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NOTES FROM THE BOTANIC GARDENS, SYDNEY. 



No. 3. 



By J. H. Maiden and E. Betche. 



(Plate XXVIII.) 



TILIACE.S;. 



El^eocarpus longifolius, C. Moore, in Moore and Betche's 

 Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales, 1893.* 



(Syn. E. Bduerlenii, Maiden and Baker, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S.W. [2], X. 469, 1895, with a plate; E. Kirtoni, F.v.M., MS. 

 (Bailey in Syn. Queensland Flora, 1st Suppl. p. 8; Maiden, Useful 

 Native Plants, p. 423); E. reticulatiis, Sni., var. Kirtoni, F.v.M.) 



Mr. Kirton, of Bulli, N.S.W. , sent this plant to Baron von 

 Mueller in 1885; the latter described it in MS. as E. Kirtoni, 

 but did not publish it, we believe; at all events it never appeared 

 in his Census. 



The Melbourne Herbarium also contains specimens collected 

 on the Shoalhaven by Bauerlen in 1888; these were named by 

 Mueller E. reticulatiis, var. Kirtoni. 



These specimens are quite identical with Moore's E. lo7igifoJins, 

 and we are of opinion that E. longifolius, Moore, is not specifically 

 distinct from E. Bduerlenii, Maiden and Baker. 



E. longifolius is but shortly and imperfectly described by 

 Moore and Betche, e.g., the hairiness of the foliage and of the 

 flowers not being mentioned. 



* The name was first adopted by Moore in General Report Sydney Int. 

 Exhibition o/ 1879, p. 738(1880); he called it "Mountain Ash" of lUawarra, 

 and "Miltary Miltary " of northern New South VVales, thus recognising 

 the comparatis'ely wide range of the species. See also Maiden, U-seful 

 Native Plants, p. 423. 



