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parts " is E. Gunnii. Bentham's label is E. viminalis, var., and 

 it has been variously labelled by eminent botanists viminalis, 

 saliff7ia, Gunnii, and Stuartiana, an excellent commentary on the 

 difficulty of dealing with some species of Eucalyptus when only 

 imperfect material (as in this case) is available. 



Broad suckers, usually (perhaps always) more or less glaucous. 

 In dried specimens this glaucous appearance often disappears. 



E. Gunnii is one of the most widely diffused species. It is 

 very abundant in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales, and 

 by no means rare in South Australia and Queensland, though we 

 cannot yet state to what extent it is diffused in those two colonies. 

 The '' Yellow Gum " of St. Vincent's Gulf, South Australia, we 

 believe to be a form of E. Gunnii. In our own colony, amongst 

 other localities, it is common at Mount Victoria, is widely diffused 

 in New England, the buds being often ovoid, often very multi- 

 flowered, and the venation very marked. We have specimens 

 collected on the Gwydir by Leichhardt, with very broad leaves, 

 and Mrs. Hodgkinson (Herb. Melb.) collected it on the Richmond 

 River. 



In our opinion the species includes the following more or less 

 marked varieties : — 



1. Var. glauca (syn. E. Perrinicma, F.v.M.). 



2. Var. acervula (syn. E. acervula, Miq.; E. paludosa, Baker). 



3. Var. ovata (syn. E. ovata, Labill. partly; E. camphora, Baker). 

 There may be other forms of the species. 



E. Gunnii, Hook, f., var. glauca, Deane & Maiden; these Pro- 

 ceedings, 1899, p. 464. 



This is identical with E. PeryHniaria, F.v.M., which is really a 

 " very luxuriant young growth of E. Gunnii that maintains the 

 juvenile foliage till many (12-15) feet high, bearing flowers in the 

 upper axils; from this the leaves become alternate and all mem- 

 bers typically E. Gunnii. It is most interesting that in the young 

 state it is indistinguishable from E. pulverule7ita " (Rodway). 

 E. Perriniana was named from Tasmanian plants, and we are 

 indebted to Mr. L. Rodway for an excellent series. 



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