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2. — Large-fruited forms. 

 E. j^unctata, DC, ^'al•. grandifiora, var.nov. 



Leaves punctate. Buds all ovoid. Double operculum. Rim 

 at junction of calyx and operculum very sharp. Calyx-tube 

 usually angled. Fruits 7 to 8 lines in diameter; valves usually 

 not much exserted. 



We have an intermediate form (from Wyee) with valves well 

 exserted. 



Shape hemispherical, or nearly so, to conoid. Rather broad 

 rim. Bark and timber not to be distinguished from that of 

 normal louiictata. 



This large-fruited form is well marked, and well worthy of 

 being a named variety. As in resinifera, so in punctata, there 

 is no line of demarcation between the normal and grandijlora 

 forms, the transition being gradual. 



Comparing this with the normal or small-fruited form, Mr. 

 Augustus Rudder, a forester of considerable experience, writes 

 in the Agricultural Gazette : — -" This is one of two trees with the 

 same vernacular (Crey Gum). In general appearance, to the 

 casual observer, the trees are much alike, but the leaves of this 

 are rather broader, and its fruits and blossoms are very much 

 larger than those of the other variety, and the. trees generally are 

 not so large, and are more limited in range of habitat, and, as a 

 rule, do not approach so near to the coast, though I have seen it 

 at Raymond Terrace, and near the beach at Charlotte Bay and 

 Wallis Lake in this district; the two trees often grow together. 

 I have mostly observed it on the lower ranges in the counties of 

 Gloucester and Durham. The timber is red in colour, is hard, 

 and very lasting, and is well suited in the round, for heav}^ tim- 

 bers in bridges and culverts." 



We have collected it within the range stated. Hitherto this 

 form has only been found north of Port Jackson. 



This tree has been frequently confused with the grandiftora 

 form of U. resinifera, where herbarium specimens only are 

 available; in the forest the two trees could not be confused for a 



