4 A RESEARCH ON THE EUCALYPTS OF TASMANIA 



Four species previously recorded as Tasmanian are, as 

 the result of this investigation, found not to exist in the 

 island. These are- 



E. luirnmxt'Htui. 

 E. Sicberianti, 

 E. Macarthuri, 

 E. Maideni. 



The variety hi//irririfolia, generally placed with K. 

 amy(jfl<ilind, we find to belong to E . ///Wow, so that this 

 latter species, as now understood, includes the varieties 

 !' . fi/rif/f/dalina, var. h y per ici- folia, 

 1-1. ///Wo///, var. eh/to, 

 E. nitida. 



Kin'tiltiittu* iiitiiln Hooker figures in his "Flora Tas- 

 maniae " as a distinct species, and material collected at 

 Strickland by Mr. L. G. Irby exactly matches his draw- 

 ings. Many of the botanical features of this tree we find 

 now also match forms of A'. ///Wo/// that have come to 

 light since that work was published, and these, together 

 with their chemistry, show that this Eucalyptus is no 

 other than E. ///Wo///, although the fruits may be 

 regarded as an extreme form. 



Rodwav's variety 7/wvoo//-//// ot' A'. mminaKt does not 

 belong to E. glolmlu* as considered by Mueller, nor A. 

 Maideni as recorded by J. H. Maiden (A.A.A.S. 

 1902) It is now given specific rank under li 

 name of E. /////////////. It is worthy of note that 

 several groups of Eucalypts common on the main- 

 land have no representatives in Tasmania, as, for instai* 

 the " Bloodwoods," " Boxes," " Mallees," and the " Iron 

 Barks " ; and it is also of more than passing interest that 

 without exception no red-coloured timbers occur in the 

 whole group of Tasmanian Eucalypts. 



Anyhow a high percentage of good timbers obtains 

 amongst these gums over those of any other State in the 

 Commonwealth, and only those of stunted growth near 

 the snow-line are to be discarded as not possessing timber 

 of economic value in some direction. 



Altogether there should be a great future before the 

 forestry outlook of the State. 



As certain groups of Eucalypts (supra) are found to 

 occur on the mainland only, it would at least be of scien- 

 tific interest if experiments with these could be carried 

 out by introducing into cultivation in the island those of 

 the greatest economic value on the mainland, and record- 

 ing the results. 



