EUCALYPTUS PULVERULENTA—VICTORIA. BLY 
No. 8—ON THE OCCURRENCE OF EUCALYPTUS 
PULVERULENTA IN VICTORIA. 
By A. W. Howrerr. 
(Read Friday, January 7, 1898. ) 
THERE are two passages in the systematic description of this 
eucalypt by the late Baron v. Mueller in the eighth decade of the 
“ Hucalyptographia,”’ to which I desire to refer as an introduction 
to this paper. 
First, that the Hucalyptus pulverulenta of Sims (1) occurs in 
Victoria, near Lake Omeo, near the Buchan River, between the 
Avon and Mitchell Rivers, and also towards Walhalla. Second, 
that there had not been included in the systematic definition and 
in the illustration of that species a eucalypt the leaves of which 
in aged trees become elongated lanceolar, much narrowed upwards, 
and even somewhat sickle-shaped, though their base remains 
rounded and their stalk very short. Moreover, some of the leaves 
become alternate or scattered. 
The inference to be drawn from these statements is that not only 
does the typical form of the species occur in Victoria, but that 
both in the north-eastern district and in Gippsland there is a 
variety with elongated sessile opposed leaves. 
For some time I have felt considerable difficulty as to the occur- 
rence of Hucalyptus pulveru/enta in Victoria in its typical form. 
In the Gippsland localities which are known to me, as at Omeo, 
Buchan, Providence Ponds (between the Avon and Mitchell 
Rivers), towards Walhalla, and elsewhere, I have seen the variety 
with elongated lanceolar leaves, but not the typical HLucalyptus 
pulverulenta. 
I have now again carefully considered the specimens in my collec- 
tion, and also some new material either collected by me or supplied 
lately by correspondents. 
I have to thank Mr. J. G. Luehmann, Curator of the National 
Herbarium in Melbourne, for most kindly making available to me 
the specimens therein of Lucalyptus pulverulenta and other kindred 
eucalypts. 
Unfortunately, those specimens which were used by Baron v. 
Mueller for his definition and for the illustration of species in the 
(1) ‘* Botanical Magazine,” Vol. xlvi, 1819, t. 3087, 
