718 ON THE EUCALYPTS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 



Previously, however (in 1880), the species was regarded by 

 Mueller, in the same work, as a synonym of E. Sieberiann (Decade 

 2). 



Bentham (B.Fl. iii. 202), in referring to E. viryata as "Mountain 

 Ash " (Twofold Bay), a tree which is undoubtedly E. Sieberiana,- 

 adds to our difficulties. He refers to the true " Mountain Ash " 

 ( E. Sieberiana) in describing E. virgata as a tree with " furrowed 

 persistent bark," and in other respects, in the same description, 

 has the tree we now know as E. Sieberinna in view. E. Sieberiana 

 is a name not employed by Bentham, Ijeing coined later by 

 Mueller ( Eucalyjjtographia ). 



We will discuss the matter further under Sieberiana, only 

 adding, at this place, that Mueller's drawing of E. Sieberinna 

 appears to us to more correctly depict a form of E. lifpmastoma. 



E. virgata as a specific name was ignored by Mueller until the 

 publication of the 2nd Census in 1889. The absence of a pictorial 

 illustration by Mueller of E. virgata, as distinguished, from E. 

 Sieberiana, is keenly felt under all the circumstances; in fact it 

 does not appear that the species has ever been figured, except 

 in tlie work alluded to (when considered to be synonymic with 

 E. Sieberiana). 



The differences usually empirically considered as separating E. 

 virgata from E. Sieberiana are indicated as follows : — 



E. virgata. — Stamens all fertile. Leaves alwajj^s falcate. Plant ' 

 always virgate. 



E. Sieberiana. — Outer stamens sterile. With paler leaves than 

 the preceding. 



Such is a resume of the affinities of what different botanists 

 ha\e considered to be Sieber's virgata. The conclusions being so 

 unsatisfactory, and even contradictory, we determined to begin de 

 novo. 



We are indebted to the kindness of Mr. J. G. Luehmann for a 

 specimen identical with Sieber's E. virgata, in bud only, collected 

 in a coastal district of this colony, near Bulli. 



We unhesitatingly refer it to one of the numerous forms between 

 E. Luelimanniana and E. obtnsi flora. Our determination confirms 



