130 



I have not seen Loddiges' plant, which Bentham refers to E. viminalis (of which, 

 if correctly referred to that species, it must be a multiflowered form). The leaves are 

 narrow-lanceolate. 



The Index Kewensis states that E. persicifolia Lodd. is synonymous with 

 E. Stuartiana. By that E. ovata is meant. It may be, but it is doubtful. 



4. E. persicifolia Miq., non Lodd., referred to biiefly in Ned. Kniidk. Arch, iv, 



137 (1856) as follows : — 



" 29. Eucalyptus persicifolia Lodd. DC. Prod., iii, p. 217, n. 8 ( \) Van Dieman's- 

 land (Stuart n. 12)." 



I have not seen the plant referred to by Miquel, but Mueller (Eucalytographia) 

 states that it is a form of E. Gunnii. In Index Kewensis it is referred to E. Stuartiana 

 just like E. persicifolia Lodd. (supra). 



Schleehtendal in Linnaea, Vol. 20, p. 650, has the following. I have not seen 

 his specimen. 



181. Eucalyptus persicifolia, Lodd., DC. Pr. iii, p. 217, n.8. Specirnina uondum floreutia difleruut 

 a Sieberianis : foliis brevioribus, umbellis longius pedmiculatis floribusque longius pedieellatis. 



Altera forma similis ramulis tenuioribus, foliis angustioribus nee brevioribus, pellucide punctatis 

 et nviiius crasse coriaceis, floribus minoribus, calyptris obtusioribus longius distare videtur. scd ex paucis 

 speciniinibus in tanta formarum affinitate certuni quid contendere non audeo. 



5. E. Stuartiana F.v.M. prima. 

 Following is the original description : — 



18. Eucah/ptus Stuartiana Ferd. Mull, ramulis teretiusculis rubello-fuscis, foliis longe petiolatis 

 longe subanguste lanceolatis acumine tenui vulgo spliaeelato terminatis, ba*i aequali vel inacquali in 

 petiolum semiteretern attenuatis, coriaceis, margine incrassatis, sparse punctatis, costa subtus praesertim 

 distincta, venis subpatulis fere prorsus obtectis, pedunculis axillaribus tetragono-angulatis 4-8 floris 

 quandoquc in ramulo aphyllo confertis, floribus brevissime pedieellatis, calveis tubo turbinate pallidc 

 viridi operculum brevi-conicum acutum fuscum verniceum superante. antlieris ellipticis. 



Tasmania (Stuart). 



Petioli ?,-vulgo fere 1 poll, longi tcnues. Folia 1-5 poll, longa, 1-7 lin. lata, l'ulunculi fere scmi- 

 pollicares. Miq. in Ncdcrl. KruidJc Arch.iv, 131 (1856.) 



This is E. Stuartiana F.v.M. prima, and the situation is explained at p. 4, Part xxi 

 of the present work. 



The following specimens of E. ovata were actually labelled E. Stuartiana by 

 Mueller himself, or those who followed him. 

 (</) 1903, R. Gunu., New Norfolk, V.D.L. 



Following are specimens which were collected by Oldfield. They are labelled : — 



(b) E. Stuartiana, " Red Gum," " Jericho, Tasmania.'' 



(c) " Hill near Lake Tiberias, Tasmania " ; the juvenile foliage of this specimen was 



labelled E. viminalis. 



(d) O'Brien's Bridge, Tasmania. 



(c) There is a specimen labelled in Uldfield's handwriting, " Red Gum, Tasmania, 

 E. acervula," in herb. Calcutta. 



