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DESCRIPTION. 



LXV. E. cneorifolia, DC. 



In Frod. iii, 220 (1828), with fig. in DC. Mem. Myrt. t. 9. 

 Following is the original description : — 



34. E. cneorifolia, operculo hemisphaerico sul)imitico cupula turbinata breviore, pedunculis tere- 

 tiusculis axillaribus petioli longitudine, floribus 5-7 capitatis, foliis lineari aut oblongo-lanceolatis inucronatis 

 basi aequaliter attenuatis coriaceo-crassiuscuhs. Nova-Hollandia ad Oram orientalem et in insula a Galiis 

 Decres dicta. Alabastra cum operculo 4 lin. longa obtusa ad apicem pedunculis sessilia. Petioli 4 lin. 

 longi. Fol. 2 poll, longa 6 lin. lata, nervo medio unico prominulo. (v.s.) 



On making inquiries in regard to this species at the De Candollean Prodromus 

 Herbarium, I became indebted to M. Casimir De CandoUe for two specimens, with 

 the following information : — 



34. Sub E. cneorifolia, DC, species dure manifestfe adsunt in Hb. Prodromi, a DO. confusse, quarum 

 altera foliis lineari lanceolatis (vide diagnosis), altera foliis oblong o-\a.nce.o\a,t\s gaudet, ceberum nervatione, 

 colore, habitu, dimensionibus facile distinguenda. 



1. Species foliis Ziweari-lanceolatis habitu virgato, Ac. 



Eucalyptus 



NUe Hollande, ile Decres 



Musde de Paris, 1821. 



2. Species foliis o6fo7i^o-lanceolatis etiquette originate. 



Eucalyptus viminalis 



Nouvelle Hollande, Cotd orientale 

 Musfe de Paris, 1821. 



No. 1 is U. cneorifolia, DC, as we understand it now. 



No. 2 appears to be E. dumosa, A. Cunn. {incrassata, Labill.), which grows 

 within a stone's throw of plenty of E. cneorifolia on Kangaroo Island. 



My identification of No. 2 may, perhaps, give a clue to Bentham's remarks : — 



This comes near to some narrow-leaved forms of E. dumosa, but the fruit is quite different, nearer 

 to that of E. oleosa, and the anthers are very much smaller. (B.Fl. iii, 217.) 



It was subsequently described in English by Bentham {B.Fl. iii, 217), who 

 quotes the species " DC. Prod, iii, 220, and Mem. Myrt. t. 9, from the char, and 

 fig.," and as a synonym gives " E. santalifolia, F. Muell., in Trans. Vicl. Inst., 35, 

 partly." Mueller's localities for E. santalifolia are " In the mallee scrub on the 

 Murray River, on St. Vincent's and Spencer's Gulfs." It will be observed that he 

 included plants from localities hundreds of miles apart under the same description. 



