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Tenterfield district, where it is locally known as "Red Pepper- 

 mint." It has suckers which are with difficulty distinguishable 

 from those of E. Stuartiana. 



" Peppermint Box," The Bluff, Tenterfield (H. Deane). 



Glen Innes (H. Deane). 



Ben Lomond (J.H.M.). 



'' Black Peppermint," Yarrowitch to Walcha, very abundant, 

 and New England generally (J.H.M.). 



No 2 variety of E. Stuartiana, viz. : " Broad-suckered Pepper- 

 mint " of my paper, A.A.A.S. (Sydney), 1898, p. 541. 



Besides " Black Peppermint " this species also goes under the 

 name of " Red Peppermint " in New England. Mr. J. F. 

 Campbell, of Walcha, tells me that it grows on slate and basaltic 

 flats of fair quality of soil. I have seen large quantities of manna 

 produced b}^ this species. This is the " Peppermint " timber 

 which is used in New England, that of the " White Peppermint " 

 {E. Stuarliayia) being practically valueless. 



"The timber of this species is very good as posts, but apt to 

 split in seasoning. A dead tree apparently quite sound when cut 

 through the sap timber has cracks running into the heart-wood. 

 At the Int. Exh.. 1879, I exhibited a piece of a post made of a 

 young tree of this species 10 inches in diameter. The log was split 

 in halves and used for posts. It had been erected about 1844, and 

 was quite sound when dug up " (A. R. Crawford, Moona Plains, 

 in litt.) 



It is common on swampy, heathy flats, between Eden and 

 Cape Howe, in the extreme south-east of New South Wales 

 (J. S. Allan). Attains a height of 30ft., and a diameter of 1ft. 

 These trees are identical with the Victorian ones. Flowers 

 numerous. 



dueensland (lanceolate-leaved form). — killarney(F. M. Bailey); 

 Stanthorpe (F. M. Bailey), labelled " E. dealhata^'^ an old naming 

 of Mueller, through confusion with a glaucous form of E. tereti- 

 cornis. (See these Proceedings, xxv. 446 \ 



