250 



It was more fully described by Bentham in B.Fl. iii, 225, and figured and 

 described in " Eucalyptographia." 



No species has been written more about ih^w E. globulus ; a small library 

 has been devoted to it alone. 



Notes supplementary to the Description, 



It w^as at one time thought that it displayed no variation, but extended 

 knowledge of it has shown that it varies considerably in size of fruit, and in the 

 amount of rugosity, which may be even absent altogether. Instead of being 

 glaucous, the fruit may be glabrous and even sliining, while, as may be observed 

 from examination of tlie figures ou I'late 7'.), there is not a little variation in the 

 shape. 



While driving in the Heechworth district some years ago, Mr. C. Prench, the 

 Victorian Government Entomologist, had his attention drawn to some leaves 

 growing on a Blue Gum tree by the road. They measured 28 inches in length, with 

 a corresponding width and solidity. 



VARIETY. 



Var. coronifera, F.v.M. {Fl. Tas. i, 133). 



" Mueller sends specimens from Gippsland with very small smooth flowers 

 and capsules; it is his var. coronifera.'" (Kb. Hook.). [Loc. cit.) 



Professor Ewart has favoured me with a specimen of a bud which is precisely 

 similar in roughness and general appearance to figure 3 of Plate 70, only very much 

 smaller — as small as those figured at 7a, but sessile. The flower from a bud like this 

 could scarcely be "smooth." I doubt whether it is a useful variety. 



SYNONYMS. 



1. E. cordata, Miq. non Labill. in Ned. Kruidk. Archief. iv. 



2. E. diversifolia, Miq. non Bonpl., loc. cit. 



3. E. gigantea, Dehnh., Cat. PI. Hort. Camald. Ed. ii, 20. 



I have seen a complete series of specimens in Hort. Viudob. 



4. E. glauca, DC. 



Through the courtesy of M. Casimir De Candolle I have examined the type 

 and agree that it is HJ. globulus, Labill. 

 The original label reads : — 



Eucalyptus glauca, h. Noisette 18 Aout 1821. Toutes les branches sont congrees an meme arbre. 

 Les jeunes branches de I'arbre adults ont peu a peu les feuilles plus petiolees et moins glauques. II n'a pas 

 encore fleuri. 



