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respect. It is the Eucalypt No. 1, of page 541, " Some Eucalypts 



of the New England Table-land" {P^-oc. Aust. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 



1898). 



E. SQUAMOSA, Deane tfe Maiden. 



P.L.S.N.S.W., 1897, p. 561, pi. xix. 



(Plate xlviii., figs. 4-5.) 



During the year 1899 this species flowered aud fruited more 

 freely than it has done since we began to have it under observa- 

 tion (1889). We are therefore able to present a sketch of 

 inflorescence and fruit which will supplement the former plate. 



We are able to give additional localities for this species, viz.: — 

 Bargo Brush (Miss Atkinson), Duck River, near Parramatta 

 (Rev. Dr. Woolls), Richmond (H. D.). The specimens of Miss 

 Atkinson and Dr. Woolls were collected about 40 years ago. 

 Examination of the material in the National Herbarium, Mel- 

 bourne, shows that it is the " Drooping Gum " of Woolls, near 

 Duck River (included under £. vhninalis by Bentham, B.Fl. iii. 

 240). It was prol^abl}' also collected by Caley (" specimens with a 

 hemispherical calyx-tube, and broad almost globular operculum "). 

 E. squamosa possesses similarities to more than one species, and 

 presented considerable difliculty, according to notes in the deceased 

 botanist's herbarium. The species is not a strong one, and there 

 is room for diff'ereiice of opinion in regard to it. One of Miss 

 Atkinson's specimens was collected in August, 1865, at Bargo 

 Brush, and bears her note— " Weeping Gum. Pendent tree of 

 30 to 40 feet. Bark like Blue Gum. Found in aqueous situations. 

 Very partial." Another specimen labelled " Blue Mountains," 

 and absolutely identical with the preceding one, bears Mr. 

 Luehmann's opinion —"I think this is a form of E. tereticornis," 

 and that there is aflinity to this species is undoubted. Coming 

 to one of Woolls' Duck River specimens, Mueller named it E. 

 tereticornis, var. sphctrocalyx. Woolls' label was — " Flooded 

 Gum, smooth bark; tree 30-40 feet." We may mention that all 

 Miss Atkinson's and Dr. Woolls' specimens passed through 

 Bentham's hands with ^lueller's endorsements upon them, but 

 his opinion was that they were a form of E. viminalis, as already 



