EUCALYPTUS FLORA. 369 
I have seen some excellent specimens, in bud, 
flower and ripe fruit, communicated by Dehn- 
hardt himself to the Vienna Herbarium (Herb. 
Mus. Ces. Palat. Vindob.), which show that the 
species is Huc. obliqgua, L’Herit. The label 
states that the tree (Hort. Camaldul.) was raised 
from “ unknown seed,” and that the tree (? that 
from which the original seed was taken) was 70 
ft. high. The seed probably came from Tas- 
mania. Bentham says the species is far too 
imperfectly described to render identification 
possible. Mueller, “ Kucalyptographia,”’ quoting 
Walpers’ (Repert.) wording of the description, 
refers it to pauciflora (coriacea), but the speci- 
mens set the matter at rest. 
Following is copy of a label in Herb. Melb. :— 
“Buc. hemastoma, Sm—Gum-topped Stringybark of 
Lake Sorell, Tasmania (T. Stephens). Lower part of stem 
exactly like common stringybark, but, if anything, rather 
less furrowed, the bark being quite loosely fibrous, and 
easily rubbed into what bushmen call ‘bulls’ wool.’ ” 
A second label is— 
“Bue. Sieberiana, F.v.M.—Gum-topped Stringybark, 
East Mt. Field. 1000-1500 ft. 1869.” (Also a Tasmanian 
locality.) 
Reference to my paper “On the occurrence of Hucalyptus 
dives, Schauer, in Victoria ’ (Victorian Naturalist, xviil., 
p. 127), shows, I submitted, that these specimens belong to /. 
dives. I have in that paper dealt with the matter so fully 
that I do not intend to repeat myself on the present 
occasion. I shall be glad to receive information as to the 
extent of its distribution in Tasmania. 
In New South Wales this form oceurs in the highest parts 
of the southern mountain ranges, and in similar situations 
in northern Victoria. 
There is another “ Gum-top Stringybark” that I have 
doubtfully referred, infra, p. 371, to #. virgata, Sieb., var. 
altior. I have at that place stated a case in regard to the 
amount of the relationship between the two “ Gum-top 
Stringybarks.’’* 
* Note added, Maw, 1903. I have given further consideration to this 
form, and now consider it to be a form of EF. obliqua, L’Herit. It seems 
to be the alpine form of that species in all the three States in which it 
occurs, and therefor» I suggest the name of &. obliqua, var. alpina, for it. 
Its affinity to EZ. dives, Schauer, is undoubted, and that species frequently 
occurs in Victoria. I have not yet found indubitable &. dives in Tas- 
mania, though i: shvuld be looked for. 
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