30.6.07 $ 85.10 $ 210.30 $210.30 $ 201.60 Lz!uQ COMBINED STUDY GROUP BALANCE - as at 30.6.2007 $ 673.65 ASGAP Epacris Study Group Flowering times of EpacrSs slpecies ii m cult5vation

This page is provided to assist in the recording of flowering times of Epacris species being grown by Epacris Study Group members.

It is suggested that a solid line be used to indicate good flowering, and a dotted line wh~nplants are coming into flower, finishing flowering, or just producing odd blooms. Illustration - Epacris rmlinata Q Bill Gunn Epacris JFMAMJJASOND

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