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Bentliam (B.Fl. iii, 258), speaking of the operculum, says "... double, 

 as in E. maculata, but the inner one not readily separable in the dried specimens ti'l 

 the flower is ready to open." Mueller follows the matter up in the " Eucalyptographia," 

 but I think it will be best to deal with the morphology of the opercula ( which involves 

 consideration of a number of species), when dealing with the morphology of the genus 

 in the second portion of this work. 



DOUBTFUL SYNONYM. 



E. elongata Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. ii, 30 (1822). 

 Following is a copy of the original : — 



" 223. E. elongata. Fol. lanceolatis attenuatis acumine siibfiliformi reticulatim 

 venosis. Hab. in Australia. T. Fol. pet. 8" longo lamina 4-5' Iga. 10"-!' lata 

 coriacea. Non floruit." A specimen in the Vienna Herbarium labelled " Eucalyptus 

 elongata Link, Ferd. Bauer, Herb. Bauer" is E. eximia Schauer. 



On the other hand, we have the species rather more fully described in DC. 

 Prod, iii, 222, as follows : — ■ 



"49. E. elongata (Link I.e.) foliis alternis lanceolatis attenuatis acumine sub- 

 fihformi reticulatim venosis coriaceis. In Nov. Hollandia. Folii petiolus 8 lin. longus, 

 lamina 4-5 poll, longa 10-12 lin. lata. An forte eadem ac E. cornuta aut potius 

 E. persicifolial (v.s. sine fl. ex hort. Berol). 



A single leaf, from the Prodromus Herbarium (from M. Casimir De Candolle) hai 

 the following label : — 



(Manu Ottonis), " Eucalyptus elongata Lk. En." 



(Manu Seringei), " Jardin de Berlin Mr. Otto, 1826." 



(Manu DC. ii), " An cornuta? persicif olia ? " 



It is not E. eximia. I would not like to state its origin at present. E. elongata 

 Link, in Otto's handwriting, was written by the collaborator of Link in much botanical 

 work. 



RANGE. 



The collection of the type is credited to Ferdinand Bauer, as is the case with 

 other specimens collected by Kobert Brown, but forming part of a collection of Bauer's 

 (who was Sir Joseph Banks's artist attached to Brown), which found its way to the 

 Vienna Herbarium. Brown described it and gave it a name, but, like so many of 

 Brown's descriptions of Eucalyptus, it never saw the light. The type came from the 

 Grose River, New South Wales. 



