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4. Corolla glabrous, with long hairs on the nerves and 



ciliate, not velvety pubeseent all over, as in all species 

 for which it could be mistaken. 



5. Leaf indumentum homogeneous; the tubercle at base of 



hairs conspicuous or inconspicuous, but no carpet of 



close short pubescence l^eneath them. 

 It appears, therefore, that the name E. violaceum, under which 

 Paterson"s Curse was originally proclaimed, must now revert to E. 

 plantagineum L. 



Eucalyptus Mitchklliana. Cambage. Willow Gum. 

 (Myrtaceae). 



Near Chalet, Buffalo Mountains. An addition to the Flora of 

 Victoria. The j^lant was originally named E. Mitchelli, but this 

 name is already pre-empted for a fossil Eucalyptus (Journ. Royal 

 Soc. of N.S. Wales, Vol. LIL, p. 57, 1919.) 



Eucalyptus Woollsiana, R. T. Baker. (Myrtaceae). 



About seventeen miles east of Nowingi Railway Station, North- 

 West Victoria. (L. G. Chandler, 24/9/1919.) 



Ibis Eucalypt has not been previously recorded as growing indi- 

 genously in Victoria. 



Ficus MACROPHYLLA, Desf. "MoretoH Bay Fig." (Moraceae). 



From the base of a large tree in the University grounds, in 

 November, 1914, the bark was removed, and two inches of the 

 outer wood. The tree attempted to send down roots from the cut 

 surface ait one point. These were cut off. During the first two 

 seasons the foliage of the tree was quite normal. Later the leaves 

 began to fall more rapidly than new ones were produced, and 

 branch after branch died. During the first season the amount of 

 latex increased markedly, after the second season it steadily de- 

 creased. The tree was not entirely dead until the declaration of 

 Peace in May, 1919. It, therefore, lasted four and a-half years 

 after being rung. During this time the wood remained moist and 

 sappy to the heart of the tree, and it continued to grow on the 

 upper part of the tree, above the ringing, but ceased to grow on 

 the basal portion of the trunk. At the end of the four and a-half 

 years the roots were- found to be entirelv dead, whereas above the 

 ringing, the bark at one or two points still shewed signs of life. On 

 examining the wood it was found that although the apparent rings 



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