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fera merge toward each other in some ways and produce 

 a mind confusion. What we believe to be Eucalyptus punc- 

 tata corresponds in every way to Von Mueller's plate and 

 description except in having a straight instead of cork- 

 screw style in the bud, while, on the other hand, Euca- 

 lyptus resinifera with a fibrous bark, always single umbels 

 and not paniculate, and corresponding in the fruit and seeds 

 to Von Mueller's account of resinifera, has with us a cork- 

 screw style instead of a straight one in bud. In other 

 words the style is exactly opposite to what we expected 

 to find. The fruits in the resinifera here vary a good 

 deal, as do also the shapes of the operculum or flower cap. 

 Von Mueller speaks of Eucalyptus resinifera as having a 

 vigorous capacity for varying. 



EUCALYPTUS 6ALK5NA, 



This tree is called a blue gum in New South Wales. 

 Its appearance here thus far gives no reason for the name. 

 The foliage is dark green and glossy above and paler be- 

 neath. The bark decorticates in small pieces leaving a rich 

 reddish-brown stem mottled with olive green. The large 

 branches are olive green. I mean the commercial olive 

 green which is a color quite foreign to the olive. It is a 

 handsome vigorous tree that grows well at the Santa Monica 

 Station. The tree has just flowered at the Station and I 

 believe for the first time. At any rate I have long watched 

 for flowers without finding any. The buds, flowers, and 

 immature fruit as at present found are very different from 



