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Mr. Rodvyay (in a letter to me) points out the close resemblance of the 

 juvenile foliage of this form to that of E. viyninalis. He has suggested the 

 possibility of this form being a hybrid between E. urnigera and E. viminalls, and 

 says that wherever he has seen the variety growing, he has always seen the two 

 species associated. 



SYNONYM. 



Eucalyptus Whittinghamiensis, Ilort. (I have also seen tlie spelling 

 Whittinghami.) 



Eaised from seed gathered on Mount Wellington, Tasmania, in Whittingliam 

 Gardens, Haddingtonshire, Scotland. 



Mr. Rodway has a specimen in fruit and early bud, which, he says, is appar- 

 ently a form of E. urnicjera, in which opinion I concur. I hope fuller material will 

 be available. 



I may say that E. urnirjera grows at Whittingham (see Gardeners' 

 Chronicle, 14th January, 1899, p. 19). 



RANGE. 



It is confined to Tasmania. 



In the original description and Ft. Tas., Hooker quotes the localities known 

 to him as "Alpine districts, not uncommon on the summit of Mt. Wellington, 

 Lake Echo, e^c." 



Bentham says Eobert Brown found it on Table Mountain. Table Mountain 

 is the original name for ]\It. Wellington. It occurs on that mountain at an eleva- 

 tion of about 3,003 feet, lie named it, and it is jjrcsumed described it, as seems to 

 have been his practice when he attached a name, but his name was never published. 

 Indeed, few of Brown's observations on this interesting genus were ever published, 

 through some unfortunate misunderstanding. 



In the National Herbarium, Sydney, we have the following specimens : — 



Mt. Wellington (Ronald Gunn's 1,074); Riverside, Risdon (Gunn's 1,073); 

 Marlborough (J, D. Hooker, Gunn's 1,075) ; Mt. Falkiner (L. Rod way) ; Mount 

 Field East, at an elevation of 3,000-4,000 feet (J.H.M.). 



