898 VAUIAHILITY OF EUCALYPTUS UNDER CULTIVATION, 



19. E. Miilleri, Naudin, Rev. Hort. 1st Sept., 1885, p. 40G^ 

 2nd Mem. p. 4o. 



A specimen in fruit cand bud in Herb. Mus. Paris, bears the 

 following label : — 



Eumlyjytus Midler i, Naudin (ombelles normalement a 7 fleurs> 

 ex exeinplariis typicis. Villa Thuret (cultive). Novembre 1889. 

 M. Naudin." 



A second specimen in bud and flower bears the following 

 label:— "Env. par M. Ramel 1872. Cult, a Alger," to which 

 M. Naudin has added ''Eucalyptus Mi'(Ueri,1 Ndn." The speci- 

 men is more robust than the previous one, and they are both 

 referable to E. Giutuii, Hook. f. \ ar. acervula, Deane & Maiden. 



Naudin {loc. cit ) quotes this as an instance where it is not easy 

 to indicate a species of Eucalyptus by a simple description. He 

 says that at first E. Miilleri may be confused with E. viminalis, 

 goniocalyx, and, above all, Gunnii. The normal number of 

 flowers in the umbel is seven. It and E. globulus are the most 

 rapid growers of all Eucalypts in France. 



The Catalogue of Vilmorin, Andrieux k Cie., says : — 

 " Remarquable par sa croissance rapide et sa rusticite relative. 

 II reussit bien dans les terrains rocheux et pierreux, meme peu 

 profonds. Haut 50m." 



Even if my determination is incorrect, the name Miilleri cannot 

 stand, as we already have E. Muelleri, Miq. [incrassata) 1856; 

 Muelleri, T. B. Moore, 1886; E. Miilleri, Deane, Rec. Geol. tSurv. 

 Vict. Vol. i. 2-1(1902); to say nothing of E. Miielleriana, Howitt 

 (1890), and perhaps others. 



20. E. myrtijormis, Naudin, 2nd Mem. p. 50. 

 Copy of a label in Herb. Mus, Paris: — '^Eucalyptus myrti- 

 formis, Naudin, Villa Thuret, Alpes Maritimes. Cult. M. Naudin. 

 Re^u en Mars 1890." 



This is probably E. cneori/olia, DC, but the anthers are not 

 ripe. Are flowers and fruits available for examination I 



M. Naudin knows only one plant, a shrub growing at the Villa 

 Thuret. He points out that the buds remain two years before 

 opening — a not uncommon thing with Eucalypts in Australia. 



