BY J. H. MAIDEN AND E. BETCHB. 773 



If the tree be considered a good species (as we think it is), 

 Moore's name, having priority, must stand.* 



There are those, however, who may follow Mueller in making 

 all the forms varieties of E. reticulatus, Sm., {E. cyaneus, Ait.). 



We would, however, point out that the leaves of E. reticulatus 

 are narrowed into the petiole, while those of -£". longifoliusaxe obtuse 

 or rounded. In E. reticulatus the venation is more prominent 

 than in E. loiujifolius. In E. reticulatus the fi'uits are Prussian- 

 blue in colour; in E. longifolius they are dull dark green. See 

 also Maiden and Baker, loc. cif. 



Kirton's specimens came from the Illawarra, Moore's from the 

 Gosford district, and Bauerlen's (E. Bduerleni) from the Rich- 

 mond River. It is not surprising that specimens gathered over 

 so wide a range should show variation; whether it is desirable to 

 name, as a variety, any of these forms is a matter for subsequent 

 consideration. 



RUTACEiE. 



BoRONiA LEDIFOLIA, ./. Gay, var. glabra, var.nov. 



In general appearance and size much like the common form of 

 the coast district and Dividing Range, but differing from the 

 typical form in the entire absence of the white tomentum on the 

 underside of the leaves. If the growing plant be touched, the 

 very rancid odour at once arrests attention, being very much 

 more marked than in the case of the normal species from the 

 coast and mountain districts. 



Harvey Ranges, near Peak Hill, X.S.W. (J. H. Maiden, Sep- 

 tember, 1898). 



Phebalium Nottii, F.v.M. — Originally described from speci- 

 mens collected in the Newcastle Range, Queensland, about 18° 

 South, and now found in New South Wales in 32° South. Of 



* Unless Bailey's description loc. cit. (1SS6) of a Queensland tree called 

 by him E. Kirtonii, F.v.M., a species never, however, described by the 

 author himself, can cause E. Kirtonii to take priority. It could surely, 

 however, never be admitted that one author may publish for another, in 

 that other's name. 



