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It was no fault of Howitt*s that his terminology was wrong, that he was in advance 

 of Mueller's nomenclature. It is sufficient to say that he was in advance of his time, and 

 that no one wrote more accurately from field knowledge of the Gippsland Eucalypts 

 than he did. With the experience of a quarter of a century of added knowledge, it is a 

 pleasure and most instructive to read even now Howitt's paper under reference. The 

 four forms he attributes to E. Gunnii are (p. 101) : — 



1. " Lowland form " (a). This is E. ovata (acervula). 



2. "' Dwarf variety " (b). This is E. Kitsoni Maiden. 



3. " The tall Mountain Form " (c). This is E. camphora R. T. Baker. 



4. " Dwarf Highland Form" (d). This is E. neglect a Maiden. Mr. Baker (Proc. 

 Aust. Ass. Adv. Science xiv. 299. 1913) surmises that it is his E. camphora. 



Mr. Howitt looked upon E. ovata (acervula) as the type of E. Gunnii. just as 

 Mueller figured it in his " Eucalyptographia." 



When we come to E. viminalis (p. 97) we find that Howitt confused some of the 

 E. Gunnii forms with E. viminalis, thus : — 



(a) is typical E. viminalis. 



(b) is E. rubida Deane and Maiden. 



(c) (p. 100.) This is E. maculosa E. T. Baker, witli but little doubt, 



New South Wales. 



Bombala (W. Baeuerlen, Xo. 556). Mr. Baker says that this is his E. camphora, 

 but I cannot distinguish it from E. ovata. Leaves not broad, valves of fruit hardly 

 exsert, Brown's Camp, Delegate, and " Bastard or Flooded Gum," Delegate (both 

 W. Baeuerlen). I many years ago labelled these Delegate specimens, " Higldand form 

 of /:. Gunnii." Conical, very exserted fruits; very pointed operculum; large broad, 

 thicldsh leaves, Delegate Mountain (W. Baeuerlen); Haydon's Bog, Delegate (W. For- 

 syth); opercula not constricted, near Tumut (R. T. Baker); Yarrangobilly (A. W. 

 Howitt). Tumberumba (H. Deane). " Broad-leaved Sally.'' Cockatoo, near Ger- 

 manton (W. Forsyth). Condor Creek, Queanbeyan (R. H. Cambage, No. 3,342), one 

 leaf 12| inches long without petiole. 14 inches with petiole, width 3| inches. 



Twenty-two miles south-westerly from Oberon (R. H. Cambage). Ganguddy 

 Creek, Kelgoola, also Xullo Mountain, Rylstone (R. T. Baker). 



