BY HENRY DEAXE AXD J. II. MAIDEN. 123 



E. FASTIGATA, Deane S: Maiden. 



E. vitrea. Baker, is, in our opinion, a form of the above species* 

 The type of E. fantigafa as figured (these Proceedings, 1896, 

 p. 809), has smaller fruits and the valves somewhat exserted, but 

 the size of the fruits and the amount (or absence) of exsertion 

 varies a good deal. We have specimens from the type locality of 

 E. fasfigata which precisely match E. vitrea. So do the specimens 

 of "Cut Tail" (W. Bauerlen; Delegate River, May, 1889); while 

 most of the trees from, say, Goulburn to Moss Vale and across- 

 to the Western Line about Mount Victoria are of the form 

 figured and described by Mr. Baker. We have from Jenolan 

 Caves a form even more aberrant than that Mr. Baker describes. 

 It would be readily taken for a narrow-leaved form of E. coriacea 

 from herbarium specimens alone. Beyond the Blue Mountains 

 the trees of F. fastigata more closely approximate to the type, 

 and are sometimes of enormous size. 



Pyriform series. — The type of E. fastigata has fruits somewhat 

 pyriform, but some trees have this character accentuated. We 

 can, however, scarcely call this a variety. The rims of the fruits 

 may be slightly sunk, horizontal, or even domed, with the valves 

 slightly protruding. The red mouth or rim shows resemblance to 

 E. hcamastoma. We have what we may term small pyriform 

 fruits. Our specimens all come from northern parts of the Colony, 

 e.g., Upper Williams River, Cobark and the Gloucester district 

 generally. See figs. 5 and 6, pi. Ivii. of these Proceedings, 1895, 

 under E. amygdalina, var. {E. dives). Fruits of a "Peppermint" 

 from The Valley, near Spring wood. Blue Mountains, collected by 

 us in April, 1888, are pyriform of intermediate size. 



Following have large pyriform fruits : — " 



{a). Wingello (J. L. Boorman; November, 1899\ Collector's 

 note —"Bark rough, soft, from base up to tips of branches, 

 grey in colour. Leaves not so large as those of E. Sieherianay 

 and the bark differing both in texture and colour. The wood 

 soft, ringy and generally inferior. Known locally as ' Messmate.' " 



