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this work) that E. fruticetorurn is a synonym of E. calycogona, 

 Turcz/' 



In view of all this revision and counter-revision of nomenclature, 

 concerning this particular Eucalyptus — for first, it was synonym- 

 ised under E. odorata (loc. cit. supra.), then acacioides (loc. cit.), 

 then Woollsiana (loc. cit.), then cajuputea (loc. cit.), next viridis 

 (loc. cit.), then calycogona (loc. cit.), and, lastly, fruticetorum 

 (loc. cit.), it is only natural that one should take a still greater 

 interest in their own species, and this last determination has moved 

 me to go over the ground again. 



I might also add that I visited the Melbourne Herbarium several 

 times and examined the specimens there before describing any of 

 my species, and also failed to find a specimen that could be identical 

 with E. polyhractea. In view, however, of the last that has come 

 to light, I have again gone over Mueller's description of E. frutice- 

 torum, Frag, ii., p. 57, and have also again considered all the 

 features in juxta-position with my own original description of 

 E. polyhractea. 



It would go into too much space to particularise each difference, 

 but there are two that stand out very conspicuously, namely : — 



K. fruticetorum, F. v. M. - E. polybractea, U. 'I'. B., Proc. 



Frag. 11, 57. Lin. Soc. N.S.W., 1900, p. 692. 



(1). I<eaves alternate, moderately - "leaves altei'nate," "lanceolate 



petiolate, narrow-falcate or erect," '' rarely falcate," oblan- 



oblong lanceolate ; papery or ceolate ; " coriaceous ; penvi- 



leathery penniveined ; sliin- veined; "not shining ;" "mar- 



ing, marginal vein close to ginal vein removed from the 



the edge. Leaves 2-4'" long, edge;" "mid-rib on the imder- 



4-8'" wide (these are impos- side raised, giving the leaf the 



sible figures for leaves), taper- appearance of an olea leaf," 



ing into a point, often unci- 3-4'" long, under 6 lines wide, 



nate. uncinate. 



(2). Anthers svibovate. - Ovate or globular. 



Anthers varying from ovate to Anthers globose ; dehiscing by ter- 



globose, square and cixneate, minal pores, 



more or less bent on itself, 

 dehiscent longitudinally the 

 whole length on both sides. 



When Baron Von Mueller was describing his E . fruticetorum, he 

 could not possibly have had specimens of E. polyhractea to have 

 so described these two organs, especially the latter, for all his 

 deliniations and description of anthers in the Eucalyptographia 

 art! pretty accurate. These two differences alone are sufficient to 

 prove that these two species fall into different groups of Eucalyptus. 



