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Mature leaves. — Very coriaceous, narrow-linear. Not exceed- 

 ing ^ inch in breadth, though 4 inches long. Neither the mar- 

 ginal nor transverse vein visible, or scarcely so. They strongly 

 resemble those of E. stellulata, var. angustifolia (E. microphylla, 

 A. Cunn. ), but the two plants can be readily separated by means 

 of their fruits. 



Buds. — These often show a double operculum, in common with 

 very many species of the genus. It may be that this double 

 operculum will be eventually found to occur in all Eucalypts; we 

 have observed it in a large number of species. 



Frtiits. — Much smaller than those of the typical form, slightly 

 urceolate, much resembling those of E. jyiperita. 



Range. — Berrima, Blackheath. 



E. LUEHMANNIANA, F.V.M. 



This small tree was originally described by Mueller (Frapn. xi. 

 38) as E. Luehmanniana. The species was suppressed by the 

 author in his Census {1st Edition, 1882), but not before he had 

 included it under E. stricta [Eucalyjjtographia). In the 2nd 

 Edition (1889) of the Census it appears (by reference) under E. 

 virgata, Sieb., which species itself had been suppressed in the 

 1st Edition of the work. Baron von Mueller was, as a rule, averse 

 to namins varieties however well marked. There is little doubt 

 that, had he again named it, it would have been under the style 

 E. virgata, var. Luehmanniana. The late Rev. Dr. Woolls used 

 to resrard it as a variety of hcetnastoma, and used to name it 

 grandiflora, stating, in a letter, "many Eucalypts, e.g., punctata, 

 resinifera, have a grandiflora form, and so has hcetnastoma." 

 Although for the last few years of his life he consistently held 

 this view, we cannot find that he put it in print. 



We are of opinion that it would be a matter of convenience to 

 revive Mueller's species of Luehmanniana. It bears affinity to at 

 least two species, but we are of opinion that the course we pro- 

 pose is less free from objection than to consider it a %ariety of 

 either. Although E. I^aehmanniana eventually passes into E. 



