466 ON THE EUCALYPTS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 



E. TERETicoRNis, Sm., var. dealbata, var.nov. 



(Syn. E. deaihata, A. Cunn., B.Fl. iii. 239). 



(Plate xli., figs. 5-8.) 



Bentham (loc. cit.) says that this may prove to be B. pollens, 

 DC, in which case this must fall. Mueller was (at all events at 

 one time) of opinion that E. deaihata, A. Cunn., was a form of 

 E. viminalis, Labill., but having considered a very large number 

 of specimens and having studied this form in the field for years 

 and over a large area, we do not hesitate to place it under E. 

 tereticomis. 



Cunningham's specimens, as described in Walp. Bep. ii. 924, 

 were obtained from the Wellington Valley; we have collected in 

 this locality and have also examined authentic specimens in the 

 National Herbarium at Melbourne. 



If Western New South Wales specimens of E. tereticomis be 

 examined, even from as far east as the Blue Mountains and Rich- 

 mond, the fruits (as compared with the type form) will be found 

 to be smaller, the rim flatter (more horizontal), the valves less 

 exserted, the operculum shorter (it and the calyx being altogether 

 smaller) and, particularly west of the Blue Mountains, the foliage 

 and inflorescence become more glaucous. In other words, the 

 transition between the normal tereticomis said A. Cunn.' s dealbata 

 is absolute. 



Following ax'e some notes on and localities of actual specimens : 



Adelong Crossing (W. WooUs), Tumut (Forest Ranger Mecham), 

 Wagga Wagga (J.H.M.). Oue of the so-called White Gums 

 from the neighbourhood of Bathurst and Mudgee (see further 

 notes in WooUs' Flora of Arostralia, p. 228). Collected also by 

 A. G. Hamilton. "Red Gum," "Cabbage Gum," Grenfell 

 (Forest Ranger Postlethwaite). " This tree is called Cabbage 

 Gum on account of its small size and crooked, stunted shape. It 

 is most diflicult to get a stx-aight log, either from branch or trunk, 

 of even 4 ft. in length. The bark is smooth and grey, similar to 

 the Red Gum (E. rostrata) both on trunk and limbs . . the 

 whole tree appears to be the Red Gum in miniature except that 

 it does not grow straight. Sometimes used for fencing where no 



