102 

 I have seen tlie type, which is similar to E. costata, Bchr. 



Specimens I have also examined are labelled " E. angidosa, Schauer, 

 Murray R., F. Mueller," "^. angitlosa, Schauer, S.W. Bay, W.A. (Oldfield)" (Herb. 

 Barbey-Boissier). 



10. E. cuspidata, Turcz. 



Eucalyptus cuspidata. Caule ra)iiisque teretibus, corti'ce fusca laevi obtectis, I'amulis subquadran- 

 giilis ; alternis peti(jlatis ovato-lanceolatisve basi foliis eontractis, apice in cuspidem abrupte attfiiuatis, 

 opacis, marginatis ; pedunculis compressis cuneatis petiolo duplo brevioribus bi-raiius uni-tiifluiis ; pedieellis 

 subtetragonis pedimuulis cupulis(jue brevioribus ; alabastro grosse costato rugf)so ; cupula turbinato- 

 obconica operculum conicuni acutum duplo fere excedente ; staminibus exsertis (rufescentibus). Pedicelli 

 cupulis duplo breviores, alabastra majuscula 8 lin. longa. Drum. 4, n. 7-5". (Turcz. in Bull. Sue. Nat. 

 Mosc. 22, 1849, pt. 2, p. 22.) 



The type is therefore No. 75 of Drummond's 4th Collection. 



11. E. costata, R.Br. 



The plant is thus described by Mueller : — 



Shrubby, leave.s alternate, rigid, coriaceous, shining, ovate or narrow-lanceolate, uncinate-acuminate, 

 thinly veined, with scanty pellucid dots ; umbels axillary, on a valid compressed peduncle ; flowers large 

 with a short and thick pedicel ; lid from a hemi.spherical base contracted into a narrow cone, with radiating 

 ribs ; tube of the calyx campanulate, slightly constricted in the middle ; generally twelve-ribbed, a little 

 longer than the lid ; fruits large, nearly bell-shaped, with .scarcely contracted orifice ; valves of the capsule 

 inclosed ; seeds blackish without streaks. 



In the Mallee .scrub, from the Muriay River to Spencer'.s Gulf. 



The nearest alliance of this .species appears to be with H. cuspidata. {Trans. Vic. last., 185.5, 33.) 



The following year it was again described in the following words : — 



27. Eucalyptus costata, Behr. et Miill. mss., Fruticosa, ramulis angulatis, foliis lanceolatis apice 

 longiter attenuatis, basi inaequali in petiolum angustatis, coriaceis nitidis, tenere venosis, pedunculis 

 axillaribus angulato-compressis petiolum subaequantibus 3-6-floris, pedieellis angulosLs, calycis tubo conoideo- 

 cyathimorpha costato, apice anipliato viridi, operculo f usco-nitente depresso hemisphaerico rostro brevissimo 

 obtusiusculo acuto quam tubus duplo breviore. 



Locis arenosis Sand-Scrub dictis prof)e Angastown (Behr). 



Frutex 15 pedalis. Folia usque 4 poll, longa, 1 lata. Calycis tubus circiter | pollices longus, 4 lin. 

 in diam. operculum 2 lin. aecjuans. E. angtdosae Sliauer [sii] in Walp. Rppcrt. ii, 925, affinis, operculi 

 forma autem diversa. (Miq. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. IV, 13G, 185G.) 



I have seen a specimen labelled by Brown himself, as follows : — 



E. costata, South Coast, Memory Cove and Bay 10, N<x 58. 



It will be observed that Brown's name was adopted by Mueller or Behr and 

 Mueller, and following old precedent {e.g., that of E. melliodora and E. dumosa, 

 named by Cunningham, but described by Schauer), the authority for the name is 

 that of R. Brown. 



E. costata, Behr and Mi'iller, Boston Point. * (Herb. Barbey-Boissier. 

 Label in Miquel's handwriting ; " Plantje Mi'iUerianEe.") 



* Poll Lincoln, South Australia. 



