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The description of the bark "rimosus nigricanti-cinereus " would apply to 

 E. Gunnii or E. viminalis, and not to E. obliqua, and there is evidently some 

 confusion of notes here. The drawing (Plate 8, fig. 4) shows that the specimen in 

 Herb. Kew is but a small one, and it is ohliqua, although perhaps superficial 

 examination of the specimen might lead some to look upon it as a form of 

 E. Gunnii, Hook, f., var. acervula, Deane and Maiden, not uncommon in South 

 Australia. 



The specimen in Herb., Kew, is labelled " Eucalyptus falcifolia, Miq., in Ned. 

 Kruidk., Arch., iv. 136 = obliqua, L'Her. ; fabrorum, F. Mliller, near Adelaide, 

 S. Australia," and is in bud and with fully-developed flowers. It has kidney-shaped 

 anthers, and it is E. ohliqua, L'Her., as stated, 



8. E. nervosa, F. v. M. 

 Following is the description : — 



38. Eucalyptus nervosa, Ferd. Mull,, ramulis teretibus, foliis ovatis, oblongo-ovatis, ellipticis vel 

 oblongo-lanceolatis, vulgo obliquis, costa venisque adscendentibus prorainulis, peiidiinculis 2-5 floris, foliis 

 deciduis in paniculam etiam confertis, floribus pedicellatis, fructu ovato-truncato. Lofty Range, m. Nov. 

 (F. Miiller). Proxima E. Behrianae, a qua teste F. Miiller dilFert foliis fructibusqiie raajoribus. Folia 

 majora, 4|-5 poll, longa, li-2i lata. Fructus 2 lin. longi. (Miquel in Ned. Kruidk. Arch., iv, 138, 

 (1856.) 



This is E. obliqua (B. Fl. iii, 204). 



9. E. heterophylla, Miq. 



This is described in Ned. Kruidk. Aroh., iv (1856), 141, briefly as follows : — 



45. Eucalyptus heterophylla, Miq., n. sp. foliis suboppositis ct oppositis, alternisve, longiuscule 

 petiolatis, elliptico vel ovato-oblongis, sursum attenuatis, basi aequale vel inaequale acutis vel obtusis, 

 eoriaceis, 4-9^ poll, longis, li— 3 latis, floribus. . . . Van Diemen's Land (Stuart, n. 2). 



Bentham, while pointing out that it was described from barren leafy 

 branches, states that it " appears to be one of the forms assumed by the saplings 

 or by the adventitious shoots of E. obliqua (B. Fl. iii, 205)." 



Mueller, however, ("Eucalyptographia," under E. globulus), thinks that it 

 may be E. globulus. 



Stuart's No. 2 is not at Kew. The matter is not of the first im^iortance, but I 

 am making an endeavour to trace every described species of Eucalyptus, and would 

 like to see the specimen. 



The plant labelled "Eucalyptus marginata, Smith (?) Hab. near Sydney, 

 New South Wales— imperfect specimens," in Wilkes' U. S. Exped., 1838-42 — 

 Botany, Asa Gray, i, 553), is probably E. obliqua. The original specimen in the 

 United States National Museum has sucker leaves, mature leaves ; also a few 

 flowers ; no opercula, E. marginata is a Western Australian species. 



