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7. E. VERNicosA Hook. f. 



Mueller held the view, which he expressed to me verbally, that 

 E. vernicosa is an extreme form of E. Gunnii Hook, f. At the 

 same time it is such an extreme form that I think it seems 

 desirable to retain it as a species. E. Muelleri T. B. Moore* 

 appears to be a connecting link between E, vernicosa and E, 

 Gunnii. 



8. E. Gunnii Hook. f. var. acervula Deane & Maiden. 



I have specimens with fruits nearly twice the ordinary size. 

 Glencoe near Mt. Gambier, South Australia (Walter Gill). 



Since writing my paperf I have obtained specimens of E. 

 McClatchie Kinney, from Prof. A. J. McClatchie, and they are 

 identical with the above large-fruited form. 



E. Gunnii var. maculosa Maiden. 



I have Mr. Baker's E. lacteal before me as I write, and am 

 familiar with the country from which most of the type-specimens 

 were obtained. I cannot separate them from var. maculosa, and 

 some of the specimens show transition to var. acervula (of which 

 transition I have abundant evidence from other sources). Speci- 

 mens such as these tend to prove the reasonableness of my view 

 that it is undesirable to break up a polymorphic species like E. 

 Gunnii into a number of species. The species varies exceedingly 

 under varying conditions of climate and soil. It is, in my view, 

 scientific to maintain the forms as varieties to show their 

 intimate and branching relations with the " parent " species. 

 The differences in oil constituents I assert are apparent, not real. 

 When specimens of leaves are distilled from many forms and at 

 different seasons of the year, then, I submit, it will be found that 

 the oil results will exhibit curves and not steps as at present. 



* Trans. Koy. Soc. Tas. 1886, p. 207. 



t These Proceedings, 1903, p. 900. 



t These Proceedings, xxv., 691. 



