BY J. H. MAIDEN. 587 



folia, Miq. {E fahrorum, F.v.M.) as defined in Ned. Kruidk. Arch, 

 iv. 136 (infra). 



Dr. Behr's No. 177, "Slid Aiistralie, 1848," is labelled, evi- 

 dently in a contemporary hand, ^^ Eucalyptus fahrorum, Schlect." 

 The specimen is in bud only, and is in Herb. Barbey-Boissier. 

 It has the buds of a pale olive -green colour, such as one oftener 

 sees in E. Gunnii {e.g., specimens from Capertee), than in E. 

 viminalis. It is difficult to separate specimens in bud like these 

 from E. viminalis, but comparing them with E. Gunnii from 

 South Australia, I think the specimens probably came from E. 

 Gunnii. The matter is not of much consequence, and cannot be 

 settled unless further material is available. 



Dr. Behr's specimen above referred to has buds mostly in 3's, 

 but also in 4's. The specimen from Herb. Kew of which I show 

 a figure is labelled ^^E. fahrorum, Schlecht. In mont. ster. elat. 

 Nov. Holl. Austr. Nov. 1848. Dr. F. Miiller. Herbar. W. Sonder. 

 E. viminalis, Lab., non capitellata," is probably Behr's also. It 

 has buds up to 6. 



The following specimen, " Swampy ground near Mt. Mclntyre, 

 Mt. Gambier," was formerly labelled Stuartiana. It is nearest 

 to var. ruhida, but not typical of that, inclining to var. acervula. 



The following specimens from Mr. Walter Gill, Conservator of 

 Forests, S.A., I place with var. ruhida : — - 



(a) Near Willunga. 



(h) Near Ambleside Railway Station and other places on the 

 Onkaparinga River; Balhanna. "Yellow Gum," St. Vincent's 

 Gulf (Mueller). 



" This tree is of too crooked a growth to be available as a tree 

 to any great extent, and its average height is about thirty feet in 

 South Australia. The wood is hard and of good weight, but it is 

 looked upon by the splitter as of very poor quality for general 

 utilitarian purposes. For posts and underground work the timber 

 is worthless. It, however, makes excellent charcoal " (J. E. 

 Brown). The species has been found to attain a larger size in 

 South Australia than Brown supposed, but further enquiry is 

 desirable. It does not appear to extend to Western Australia. 



