14 TASMANIAN EUCALYPTS, 



Seeds taken from one tree gave seedlings of two forms, ono 

 with opposite, sessile, lanceolate leaves, some free, others 

 joined across, the stem, as in recognised forms of Cabbage 

 Gum ; the other with short, ovate, opposite, sessile leaves, 

 little or not at all joined across the base, identical with 

 the juvenile leaves of Mountain Peppermint. In five 

 years' time both forms had assumed narrow lanceolate 

 alternate foliage, differing very little from that of Black 

 Peppermint . 



Broad-leaved Peppermint (Eiic. nitida, H .). — With the 

 habit and white bark of White Peppermint, it has long, 

 slightly unequal-sided leaves, one and a half to two centi- 

 metres diameter. Often narrow-leaved treesi are met 

 with with a few interspersed broad leaves, which might 

 be referred with equal justice to one or the other Pepper- 

 mints. A specimen gathered by Mr. Irby at Guildford 

 Junction had broad, oblong, opposite juvenile leaves,, 

 mature leaves as in this species, but the bark was scaly 

 or semi-fibrous. 



This form requires fvirther observation before its 

 specific dependance can be maintained. The record pro- 

 bably includes many varieties. A broad-leaved form of 

 this Hooker mistook for Eve. radiata, Sieb., which was 

 erro<neous. The type was described from material gather- 

 ed on Tasman's Peninsula-. The broader-leaved form is 

 common in the North-West. 



Mountain Peppermint (Euc. coccifera, If.). — The type 

 of this tree was taken from the form growing on the sum- 

 mit of Mt. Wellington, and is the extreme form of the 

 group of variations included in this species. It is a small 

 tree, with smooth white bark. The leaves are broaaxy 

 oblong, alternate, stalked, equal-sided, or nearly so, the 

 veinlets are very numerous and netted. The buds are 

 club-shapd, with small, nearly flat, opercula, as in Ji/tie 

 Peppermint, but normally only three in the umbel. The 

 fruit is about one centimetre long and broad, very flat, 

 and not at all constricted at the top, the rim broad, flat, 

 or convex. The juvenile leaves, are broadly oblong, op- 

 posite, sessile, not usually united across the stem. On 

 Mt. Faulkner, Cradle Mt., Western Tiersi, and Great Lake 

 the fruits are much smaller and more numerous in the 

 umbel, sometimes being typically flat above, with a broad 

 rim, at others more constricted, with a depressed rim. The 

 leaves have always numerous diverging veinlets, and the 

 juvenile foliage appears constant. At Powderham and 

 Abhotsbury, England, it has grown into a tall tree, and 

 sho'ws much variation, chiefly in the foliage. 



