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RANGE. 



Mueller (" Eucalyptograpkia ") gives the range as Spencer's Gulf (South 

 Australia), also Kangaroo Island to Gippsland, thence to Tasmania and New South 

 Wales (north to New England and west to Lachlan River). I doubt if it goes as far 

 west as the Lachlan. In Tasmania, the home of the type, it is found all over the 

 island. 



It loves the banks of streams or fresh-water lakes. It is partial to good, deep 

 soil, when it attains a large size. It is, however, tolerant as regards soil, and is found 

 on the side of hills, but it never attains the same development as when plenty of 

 moisture is available. 



Tasmania. 



It is common in most parts of the island. 



Following are some classical specimens I have examined— 



1. Robert Brown, Tasmania, 1802-5. No. 4740. River Derwent. 

 Ditto No. 42. 



2. No. 685, R. Gunn. Quoted by Hooker. Collected at Hobart, 29th February, 

 1840, also Hobart (Degraves), Risdon, River Side, also Woolnorth, Bevley Bank, 

 Government Paddock, Hobart, and Circular Head. No. 685 was therefore not collected 

 from one locality. 



The truncate appearance of unripe fruits is observable in E. viminalis around 

 Hobart. 



The leaves vary a good deal in width in Tasmania itself. Operculum sometimes 

 very pointed. Precisely similar to Victorian specimens from the Snowy River. See 

 p. 169. 



3. 1083, R. Gunn. Quoted by Hooker. Variously obtained from Marlborough 

 (J. D. Hooker, 1840), and Lake Arthur (Gunn, 1843). 



4. 1085, R. Gunn. Quoted by Hooker, Hobart. In bud, flower and early 

 fruit. Government Paddock, Hobart. 



5. 1086, R. Gunn. Government Paddock, Hobart, 1842. Bud and fruit. 



6. 1087, R. Gunn. In bud and very yoimg fruit. No precise locality. 



7. 1090, R. Gunn. Quoted by Hooker. Circular Head, V.D.L., and Circular 

 Head sandhills. In plump bud, flower and fruit. In various herbaria including herb. 

 Sydney. Flowering profusely. 



8. 1092, R. Gunn. Quoted by Hooker, Grass-tree Hill, V.D.L., Herb. Cant. 

 ex. herb. Lindl. In bud only. Also Risdon, River Side. In bud and fruit. 



9. 1097, R. Gunn. Fruits only (Plenty Bridge). 



A number of Gunn's specimens (and probably Hook, f.'s as well) were distributed 

 from the Hookerian herbarium under the name E. viminea, Lab., a slip of the pen for 

 E. viminalis. 



