584 ON EUCALYPTUS GUNNII, HOOK. F., 



I have specimens {e.g., some labelled " White Brittle Gum " 

 from Mt. Victoria) that I cannot put with var. maculosa in pre- 

 ference to var. acervula from examination of the specimens. I 

 simply place them with var. maculosa because, from my know- 

 ledge of the locality, they come from trees named E. maculosa. 



I have already referred to the fact that vars. ruhida and 

 maculosa are very closely related, even identical. It is impossible 

 to separate them. 



The fruits in some districts are of precisely the same size, and 

 in no place is there much difference in this respect. Usually var. 

 ruhida has the flowers in 3's, while var. maculosa is multiflowered, 

 a ready test, but one which often breaks down. 



Range. 



New South Wales. — Bungendore (W. Bauerlen), " Spotted 

 Gum." Type of Mr. Baker's maculosa, var. A. 



Charley's Forest, Braidwood (W. Bauerlen). "Spotted Gum" 

 or '' Leopard Gum " of Queanbeyan also intermediate between 

 var. ruhida and maculosa, or perhajDS it is var. inacidosa entirely. 

 This tree at Queanbeyan is one of a group called "Spotted Gum." 

 My informant calls it " Leopard Spotted Gum." The bark is 

 smooth, and the small irregular reddish patches give it the name. 

 On dry hilly ground; timber bad (H. Deane, April, 1886.) 



I have a fine series from Wingello. These specimens show 

 well in buds, young and mature fruits and foliage, the close rela- 

 tion of var. maculosa to the type, its closest affinity being to var. 

 acervula. 



The following notes on two trees in the Goulburn district were 

 made in the field in August. Although differing slightly between 

 themselves they belong to this variety : — {a) Fruits conoid when 

 young, very much domed when old ; in 3's up to 7's, pedicels 

 thick ; wood reddish ; young twigs angular, [h) Flowers pro- 

 fusely ; rarely in 3's, in 4's, 5's, and 6's, rarely more than 6's ; 

 usually in 5's; capitate. Leaves usually narrow; venation very 

 prominent. Wood reddish. Yellow tips of young foliage. 

 Stalks round or nearly so ; young twigs angular. Fruits small. 



