128 ON THE EUCALYPTS OF N.S.W., PART VIII., 



1. — Var. grandijlora, Benth., B.Fl. iii. 246. 



This variety includes E. pellita, F. v.M., and E. spectahilis, F.v.M., 

 and a series of closely allied forms bearing very near affinity to 

 E. resinifera. They are all known as Mahogany, and have the 

 wood and bark of E, resinifera. Some of the lorms are described 

 with a little detail : — 



{a) Buds ovoid to a " long beak and gradually tapering " (all 

 connecting forms). Fruit about 7 lines in diameter, with rather 

 broad, raised rim and exserted valves. 



This is the typical ^ar. grandiflora referred to by Bentham, 

 who points out its probable affinity to E. pellita, F.v.M.; and 

 Baron von Mueller has (Eucalyptographia) himself merged E. 

 pellita in E. resinifera. 



Besides Manly (the B.Fl. locality for this variety), it occurs as 

 far south as Conjola, near Milton (W. Heron), and Currawang 

 Creek (W. Biiuerlen), which are the most southerly localities 

 hitherto recorded, while Springwood, Blue Mountains (J. H. 

 Camfield), with narrower rim and valves less exserted, is the 

 most westerly locality known to us. 



(b) Buds not seen. Very broad rim round fruit. Fruits very 

 large (10 lines diam.). Ordinary " Forest Mahogany" bark and 

 timber. "Mountain Mahogany" (Olney, F. R.), Cooranbong; also 

 Wyong. 



Clarendon Stuart's No. 486, Timbarra, near Tenterfield, has a 

 fruit precisely similar to the preceding, though smaller. It bears 

 Mueller's MS. name '^ E. resinifera, Sm., var. hrachycorys." 



2. — Var. Ki7^toniana, var.nov. 



(Syn. E. Kirto7iiana, F.v.M., in Eucalyptographia, Arts. E. 

 resinifera and E. rohusta; E. patentinervis, R. T. Baker, these 

 Proceedings, 1899, p. 602). 



Buds all with a long beak and gradually tapering. Fruits 

 about 5 lines diameter. Valves usually ve7y exserted. Tendency 

 to conical (when dry), but also subcylindrical. Tendency to 

 twinning in the fruits. Rather narrow rim. 



