BY L. RODWAY. 369 



Form c. : Leaves broadly oblong, dull, glaucous, 

 •equal, 5 cm. to 10 cm. long, 3 cm. to 5 cm. broad, the 

 immature opposite but seldom connate, the mature ones 

 •alternate, petioled. 



Form d. : Leaves dull, slightly glaucous, all opposite, 

 sessile, or nearly so, the immature ones connate, the 

 mature ones not so, broadly ovate, but tending to become 

 lanceolate on the upper twigs. Flowers and fruit as large 

 as in the type. 



These are not claimed to be stable forms, but rather 

 a statement of individual characters that are met with in 

 the bush. At least the last is purely the result of 

 environment. The tree described grows on the sand 

 dunes at Adventure Bay. Three years ago I gathered 

 seed from it, and raised ten plants in garden soil. All 

 at first bore leaves like the mature parent. At two years 

 seven of them bore opposite, sessile, lanceolate leaves, the 

 other three opposite sessile ovate leaves. The most 

 vigorous of the first lot when only eighteen months old 

 developed a copious crop of flower buds, which have not 

 yet opened. This tree is now six feet high, and the 

 foliage is alternate, petioled, narrow lanceolate, and 

 nearly indistinguisha1:)]e from that of E. amygdalina. 



Form d, as found at Adventure Bay, might well be 

 identified as E. dumosa, A. Cunn, and its offspring in my 

 garden is at present E. amygdalina. Lab. This is a 

 response to changed conditions well worth the attention 

 of students of Eucalypts. 



