EUCALYPTS OF THE NEW ENGLAND TABLE-LAND. 539 
Ei. regnans, F.v.M.—Found near Yarrowitch. Not previously 
recorded further north than the ranges near the Victorian border, 
not many miles in New South Wales. My specimens absolutely 
match some from the Dandenong Ranges, Victoria. The bark is 
of that character well known as ‘“ Peppermint,” but thicker than 
usual ; it is almost a stringbark with ribbon branches. ‘The tree 
has conoid fruits, large shiny thin leaves, bearing copious oil-dots, 
a character it shares with 4. amygdalina var. radiata. Most of 
the trees I observed are small, though a few are 3 feet in 
diameter. Some of the umbels have a double operculum. I have 
for some time held the opinion, which now amounts to a 
positive conviction, that ZL. vegnans is specifically identical with 
£. amygdalina. 1 am acquainted with the tree in both Victoria 
and New South Wales, and am familiar with 7. amygdalina from 
end to end of the Colony. I think it would be best to style it 
LE. amygdalina var. regnans. 
FL. amygdalina, Labill. The variety radiata of this species*, 
while not particularly abundant, attracted attention, especially 
between Yarrowitch and Tiara, by reason of the profusion of its 
flowers. Some of these trees were simply a mass of bloom. This 
tree is a connecting link between the type and its variety radiata, 
but Ido not hesitate to classify it with the variety. The bark 
on the butt is more fibrous, and the foliage more dense, less 
drooping, and the leaves rather broader than those of radiata 
usually are. One is not surprised to see some variation in trees 
so far removed from the localities (which are south of Sydney) in 
which the var. radiata is most abundant. The comparative 
absence of watercourses in the New England localities is worthy 
of note in this connection. Our New England specimens have 
the flowers radiate and up to thirty in a head. The numerous 
oil-dots, a characteristic of var. radiata and regnans, are not 
to be mistaken. In this connection I would draw attention to the 
fact that specimens recently submitted to me show that there is a 
belt of ‘‘ Peppermint” (Z. amygdalina) starting from about 5 miles 
north of Tenterfield and extending out 32 miles, about 25 miles 
wide. It is also found south-east about 23 miles from Tenterfield 
on the main range and in large quantities between the main range 
and the Rocky River. I believe that this species has not hitherto 
been recorded from Queensland ; the localities I have mentioned 
are close to the border, and search will probably soon find it in the 
northern Colony. 
L. obliqua, L. Herit.—Three miles past Myrtle Scrub one 
comes across a handsome forest, in basalt country, consisting 
mainly of a smooth-barked eucalypt (viminalis) and a rough- 
* See Deane and Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc., N.S.W. [2] x. 603. 
