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NOTES ON TASMANIAN EUCALYPTS. 

 By J. H. Maiden, I.S.O., F.R.S., 



Government Botanist of New South Wales. 



Corresponding Member. 



(With 1 plate and 2 figures:). 



[Received 19th Sept., 1918. Read 14th Oct.; 1918.] 



A visit to Tasmaniai in February -March of the pre- 

 sent y&air, has enabled me tO' look into somei doubtful 

 points, and also to consult Mr. Rodway, to whom I am very, 

 grateful, although he is not responsible for my statements. 

 Tke notes are in alphabetioal order of species' names. C.R. 

 means my "Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus." 



1 , E. aggregata Deane and Maiden. Journ. Roy. Soc. 

 N.S.W. xlvii., 230. 

 See C.R. xxv., 85, also this Journ. 1914, p. 30. 

 Rodway, this Joiurn. 1917, p. 20, refers to the Tas- 

 manian treie as Black Gum (a name it sharesi with the 

 typical New South Wales form). His refeTence to E. 

 Stuartiana is to one of the three treesi successively named E . 

 Stuartiana, and the T'asmanian tree, isi the onei that I have 

 distinguished under the name Stuartiana 'prima (see C.R. 

 xxi., p. 4). Seedlings from; seeds sent to me by Mr. Rod- 

 way fro(m T'a,sma.nia in December, 1917, precisely match 

 those of typical aggregata. 



I gave some attention to this species on my recent 

 visit to Tasmania. Juvenile leave® vary from narrowish 

 tO' broadish. There are minor differences in the Tasmanian 

 as oamjDared with the New South Wales specimens, but 

 nothing that seems important toi mei, nor not easily ex- 

 plained by an environment a thousand miles away from the 

 typie. 



I collected it 15 miles froan the Ouse (Victoria Valley 

 P.O.), on the Dee road. Here I got buds, flowers, and 

 fruits of a flaky barked gum, the tree being of Simall 

 size. 



At the Dee thisi grows into shapely trees of good size. 

 They haive a fibrous bark on the butt, with smooth 

 branches; small fruits. A local resident called it Black 

 Peppeirmint, but I think this name should be reserved 

 for E. amygclalina. My informant had probably heard 

 it called Black Gum, and corrupted the name. 



