BY HENRY DEANE AND J. H. MAIDEN. 809 



feet above the sea. At Reidsdale it occurs at an elevation of 

 from 2000 to 2500 feet. 



E. obliqua ha.s never been positively recorded from north of 

 Sydney; in fact, its recognised localities are many miles to the 

 south. Nevertheless, we have a specimen undoubtedly, in our 

 opinion, belonging to this species, obtained by an experienced 

 collector in the ranges in the Upper Williams River district. 

 The precise locality is unfortunately lost, and therefore M'e do not 

 wish to do more than invite the attention of botanists to the 

 desirability of searching for E. obliqua in the district named. 

 Tlie collector is Mr. Augustus Rudder, formerly forester of the 

 district, whose recollection is perfectly clear in regard to the 

 specimen I'eferred to. 



The Eucalypt fi'om Gulf Road, Rylstone district (R. T. Baker, 

 ' Proc. Linn. Soc. N.H.W.' 1896, p. 446) we have discussed under 

 E. inac.rorrlijjncha (ante, p. 803). 



The following description of E. ob/igna from 8ir J. E. Smith's 

 ' Specimen of the Botany of New Holland,' p. 43 (London, 1793), 

 is interesting, and may be convenient for reference : — 



" Eucali/iitits obliqua, operculo hemispharico mucronulato, 

 umbellis lateralibus solitariis; pedunculis ramulisque teretibus. 



" Lid hemispherical, with a little point. Umbels lateral, 

 solitar}'; flower-stalks and young branches round. 



''Syn. E obliqua, Ait Hort. Kew. v. 2, 157; L' Herit. Sert. 

 Angl. t. 20." 



" From the only specimen we have seen of this, which is in Sir 

 Joseph Banks' herbarium, it appears the branches are all round to 

 the very top. General Jiowering-stalks round, the partial ones 

 only slightly angular, not compressed. Bark rough from the 

 scaling off of the cuticle, but this may be an unnatural appear- 

 ance. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, aromatic, but without the flavour 

 of peppermint." 



E. FASTIGATA, n.sp. 



I ..trodactury. — While dealing with the Stringybark group we 

 draw attention to a tree which is very closely related to one of 

 them, and is, to all intents and purposes, a Stringybark. We 



