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I wrote as follows in Part VIII, p, 237, of tlie present work concerning tlie above 

 jnd other specimens : — 



Near cemetery, Tingha (R. H. Cambage) ; witli fruits a little more sub-cylindrical and perhaps 

 sJ'Etle more domed than the type. Specimens from the same locality -svith nearly pUular fruits and very 

 ii.Tow juvenile foliage. 



Near 11-mile post, Inverell to Tingha (E. H. Cambage). Form with even narrower leaves than the 

 ype (of E. eugenioides). 



Tingha to Guyra, 19 rrules from the latter place (J.H.M. and J. L. Boorman). Juvenile leaves 

 intermediate. Mature leaves broadish. Fruits (from same tree) flat-rimmed, domed; valves exsert 

 and sunk; hemispherical and inclined to be sub-cylindrical. 



I place this specimen under E. eugenioides, and it eertainly seems to form a connecting link between 

 the Tingha specimens and the supposed hybrid which foUows. 



Between Tingha and Guyra, 19 mUes from the latter (.J. L. Boorman). " Stringybark," medium- 

 sized trees growing in swampy ground in company with that of E. sleJlulata and E. nova-anglica. An 

 interesting form; leaves broad, thickish. None of the fruits with exserted valves, which is unusual in 

 northern specimens. I am of opinion that here we have a hybrid between E. eugenioides and E. stellulata. 



I abstained from describing them as a new species, as I attributed them to a 

 form of E. eugenioides or to a hybrid of the same. I concur, however, in Mr. Baker's 

 action in describing them as a new species. 



This material extends the range somewhat. The railway station of Guyra is 

 386 miles north of Sydney, and Tingha runs north-westerly. I have no doubt that 

 the species will be found over a moderately wide area in these cold mountain districts. 



Tree of 50 feet, evidently a Black Sally, bat the fruits are smaller. ' Summit of 

 Ben Lomond (William Dunn, 1908, No. 336). Ben Lomond railway station is 401 

 miles north of Sydney, and the summit of the mountain, only a few nnles from the 

 railway station, is over 5,000 feet high. This extends the range northerly, bringing 

 it to a few miles south of Glen Innes. 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. stellulata Sieb. 



" The small stellate clusters of buds are larger than those of E. stellulata, but the colour of the upper 

 branches, though fainter, is also suggestive of that species, The leaves are more inclined to lanceolate 

 than ovate in shape, as obtains in E. stellulata, whilst the venation is distinct. The midrib is stronger, 

 and the venation not so parallel as in E. stellulata. The bark, timber, and especially the fruits are also 

 diSerent. . . . 



The oil of this species difiers considerably from that of E. stellulata, in the presence of such a large 

 amount of pLnene, in a deficiency in pheUandrene, and consequently a much less laevo-rotation, in the large 

 amount of high boiUng constituents, and in an increased ester-content. . . . 



One or two trees were noticed in another locality, associated with E. stcUulaia, from which it is 

 easily distinguished in the field. . . . 



In a botanical sequence, it might be placed between the Stringybarks and the Gums or Smooth- 

 barks, such as E. stellulata or E. coriacea." (Original description.) 



I have stated my former opinion that it is a stellulata hybrid. There is no doubt 

 that the two species are very closely related. For E. stellulata see Plate 25, Part V. 



