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I have seen specimens in European herbaria, " Eucalyptus fabrorum, 

 Schldt., Port Lincoln scrub, legit Carl Wilhelmi, exam. Dr. Eerd. Mueller," which 

 are E. scmtalifolia, E. v. M. 



In the Reports of the Victorian Exlnl)itions of 18G1 and 18G6, the following 

 specific gravities of timbers are given : — 



Eumlijplusfahronim, Stringybark, -990, •91.1, '809 (steam-dried) respectively. 



6. E. fissilis, E. v. M. 



" Messmate {Eucalyptus fissilis) has many of t)ie characteristics of the 

 white gum, is hard and straight- grained, and splits readily into posts, rails, palings, 

 and shingles for fencing and building purposes. Wheelwrights use it for shafts 

 and framing of drays, for j^lough-beams, and many similar applications." (Inter- 

 colonial Exhibition of Australasia, Melbourne, 1860-7, Official Record, 1867, 

 p. 216.) 



The oil from the leaves of Eucalyptus fissilis has the specific gravity, 0"928, 

 and is optically inactive. (W. P. Wilkinson in Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict., 1893, 

 p. 198, where there are other data given in regard to this oil.) 



In quoting this, Gildemeister and Hoffmann have the note : — 



According to Maiden, EucuhjiJtus fissilis, F. v. M., is synonymous with E. amygdalina, Labill., the 

 oil of which is strongly Irevogyrate. Its specific gravity also does not agree with that obtained by 

 Wilkinson from E. fissilis. 



I understood for some years that E. fissilis was a form of amygdal'im, but 

 Mr. J. G. Luehmann has informed me that it is referable to E. ohliqua. Mueller 

 frequently used the name fissilis in his earlier reports (chieHy those refei ring to 

 economic plants), but I cannot trace where he described the supposed species. 



7. E.falcifolia, Miq. 



Eollowing is the original description : — 



28. Eur.ahjplus falcifolia, Miq. — {Euc. fiibrorum, Miill. Herb, et mss. non Schldt.) : Ramulis 

 tcnuibiis, supremis angulatis viriduli.s, ramis fuscescentibus, foliis longuiscvde petiolatis e basi ut plurimum 

 inaequali et inaequilonga ovato-lanceolatis vel lanceolatis inaoquilateris vulgo falcatis attenuato-acuminatLs 

 pcrgamaccis, costa subtus prominula, venis patule adscendcntibus ante raarginem uiiitis utrinque praesertiin 

 subtus distinctis tenero reticulatis, umbollis 4-10 floris baud raro paniculato-confcrtis, pcdunculis levitcr 

 compressis, floribus pedicellatis, calycis tubo turbinato operculum seraiglobosum acutinsculuui superante. 



In montibus stcrilissimis mcmora aperta e.xtensa constituens, arbor e.xcelsa, rarius huniilis, II. 

 aestate (idem). — Lofty Range trans. Fl. Murray (Miill. Herb.). 



Cortex rimosus iiigricanticinereus. Rami mo.ic nigrescentes. Umbellaruni pedunculus p.issim 4 

 lineas longus, foliorum paginao concolores nitentes. Alabastra decolora. Fructus hemisphaerico-turbinatus. 

 — (F. Miill.). 



Species E. acmenoide, Schauer, aliinis, notis certis ab E. /(ilnorHiu tuto discerncnda. Pctioli vulgo 

 h-l poll, longi ; folia 4 -G poll, longa, ^-1^ lata. Pedunculi circitor i, pcdicelli 2 lin. longi. 



Hujua speciei formae videntur n. 13, 22, et 23, c Now South Wales. — (Miquel, N'ed. Krnldk. 

 Arch. iv). 



