600 OBSERVATIONS ON THE EUCALYPTS OF N.S.W., 



(6) Leaf about 4|^ inches long, straight or nearly so, i.e., seldom 

 falcate, fruit more nearly sessile. Unripe fruits nearly hemis- 

 pherical; ripe fruits contracted at the orifice and ovoid. Some- 

 times glaucous, and apparently connecting with variety alpina. 

 The bark is smooth, grey and striped, and is marked by scribbles 

 similar to those of E. hcemastoma. The tree is in fact a good deal 

 like that of a large-fruited variety of E. hcemn stoma, to which we 

 shall subsequently allude, but the venation and consistence of the 

 leaves (not to mention other points) are those of E. coriacea. 



Cooma District. Cooma and Braidwood Road. 



(c) Var. alpina, F.v.M. (B. Fl. iii. 201). Leaves short and 

 nearly straight. Flowers rather smaller and peduncles shorter. 



Mountains on Macalister River, Yic. (B. FL). 



Specimens of this variety from Mt. Kosciusko, in our own 

 Colony, are very glaucous. Leaves 2 inches long, or a little more. 

 (PI. liv., figs. 2-3.) 



Range. — Usually at fairly high elevations, preferring undulat- 

 ing, grassy country in the ranges and high table-lands. Found 

 practically in the same districts as the preceding species. 



E. AMYGDALINA, Labill. 



The various forms have leaves which have a strong (sometimes 

 very strong) odour of peppermint, to which circumstance they 

 owe their commonest vernacular name. E. piperita, E. sieheria,na 

 and E. stuartiana possess an odour of a somewhat similar 

 character. E. piperita, and E. stuartiana, especially in certain 

 districts, are known by the name of "peppermint," but E. amyg- 

 dalina is the tree which is most usually understood by that name. 



We propose to classif}'- the various New South Wales forms we 

 deal with on the present occasion as follows : — 



Sucker or seedling leaves narrow. 



1. The typical species, comprising a number of forms which do 

 not, at first sight, appear to be connected with each other. 



