618 ON THE BUCALYPTS OF N.S.W., PART VI., 



goes by the name of Black Peppermint and the latter White- 

 Peppermint or Apple. The latter has a white zigzag or wrinkled 

 bark, thicker and much paler in colour than that of the Black 

 Peppermint. E. Stnartiana has thickish, fleshy leaves, largish 

 fruits (in comparison), and of a diflferent shape to those of E. 

 nova-anglica. The foliage of E. Stuartiatia is non-glaucous except 

 when young. Its buds are glabrous and of a different shape to 

 those of E. nova-anglica. Its leaves possess a less odour of 

 peppermint and are often eaten b}' cattle. 



Twigs in bud and flower undoubtedly show some resemblance 

 to E. ruhida; the flowers of E. nova-anglica are, however, in more 

 than threes, while the bark is fibrous. Also the timber of E. 

 nova-anglica resembles that of the Messmate group; this circum- 

 stance alone sharply sepai'ates it from E. 7'nbida. 



Miscellaneous Notts. 



i. RENANTHERE.S;. 



E. STRICTA, Sieb. No. 472. 



An authentic specimen in the National Herbarium, Melbourne, 

 received from Prof. Engler (now of Berlin) is identical with the 

 narrow-leaved scrubby gum from the Blue Mountains as figured 

 by us in the Proc. for 1897, PL xxxi., fig. 17. The original of the 

 E. sfricta of the Flora Aiistraliensis, i.e., of Bentham, is somewhat 

 uncertain, this botanist perhaps having E. c7ieoriJolia, DC, before 

 him. 



E. OBTUSIFLORA, DC. 



The National Herbarium, Melbourne, contains two specimens 

 (single leaves only) from De Candolle's Herbarium, both diflferent 

 and both indeterminable. 



It seems desirable to reject the name altogether. In Part iii. 

 of our "Observations" (Proc. 1897, p. 714) we expressed the 

 opinion that E. ohtusiflora should be retained as a species, because 

 we were then under the impression that we had absolutely identi- 

 fied De Candolle's plant, and that, under all the circumstances, it 

 was a convenience to retain the name. We have revived the 



