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6. E. semicorticata, F.v.M. 



Arborea, ramulis angulatis, foliis alternis lanceolatis subfalcatis modice petiolatis sensim acuminatis 

 opacis subtilissime venosis imperforatis, vena peripherica a margine reniota, umbellis axillaribus et 

 lateralibus solitariis 5-8 fliris, p3dioeIlis angulatis pedunculo compresso bis terve brevioribus calycis tubo 

 vix longioribus, operculo acuminato calycis tubum semiovatum ecostatum aequante, fructibus hemisphae- 

 ricis 3-4 loculatis vertico planis, valvis brevissime exsertis, seminibus apteris. Hab. — In nemoribus 

 montium fertilioruni ad flumen Brisbane (^lUawarra, Macarthur, Sydney Woods, in Paris Exhib., No. 88, hb. 

 Hook.). Anth. aestate. 



Arbor procera, "Blackbult" colonorum. Cortice trunci extus nigrocinereo intus fuseo fibroso, ramis 

 denudatis albidis laevibus. Folia 2j-4" longa, 7-10'" lata. Pedunculi 6-10'" longi. Operculum 2"' longum 

 semiovatum subrostratuni. Fructus 3-4'" longi. Semiaa fusca 1'" longa, angulata subtilissme punctulato- 

 rugulosa. 



E. persieifolia Lodd., non Schl., hue forsan pertinet ex nomine vernaculari " Blackbutt " ad banc a 

 Cunninghamino citato. 



(Joiirn. Limi. Soc, iii, 86, 1859.) 



I have seen the specimen, Paris Exh., No. 88, Herb. Hook. (Herb. Kew). 

 Bentham endorsed the label " Blackbutt of Brisbane Eiver ; long pedicels and a 

 rim. [E. pilularis.)" 



I have a specimen of the type, and the figure of the fruits (Fig. 6, PL 3) 

 of E. semicorticatn showing that while undoubtedly conspecifi.c with E. pllularis, it 

 is intermediate in character between it and var. Muelleriana, possessing the foliage 

 and buds of the former and the fruits of the latter. 



" E. persieifolia, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 501, Syn. E. semicorticata, P.v.M. 

 {Proc. Linn. Soc, iii, 86)." 



Mueller, Fragm., ii, 61, gives the above synonymy, and gives the range from 

 Moreton Bay to the Goulburn and Macalister Bivers, Victoria. He states that it is 

 sometimes called " Blackbutt and Ironbark." The calyx-tube is 1^ to 2^ lines in 

 length, and the operculum 2^ to 3^ lines, " acute et longuiscule rarius obtuse v. 

 ancipiter rostratum." Peduncles 3 to 1 inch, pedicels 2-3 lines ; umbels 4-14 

 flowered." 



The fact that Mueller speaks of the species as " sometimes called Blackbutt 

 and Ironbark " points to obvious confusion between two species. 



Bentham (B.Pl., iii, 20S) gives E. oniata, Sieb., as a synonym of E. j^ilularis, 

 Sm. ; but it is really a synonym of E. siderophloia, Benth , and affoi'ds another 

 instance of the confusion of E. pilularis with E. siderophloia. In fact, E. sidero- 

 pkloia's identity as a distinct species was not recognised until Bentham described it 

 in 18G6. 



6. E. fibrosa, F.v.M. 



Arborea, ramulis compresso tetragonis, foliis alternis modice petiolatis laneeolato-falcatis acuminatis 

 indistincte vel subtile venosis opacis imperforatis, vena peripherica a margine remota, umbellis axillaribus 

 solitariis geminisque vel terminalibus paniculatis 5-6 floris, pedunculo anguloso petiolum vix aequante, 

 pedicellis calycis tubo .semiovato aequilongis, operculo tenui-conico obtusiusculo quam tubus angustiore et 

 duplo longiore, fructibus hemi])hacricis 3 4 loculatis ecostatis, valvis infra iiiarginem alBxis breviter 

 exsertis, seminibus apertis. Hab. — In montibus nemorosis ad flumen Brisb.-ine. Anth. aestate. Arbor 

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