518 ox EUCALYPTUS B [CO LOR, A. CUNN., 



Many of Sieber's names have been accepted from herbarium 

 labels only. Schauer adopted Cunningham's names and described 

 the plants, rectifying Cunningham's omission. It is etiquette not 

 to suppress a herbarium name when it is proved to be valid, and 

 in 1859 Mueller's act in fully describing E. bicolor, A. Cunn., 

 shows that he had no wish to suppress Cunningham's name. 



I therefore, after the most careful consideration, have decided 

 to follow Bentham in adopting the name £J. bicolor, A. Cunn. 

 (B, Fl. iii. 214). It is proper to state, however, that this is a case 

 in which, all evidence being available in regard to the two names 

 in question, it is not absolutely decisive in regard to the adoption 

 of either. 



Synonyms. 



a. Prefatory Note on E. bicolor, Woolls (also R, T. Baker). 



b. Note on E. parviflora, F.v.M. 



1. E. bicolor. Duff {partim). 



2. E. pendula. Page (?). 



3. E. pendula, A. Cunn. 



4. E, largijiorens, F.v.M. 



5. E. haniastoma, Miq. 



a. E. bicolor, Woolls (' Contrib. Flora of Australia,' 232); also 

 R. T. Baker. 



In the WooUsian herbarium, which is m}' property, there is a 

 specimen in Dr. Woolls' handwriting bearing the following 

 label :— 



" Yellow or Bastard Box. Half-barked when young, nearly 

 smooth when full grown. Hard wood. Height 120 feet. Cab- 

 ramatta. E. bicolor. '' 



On another occasion Dr. Woolls labelled a similar specimen 

 from Cabramatta ''E. larcfi/lorens." 



There is no question as to the identity of this tree, even if his 

 specimens did not make it quite clear. It is E. Bosistoana, F.v.M., 

 is typical for the species, as determined by Mueller himself, and 

 the assumption that Woolls' determination of the tree as E. bicolor 

 was correct has given rise to the following ingenious mistakes. 

 (It will be shown that E. i^endxila is a nomen nudum). 



