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The leaves vary a good deal in width in Tas- 
mania itself. Operculum sometimes very pointed, 
precisely similar to Victorian specimens from— 
3. 1085, R. Gunn, Hobart. In flower and early 
fruit. 
4." 1090. sR. (Gunn, Circular: Head, “V.D.B: In 
plump bud, flower or early fruit. In various 
herbaria including herb. Syd. Flowering pro- 
fusely. 
5. 1092, R. Gunn, Grass-tree Hill, V.D.L., Herb. Cant. 
ex herb. Lindl. In bud only. 
A number of Gunn’s specimens (and probably 
Hook. f’s., as well) were distributed from the 
Hookerian herbarium under the name /. viminea, 
Lab. A slip of the pen for #. viminalis. 
6. A specimen ex herb. Paris in herb. Barbey-Boissier, 
bearing the No. 127, collected in 1844, (probably 
by Verreaux, has the rather narrow leaves, and is 
similar in every other respect to Labillardiere’s 
figure of the type. This species is somewhat 
variable in the width of the leaves. 
I have also examined No. 286, Oldfield, Hills, Frogmore, 
near Richmond, Tas. Herb. Barbey-Boissier, and Cant. 
While the flowers of #. viminalis are normally in threes, 
it is a mistake to suppose that it may not have a larger 
number. The subject is dealt with at length by Mr. 
Deane and myself, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 1901, p. 138. 
Specimens from Mount Ardell, T. Stepe ee are mostly in 
3’s, but also in 4’s. 
Those from Swanport, Dr. Story, nee very pointed buds. 
I have received some interesting specimens from Mr. 
Rodway, from near Hobart. The tree, tall, erect, smooth 
barked. In absence of sucker-leaves, one would at once 
pronounce the plant to be ZH. viminalis. But Mr. Rodway’s 
sucker-leaves are broadish, blunt and cordate at the base. 
They are glabrous. These sucker-leaves are the broadest 
I have ever seen on #. viminalis. 
If they are viminalis, as I think they must be, then it 
amounts to this, that it is possible for #. viminalis to have 
broadish suckers. 
An easier way would be to look upon these specimens as 
L. Gunnu, and it is possible that they may be referable to 
that species. It is not desirable, perhaps, to draw further 
conclusions in regard to these specimens. We know that 
the sucker-leaves of H. viminalis have a tendency to become 
broader in some localities, and, bearing that in mind, we 
