124 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



previous " camp-out " on the Watts, at Healesville, shows that the 

 latter is first in the number of the rarer or more uncommon species ; 

 but from a floral point of view Gembrook is decidedly superior, 

 and had the members visited the district a month earlier they 

 would have been astonished at the sight it then presented. 



We have again to thank Mr. A. Mattingley for his kindness in 

 letting us have the use of his tent and camp equipment, and for the 

 way in which he superintended the commissariat department, every- 

 thing working without a hitch. Our thanks are also due to Mr. 

 and Mrs. A. B. Backhouse and family for the way they studied 

 our interests, both in conveying all our luggage to and from the 

 station, and also driving our lady members to Mount Irene, as 

 well as freely supplying us with milk, cream, and other welcome 

 commodities ; and also to Mr. H. Shaw, who so assiduously looked 

 after our interests in the camp. — D. Le Souef. 



ON THE OCCURRENCE OF EUCALYPTUS DIVES, 



SCHAUER, IN VICTORIA. 



By J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., Director Botanic Gardens, Sydney. 



(Communicated by J. G. Luehmann, F.L.S.) 



(^Read before the Field Naturalists' Gluh of Victoria, ISth Nov., 1901.) 



This species, to some extent, on account of the author's de- 

 scription of it as a shrub, has only recently been generally 

 recognized, and in the Victorian Naturalist, xvii., p. 46 (July, 

 1900), I announced its occurrence in Victoria. I had received it 

 in i«99 from Mr. C. Walter, who collected it in October 1898 in 

 the Wandong Ranges, but I took no special note of the matter, as 

 it did not occur to me that it had not previously been recorded 

 from Victoria. In this specimen it is in flower while the leaves 

 are in the stem-clasping stage, and strictly opposite, as is so 

 commonly the case in New South Wales. 



In conjunction with Mr. Henry Deane, I have been inquiring as 

 to the range of Eucalyptus dives, Schauer, in New South Wales, 

 and find it to be very considerable. Latterly, I have been 

 inquiring into those species which are found in both New South 

 Wales and Victoria, and 1 have come to the conclusion that E. 

 dives has considerable range in Victoria also. Mr. A. W. Howitt, 

 F.G.S., and I have for some years past discussed some puzzling 

 members of the section Renantherae, and I believe I am able to 

 throw some light upon some trees which have been looked upon 

 as aberrant forms of E. amygdalina and E. Sieberiana. 



During my recent visit to Melbourne we again discussed the 

 matter, and that gentleman having lent me some specimens, 

 which I have been able to compare at my leisure with New South 

 Wales forms, I am in a position to offer an opinion upon them. 



