BY J. H MAIDEN. . 767 



the valv^es as exserted as possible. A third specimen exhibits 

 minor differences. 



I hav^e seen two of Lindley's type-specimens of E. a^pina : — 



(a) "No. 243. Summit of Mt. William, Major Mitchell's 

 Expedition, 1836," with the addition in Lindley's handwriting, 

 ^'Eucalyptus alpina, m" [mihi]. In bud only. Herb. Cant, ex 

 herb. Lindley. 



{b) "No. 243 of Major Mitchell's Expedition, Eucalyptus alpina. 

 Interior o^ New South Wales " [Victoria had not then been 

 separated. J.H.M.]. In fruit only. Herb. Cant, ex herb. 

 Lemann. 



These specimens have rugose buds, but comparatively small, 

 nearly smooth fruits. They are very close to the specimens of 

 E. capitellata already referred to as Grampians (H. B. Williamson). 



Lindley's original description says : — " Ramulis brevibus rigidis 

 angulatis, foliis alternis petiolatis ovato-oblongis viscosis basi 

 obliquis, umbellis axillaribus paucifloris petiolis brevioribus, 

 operculo hemisphserico verrucoso insequali tubo calycis turbinate 

 verrucoso breviore " (Mitchell's 'Three Expeditions,' ii. 175). 

 Mitchell himself simply says, " Near the highest parts of the 

 plateau I found a new species of Eucalyptus with short broad 

 viscid leaves and rough- war ted branches." So that although the 

 specimens from the top of the mountain are intended to be the 

 type, the specimens distributed have included some specimens of 

 E. ca2ntellata, Sm. 



Affinities. — Bentham ('Flora Australiensis ') places E. alpina 

 between E. globulus and E. cosmophylla. Mueller ('Census') 

 places it between E. preissiana and E. globulus and near E. 

 cosmophylla. 



The determination of affinities of species of Eucalyptus is, 

 however, very complex, and can only be ascertained by judicial 

 consideration of a number of factors, e.g.^ shape of juvenile leaves, 

 shape and venation of the mature leaves, principal constituents 

 of oil, anthers, fruit, bark, timber, kino, habit, tfec, and not one 

 or two of them solely. But I think I have shown that the 

 relations of E. alimia, Lindl., and E. capitellata^ Sm., are very 



