BY J. H. MAIDEN. 569 



1093, R. Gunn. New Norfolk, V.D.L., Herb. Cant, ex herb. 

 Lemann; in plump bud. Herb. Cant, ex herb. Lindl., and herb. 

 Syd. ex herb. Kew; in flower and early fruit. This specimen is 

 sometimes labelled "A'. Stuartiana, P.M." 



1096, R. Gunn. New Norfolk, Y.D.L., 1842, labelled " ^. 

 acervula, Sieb." Herb, Cant, ex herb. Lemann; in bud and young 

 fruit only. A second specimen in bud and flower in herb. Cant. 

 ex herb. Lindl, 



1097, R, Gunn, Launceston, V,D,L,, 1842. Herb. Cant, ex 

 herb, Lemann ; in bud and early fruit. Herb. Cant, ex herb. 

 Lindl. ; in flower and early fruit. This labelling, "^. acervula, 

 Sieb,, R, C, Gunn, ex herb. Hook," is attached to many specimens 

 of E. Gunnii, Hook, f., var, acervula, Deane and Maiden, in 

 European herbaria. 



There is a specimen labelled in Oldfield's hand writing, " Red 

 Gum, Tasmania, £J. acervula,'' in herb, Calcutta, 



There is a specimen of this plant in Herb. Paris to which 

 Naudin has attached a note "E. acervula, Sieb, : reuni par Bentham 

 a I'Eucalyptus Stuartiana — espece doutant." 



It is the "Red Gum, F. acervula '' of Spicer's "Handbook of 

 the Plants of Tasmania," p. 112. 



9. E. Stuartiana, P.v.M.; Miq. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. iv. 131. 



The following extracts from Mueller's writings and notes on 

 some specimens labelled E. Stuartiana by Mueller's authority, 

 that I have seen, show the confusion that has gathered around 

 the species. I have not seen Stuart's specimens quoted by Miquel, 

 which were probably E. Gunnii, Hook, f., var. acervula, Deane 

 and Maiden. I have suggested in my paper " On E. Stuartiana, 

 P.v.M." that it would be an advantage to botanical science if the 

 name E. Stuartiana, P.v.M., could be swept out of existence. 

 But since this is impossible, I have, after patiently examining the 

 subject for man}^ years, recommended that E. Stuartiana, P.v.M., 

 should be recognised as the name of the "Apple or But But" so 

 widely diff'used in New South Wales and Gippsland, and which 

 is one of the forms labelled "^. Stuartiana, P.v.M,," by Mueller 

 himself an enormous number of times. The revision of a botanical 

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