BY HENRY DEANE AND J. H, MAIDEN. 805 



warp. It is often considered, as at Mudgee, superior to " Red 

 iStringybark " (A\ macrorrkniidia'. 



Range. — Coast district and tableland throughout, and extending 

 westerly as far as Mudgee, thouiih apparently not so abundant as 

 ii'. mncrorrhijnchn . 



In the 'Flora Australiensis' E. eugenioidea is reduced to a variety 

 of E. piperita, but it has since been shown to be an undoubtedly 

 good species, its affinities being more with E. cnpitdhna than with 

 E. piperita. From the latter it is easily distinguished in the 

 living state by the strong fibrous character of the bark which 

 extends to the small branches, the other species having a bark of 

 the texture of K. amipplaJina, and being only half-barked in 

 general like E. pi/alaris. The fruits of A\ piperita are more con- 

 tracted at the top with a thin rim, whereas those of E. eiu/eui aides 

 have a well-marked rim, sometimes flat but generally raised. 



We have leaves and fruits of a vejy interesting String}'l)ark 

 from the Glen Innes district (Hartley's Mill). We refer the 

 plant to A'. eugevioijJes in the absence of complete material. The 

 fruits are larger than those of E. en.yenioiacs usually are, and 

 have a well-defined prominent rim, groo%ed on the outer edge, and 

 show a tendency to exsertion of the valves. 



E. capitellata and E. eitgenioides are very intimately related. 

 Besides their relation as Stringybarks, we have trees with fruits 

 so shaped that it is not entirely satisfactory to refer them to 

 either species. 



Some fruits show a tendency to E. capitellata in having fruits 

 larger and more " squat t}'" or compressed than those of E. 

 engenioides. But the valves of the fruits are hot exserted, nor 

 are the buds so flat and angular as those of E. cajntellata usually 

 are. The buds are, in fact, those of E. eugenioides. The precise 

 shape of the fruits will be seen on reference to the figure 

 (PL LX. fig. 1). These intermediate forms are common on 

 the Southern Dividing Range and the Blue Mountains. On both 

 ranges we have typical eugenioides and cajntellata, together with 

 the intermediate forms alluded to. 

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