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



specimens from ill-developed (?) trees; 4^ inches would appear to 

 be an average length. 



Specimens up to nearly 2 inches in width are found in the Mt. 

 Vincent specimens; IJ inch is a common width; 1-1 J inch may 

 be given as the average width. 



Buds. — Operculum usually blunt, though not quite hemi- 

 spherical. Sometimes glaucous, as in the Wagga Wagga and 

 Bell's Creek specimens. 



Fruits. — With a greater tendency to pear-shape than any of the 

 preceding, and the rim to be domed or arched (PL Ivii., figs. 4-8). 

 Usually shining. The tips of the valves occasionally a little 

 exserted. The rims (mouths) usually red, a characteristic often 

 attributed to hceynastoma, and the fruit itself often pale-coloured. 



The fruits from Bell's Creek, and from Mt. Vincent, Upper 

 Williams River, Cobark, and other high lands to the south of New 

 England are sometimes more truncate than usual, but the arched 

 or domed rim can always be traced in specimens from the same 

 tree. Fruits from Bombala and Wagga Wagga are small, and 

 have much the shape of those of E. eugenioides, but they are 

 distinctly "domed." 



There is a tree (" Messmate " or " Peppermint "; of which we 

 have herbarium specimens from Delegate and the Snowy River 

 which has shiny, comparatively thick fleshy fruits which strikingly 

 resemble E. coriaoea fruits in miniature. From examination of 

 fruits alone (or even perhaps of imperfect specimens of leaves 

 which when mature are comparatively thick), an observer might 

 readily name the tree E. coriacea, and we have suggested this as 

 an explanation of " Peppermint " being given in the " Flora 

 Australiensis " as one of the names for E. coriacea. The tree now 

 under reference has the usual fibrous bark on the stem as ordinarily 

 observed in E. amygdalina. 



E. amygdalina and E. coriacea (not to speak of other species) 

 are closely related species, and we express the opinion that they 

 are perhaps most obviously related through the fruits and the 

 leaves of our variety latifolia of the former species. 



