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OBSERVATIONS OX THE EUCALYPTS OF NEW 

 SOUTH WALES. 



By Henry Deane, M.A.,F.L.S., Arc, and J. H. Maiden, F.L.S.,&c. 

 (The Illustrations by R. T. Baker, F.L.S.) 



Part II. 



(Plates Lix.-LXi.) 



The Eucalypts dealt with in this Part fall naturally into a 

 single group distinguislied chiefly by the fibrous and tenacious 

 character of the bark, and to some extent by the length and 

 straightness of the grain of the wood. They go under the 

 vernacular names of Stringybark and Messmate. 



The Stringyl)arks proper are E. capitellnta, E. inacrorrlujnchn, 

 and E, engenioides. These three species, although in their typical 

 forms so distinct, ha^'e connecting links, and in the case of some 

 of these varieties it is of ten diflicult to decide under which species 

 to place them. 



E. obliqua and E. fastiyata (Cut-tail) are Messmates, the 

 former being sometimes called Stringybark. 



There is another species in New South Wales, E. Bailey ana, 

 which is said to be called Stringybark, but we propose to postpone 

 consideration of this species, as well as of other fibrous-barked 

 species, E. acuienoides, White Mahogany (sometimes called 

 Stringybark), E. microcorys, Tallow wood, and E. pilularis, Black- 

 liutt, to some future occasion. 



Eucalyptus capitellata, Sm. 



Smith's original description and notes on this species are as 

 follows : — 



" Eucali/ptiis capitellata, operculo conico calyceque anguloso 

 subancipiti, capitulis lateralibus pedunculatis solitariis. 



