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L. E. Sieher'uiHd, P. v, M. 



" Euc. Sieberlana, P. v. M., Gum-topiDcd Stringybark, East Mt. Pield, 1,000- 

 1,500 ft., 1809." (Mueller's determination.) E. Siebenana, P. v. M., Mt. St. 

 Bernard, Victoria (J. II. ]M.). Eeference to my paper on "The Occurrence of 

 Eucaliipius dives, Scbauer, in Victoria" {Viclovlan Naturaltst, 1901, p. 124) shows 

 that I submit that these specimens belong to E. dives. I have in that paper dealt 

 with the matter so fully that I do not intend to repeat myself on the present 

 occasion. 



M, E. delegatensis, 11. T. Baker, Delegate Mountain, N.S.W. (W. Baeuerlen). 

 See Proc. Liu. Soc, N.S.W., 1900, p. 305. 



I do not give E. coriacea, A. Cunn. {E. ptdicijlora, Sieb.), as having been 

 confused with E. Risdoui, Hook, f., var. elata, Bentham, but the general resemblance 

 of some herbarium sjiecimens of the Gum-top Stringybarks to E. coriacea is so 

 marked that botanists may well be reminded of it. Hooker first noted the 

 resemblance. (See E. radiaia, Hook, var. 4, Fl. Tas. II). 



To sum up, we have the following names for the Gum-topped Stringybarks 

 of Tasmania (which extend to Victoria and Southern New South Wales) : — 

 {a) E. Risdoui, Hook, f., var. elata, Bentham. 

 (i) E. radiata, Hook, f., var. 4., non Sieber. 

 (c) E. obliqua, L'Herit. 

 {d) E. regnans, P. v. M. 

 {e) E. auii/gdalina, Labill. 

 (/) E. dives, Scbauer. 

 (.{/) E. haemastoma, Sm. 



(li) E. virgata, Sieb., var. altior, Deane and Maiden. 

 (/c) E. oreades, R. T. Baker. 

 (/) E. Sieberiaiia, P. v. M. 

 (m) E. delegatensis, E. T. Baker. 



The Gum-topped Stringybarks have, therefore, been duly named, and have been 

 given ten synonyms in addition, not hastily, but by men who have worked on the 

 genus, and have given reasons for their determinations. The great majority of the 

 determinations can still be defended, and the trees may be looked upon as forms of 

 the species referred to. Study of the Gum-topped Stringybarks presents one of the 

 best instances of variation in the genus that I have met with, and affords a most 

 instructive example of the necessity, in this protean genus, of endeavouring to 

 ascertain what is the type, and of bearing it closely in mind. 



