BY HENRY DEANE AND J. H, MAIDEN. 459 



Miscellaneous Notes (including descriptions of neiv varieties). 



i. RENANTHER5;. 

 E. REGNANS, F.V.M., and E. Fastigata, D. & M. 



The giant tree of Victoria was not formally described in the 

 first instance. Under E. amygdalina, Baron von Mueller first 

 refers to a tree which attains a height of over 400 feet, with " a 

 smooth stem and broad leaves." .... " this species or 



variety which might be called Eucalyptus regnans " 



{Rep. Acclim. Soc. Vict. 1870, p. 48). 



The statement as to "smooth stem and broad leaves" is repeated 

 at p. 114 of his Select Extra-tropical Plants, N.S.W. Edition 

 (1881), it being contrasted with E. amygdalina, "which has small 

 narrow leaves and a rough brownish bark." 



At p. 236 of the Key to the Systennof Victorian Plants, Mueller 

 first botanically defines E. regnans. He says : " bark outside 

 whitish and smooth, except at the stem-base," and calls it "Giant 

 Gum-tree " and " Spurious Blackbutt." 



Our E. fastigata (Proc. Linn. Soc. 1896, p. 809) is a tree with 

 a fibrous bark, not to be distinguished, in this respect, from E. 

 obliqua except in the smooth branchlets of the former. Mueller 

 described his regnans as a smooth-barked tree; the fruit of our 

 fastigata (from Mt. Tantawanglo) is smaller than that of E. 

 regnans, and there are other difl:erences, of more or less value, 

 which caused us to look upon our tree as new to science. 



We have since studied the distribution of E. fastigata and find 

 that it is very widely difi'used in New South "Wales. Following 

 are some localities : — 



Northern District. — New England. 



Southern District. — Most mountain ranges, extending at least 

 as far north as near Moss Vale. 



Weste7-n District. — Jenolan Caves, Mt. Tomali (where it is a 

 giant tree), Tarana (" Messmate "), Burraga (" Blackbutt "), 

 Cowra ("Red Blackbutt"). Hence it occurs in most of the high 

 mountainous districts of the Colony. 



