192 NOTES ON" THE EL'GALYPTS OF THE J3LUE MOUNTAINS, 



ordinarily impossible to distinguish the two species. The juvenile 

 leaves, buds and fruits, however, sharply separate them. 



It is named in honour of the late Charles Moore, for many 

 years Director of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney. 



2. E. AMYGDALINA, LabiU. 



This species, as a medium-sized, elegant tree, redolent with a 



pleasing odour, is common on the higher parts of the Blue 



Mountains. Along the road we first came across it at the top of 



the big hill, about a mile from Lawson on the way to Wentworth 



Falls. 



3. E. AMYGDALINA, Labill., var. nitida, Benth. 



We found this in a gully, going west from the Baptist Church 

 at Blackheath, a small, smooth-stemmed shrub of 3 to 4 feet, 

 adjacent to shrubs of E. Moorei, Maiden and Cambage. Inter- 

 mediate foliage (suckers) slightly glaucous, and emitting a pepper- 

 mint odour when crushed, though much less than the form of 

 amygdalina common on the Blue Mountains. Opercula remark- 

 abl}^ red, hemispherical and dotted. 



Mr. Maiden has dealt with this form at some length in his 

 ' Critical Revision,' Part vi., p. 163, and announces the discovery 

 of this variety at Mt. Victoria. Our Blackheath specimens are 

 identical w^ith the Mt. Victoria ones. 



We now raise the question that E. nitida, Hook, f., (reduced 

 to a variety of E. amygdalina, LabilL, by Bentham) may be a 

 valid species after all. We have not juvenile foliage in the 

 earliest stage, but the coriaceous leaves in the intermediate stage 

 seem to be sufficiently distinct from those of E. amycjdalina. 



4. E. REGNANS, F.V.M. 



Occurs at the foot of Govett's Leap, Blackheath, and Hassan's 

 Walls, while it is common on basalt-capped mountains such as 

 Mts. Tomah and Wilson. 



5. E. DIVES, Schauer. 



Occurs at Mount Victoria, becomes common between Bell and 

 Eskbank, and is plentiful around Bowenfels. Being a cold 



