806 OBSERVATIONS ON THE EUCALYPXS OF N.S.AV., 



E. etic/enioides displays a tendency to form globulai- masses of 

 closely packed sessile fruits, after the manner of E. capitellata 

 (see PI. LX. fig. 5). These globular masses present such a different 

 appearance to the ordinaiy form of E. eugenioitles that they may, 

 at first sight, be reasonably supposed to form a variety, but we 

 have many gradations between them and the ordinary form. 



This head-flowei-ed form may, perhaps, be looked upon as 

 exuberance of growth arising from unusual vitality of a plant. 



At Hilltop, near Mittagong, there is a variety locally known as 

 " Blueleaf Stringybark." It appears to be confined to a few of 

 the gullies about there. It is so called because the leaves, 

 especially in the sunlight, are observed to have a bluish cast, and 

 this bluish appearance (especially noticeable in the young leaves), 

 is largely retained on drying for the herbarium. The tops of the 

 trees can be readily noticed, amongst the other foliage, from a 

 neighbouring eminence. The fruits are in spherical clusters, and 

 if it were desii-able to distinguish this tree as a variet}'^ of 

 eugenioicles, the name aggloinemia would be very suitable. 

 (See Agric. Gazette N.S.AV. vii. 268, May, 1896.) 



E. OBLiQUA, L'Her. 



Although this species is so well-known in Victoria and Tas- 

 mania, its occurrence in New South Wales has scarcely been 

 observed by botanists. Yet it is a fine well-developed forest tree 

 in the south-eastern district, and the timber is sawn up and finds 

 a ready market. 



Vernacidar names. — It is usually known as "Stringybark" 

 in Tasmania and South Australia, and to a less extent in Victoria; 

 in the last colony, however, it is usually known as ''Messmate," 

 because it is associated with other Stringybarks and fibrous- 

 barked Eucalypts. The same name is in use in southern New 

 South Wales, as for instance at Sugar Loaf Mountain, Braid wood; 

 and at Tantawanglo Mountain, near Cathcart. Apparently this 

 is the most widely used name for it in New South Wales, and the 

 term " Stringybark " does not seem to be ever applied to it in 

 this colony. 



