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RANGE. 



Tasmania is, of course, the home of the type. Labillardiere fii^ured his plant, 

 and this should be borne in mind. The species is also found in Victoria, New South 

 Wales, and in south-eastern South Australia. 



Tasmania. 

 Gunn's No. 25 come from Point Effingham, " near Launceston, Distillery 

 Creek, small tree." Specimens bearing the same number are also from New Noi'folk. 

 Two forms are under that name, one near var. nitida, and the other the ordinary 

 thin-leaved amygdaliua. We have here additional evidence of the impossibility 

 of keeping the type and var. nitida apart. (See Fig. 2, jilate 29.) 



I have seen specimens also from Col. Paterson ex. Herb. Lambert in Herb. 

 Cant. ; also some collected by Dr. John Lhotsky. " No. 94, Voyage de 1' Astrolabe et 

 de la Zelee (M. le Guillou, 1841)," is E. amygdalina. 



Much of the common llobart muyydcdina {e.g., Sandy Bay and Mount 

 Wellington), has coriaceous leaves ; so, indeed, have 11. Brown's specimens of E. 

 angustifolia from the Derwent. I have also collected it on the east coast. It is, 

 indeed, found more or less all over Tasmania. 



Victoria. 



Mueller {Eucalyptographia) defines its range in Victoria as " from the 

 southern and whole eastern humid districts, extending to the base of the Alps." 

 Howitt states that it ascends to about 4,500 feet. Mr. Howitt has given much 

 attention to the species, particularly in Gippsland, and following are two of his 

 specimens; others will be referred to later : — («) Lilydale, with very small fruits, 

 A. W. Howitt ; {b) Sand-hills, near Stradbroke ; rim very marked ; the coastal form, 

 inclining to be coriaceous ; narrow leaves ; near var. nitida, Erom a correspondent 

 of Mr. Henry Deane I have received it as " Peppermint," from Darlimurla, South 

 Gippsland. It has small fruits, and its leaves are very broad. This tree certainly 

 shows affinity to E. regnans. 



South Australia. 



The late Prof. Tate says that a shrubby form is found in the Mount Gambler 

 district. I have not seen it. 



New South Wales. 



In this State it extends from the Victorian to the Queensland border 



(Tenterfield), and I have no doubt that it will be found in Queensland, probably in 



the Stanthorpe district. Westerly it extends to the Jenolan Caves and the Capertee 



Valley. As a rule, it is found in the colder and more mountainous parts of the State. 



