BV L. RODWAY, CSIM. 15 



Messmate, also Strinrjyharh, or Broirn Sfri>iff)fhark 

 (Eitc. ohliqua, L. Her.). — A medium-sized tree, much dis- 

 posed to lateral branching. Bark persistent, thick, brown, 

 fibrous. Juvenile leaves green, alternate stalked, but 

 very broad, unequal-sided. Mature leave® from broadly 

 ovate oblique to barely 5 cm. long, lanceolate, acxite. 

 Leaves always alternate, stalked, and unequal-sided. Buds 

 numerous in the umbel, club-shaped, with short conical 

 upercula, stalks and common stalk round.. Fruit pear- 

 shaped, mouth constricted, rim broad or narrow, valves 

 deeply sunk. 



G'uin-topped Striiu/t/ (Eiic. (jit/antea, Udoker). — An 

 erect tree, often assuming the largest dimensions. The 

 branches usually short and ascending, the main tioink pre- 

 dominating. Bark thin-fibrous, continuous to the 

 branches. Juvenile leaves lai'ge, oblique, stalked, more 

 glaucous than in Messmatf, but otherwise, together with 

 mature foliage, buds, and fruit, similar to those borne by 

 that species. 



R. T. Baker does not recognise Hooker's name, and 

 has re-named it Bite, delegatennis. Mueller often con- 

 founded this with Eiic. Jioemastoma, Smith. 



Swam/) (riini, also called }fitinit<iiii As/i (Eur. ret/nans, 

 F.V.M.). — Erect and attaining enormous proportions, wiih 

 the bark stripping off in long ribands, it has exactly the 

 appearance of Ji/iic (J urn. Bark smooth from the base. 

 Juvenile leaves red and glaucous, often dentate on the 

 margin, otherwise all structure as in (I'lnn-fa/t/ifd. 



Typical trees of Me.'^Hinate, Guni-fnp, and S\ramp are 

 quite distinct, but intermediate forms are common. 



Mountain As/i, Ta^nianian Ircnhark, aJso some forms 

 known as White-topped Stringy {Eur. sieheriana, F.v.M. 

 Euc. i'ir(/ata, Sieh.). — A variable tree. At Scamander 

 flowering when only a few feet high. In gullies, in the 

 same neighbourhood, often exceeding 100ft. The bark is 

 stringy, pei"sistent, and deeply fun-owed. The leaves are 

 unequal-sided, and vaiy from broadly ovate to narrowly 

 lanceolate, the veins are few and almost longitudinal. The 

 flowers and fruits resemble those of Mes.-<nuite, onlv the 

 stalk of the umbel is rather long and very flat; the stalks 

 of the individual buds are also rather long and flat, but 

 this is not apparent when in fruit. 



At Falmouth a tall growing form, with whit<^ upper 

 limbs, is known as White-topped Stringy. 



Weeping Cium {Eur. pauci flora, Sieh. Eur. roriacea, 

 Ctinn.). — This tree is widely dispersed through the Mid- 



