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(b). "Peppermint" or "White Mahogany." Burriel, near 

 Milton ; also Pigeon-house Mountain to within 100 feet of top 

 (R. H. Cambage; December, 1899). Has grey, rough bark. 



(c). Top of Penang Ranges, 8 miles from Gosford (A. Murphy; 

 February, 1900). Very like a Peppermint in appearance, only 

 the bark is not so stringy, — more flaky. White, smooth limbs. 



Nos. (b) and (c) were referred to provisionally as E. stricta, var., 

 in these Proceedings, 1900, p. 109. 



We take this opportunity of pointing out the considerable 

 a,mount of variation that occurs in Eucalypts of the Series 

 Reiianth^.rce, Thus E. rJpJegatensis, Baker, and E. vitrea, Baker. 

 possess affinities, on the one hand, with E. obliqua and E. 

 Sieberiana, while on the other hand they show affinity with what 

 may be termed the Peppermint group, consisting of E. fastigaf-a, 

 Deane & Maiden, E. regnans, F.v.M., E. amygdalma, Labill., 

 and E. dives, Schauer, which are connected in a number of ways. 



E. OBLIQUA, L'Herit. 



Head of the Gwj^dir, Leichhardt, 1843. In leaf only, but 

 there is no doubt as to the identity of the plant. 



E. viRGATA, 8ieb., var. altior, Deane cfe Maiden, 



E. oreades, Baker (these Proceedings, 1900, p. 596), is this 

 variety. Precisely the same form occurs in Tasmania and 

 Victoria. At an elevation of about 1,000 feet in Tasmania it 

 €ommonly occurs with bark smooth from the base and with 

 all degrees of fibrous bark. In E. oreades, Baker, the fruits 

 are immature, and those from Victoria and Tasmania pass 

 through a precisely similar stage. 



E. MuELLERiANA, Howitt; these Proceedings, 1898, figs. 9-11 of 

 PI. XXX., under E. pilularis; 1899, p. 460. 



We have already stated our opinion that E. dextropinea, Baker, 

 is this species. We find that E. Imvopinea, Baker (these Proceed- 

 ings, 1898, p. 414), is specifically identical with E. de^-tropinea, 

 and consequently w^ith E. MuelleA'iana. 



