776 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON EUCALYPTUS, I., 



Affinities. — This species has been rarely collected, but has 

 hitherto been looked upon as conspecifie with E. Stuartiana or 

 E. viminalis. 



1. E. Stuartiana, F.v.M. 



Two specimens collected by Charles Stuart are in the Melbourne 

 Herbarium and are labelled as follows : — 



(a) ^'- E. Stuartiana. — Bark rather rough and fibrous. New 

 England " [an old label of Mueller's to this specimen is " ^. 

 viminalis var. capitata''^\ This specimen has leaves and immature 

 fruits. It may be the new species or E. Stuai'tiana. 



(b) " Termed here ' Peppermint Gum.' A large tree of 40-50 

 ft., with a wide spreading head. The bark rugose on trunk but 

 smooth on upper branches." 



Mr. Henry Deane collected it near Tentertield in September, 

 1885, and his label is " E. Stuartiana (I). Seems to approach E. 

 goniocalyx. Has long leaves and sessile flowers." 



All the above specimens are sessile alike as regards pedicel 

 and peduncle. 



Another specimen "White Gum, Glen Innes, E. viminalis ^^ 

 (H. Deane) in leaf and fruit only, has a common peduncle and is 

 referable, I think, to the new species. 



Wherever this new species occurs in the same district as E. 

 Stuartiana, the former occurs on the hills and slopes, and the 

 latter (as is usual) on flats. It differs also from E. Stuartiana 

 in bark and timber, also in the foliage. The new species has 

 rarely glaucous juvenile foliage; it is coarser, and more peduncu- 

 late. The mature foliage is much larger and more pendulous 

 than E. Stuartiana. As a rule the buds of E. Stuartiana are 

 not angular, while the shape of the fruit is different. Its closest 

 affinity appears, however, to be E. Stuartiana, and it appears to 

 come between that species and E. Camhagei. 



(2) E. Camhagei, Deane and Maiden. The difference between 

 this species (with which E. goniocalyx was formerly united) is 

 in the absence of ribbons in the bark of the new species; it is 

 also white in the inner bark, not yellow like E. Camhagei. The 



