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10. E, ohJlqua (Sm., Act. Soc. Linn., Loncl., 3, p. 2S7 ; Xov. 

 HolL, 4:J; Ait. Kew. 2, p. 157; L'Herit. Sert. angl. IS.) jS^o 

 species o£ the first Eiicptlypts known in Europe lias given Botanists 

 more trouble than this, which is thus briefly described : '' E. 

 operculo li em i splicer Ico mucronulafo, umhelUs laterallhus soUtnriis, 

 pedun:idis ramulis(iiie tcretihus.^'' Since the publication c£ the 

 third volume of our Flora, in v.hich Ii. ohliqua is supposed to 

 represent Stringy Bark or the Messmate, Baron Mueller has 

 proved from the original specimen still in the Banksian Collection 

 that this was the first species of Eucalypt known in Europe, and 

 that the specimen of it Vvas procured in Tasmania during 

 Eurneaux's voyage. On this species L'Heritier founded the 

 genus in 1788. Baron Mueller regards E. ohliq^iM as the Stringy 

 Bark of Tasmania and South Australia., and the Messmate of 

 Victoria. There is, as Mr. Bentham perceived even from dried 

 specimens, a close alliance between this tree and the commoii 

 forms of Stringy Bark in this Colony (£*. capitella, E. eu^fuioides 

 and E. macrorliynclia) , and it is probable tha.t the time may come 

 v^hen all these will be regarded as varieties of one common species, 

 differing from" each other in proportion to their distance from the 

 sea-coast, the geological formation of the soil, the elevation above 

 the sea-level, a,nd the comparative temperature of climate. E'ntil 

 however, further investigation has shown the probability of this 

 amalgamation, it may be vrcll to consider E. obJuiua (or E. 

 gigantea, Hook.) as the Tannanian Stringy Bark. 



11. E. cori/mhosa, C"' E. opcrcido li cc mi splicer I co mucronulato, 

 calgce tereii, umTjeJUs corijmljosG-panlcuIatls termiiialihiis.'" Sm., 

 Act. Soc. Linn., Lend., o, p. 287, Xov. IIoll., 43.) To this Is 

 appended, " Elores magnl speciosi formant paniculam magnam 

 iermlnalem ex iimheJlls compositam, qua notci a rcAlquis distincta. 

 Folia lunccolata coriacea. Eruciiis turJjiiiatus calgce urceolafo 

 pcrsisfenti, et stglo in liae cavitate persidenti coronatus.^'' As this 

 description is inappropriate for any other tree at Port Jackson 

 besides that commonly called " Bloodwood," there has not been 



