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fresh, but drying a light shitc colour ; lateral veins few and almost parallel to the niidrih, two generalh' 

 commencing at the base of tbe midrib anil running the whole length of the leaf almost pai'allel to the 

 midrib. Oil-glands very numerous. 



Peduncles axillary, sliort, 2-3 lines, bearing generally from .5-8 flowers. Buds from 2| to i lines 

 long, operculum hemispherical, shortly acuminate. Ovary flat-topped. Anthers kidney-sliaped, connective 

 prominent. 



Fruit hemispherical, about •'? lines in diameter; rim thick, red, slightly conviw, .shining; pedicel 

 about 1 line long. 



Timber. — A hard, close-grained timber, full of shakes and gum-veins, and apparently of little 

 economic \-alue. It possesses none of the good qualities of U. amt/gdalina, Labill., which is fissile, soft, 

 and easily worked. The venation of the leaves resembles that of E. amygdalina and E. coriacea, but more 

 particularly t,he latter species. The immature fruits are difficult to distinguish from those of E. amygdalina, 

 whilst the mature ones bear a strong likeness to those of E. coriacea. The bark is almost identical with 

 that of E. amyqlalina, but the timber is quite distinct, resembling more closely that of E. dives, from 

 which species, however, it differs in the shape and venation of both sucker and mature leaves, fruits, and 

 constituents of the oil. 



From E coriacea it ditters in the nature of its timber, bark, oil, and lea\es. Summarised, this 

 species has — (a) a baik similar to that of E. amygdalina ; (b) timber similar to that of E. dives ; (c) leaves 

 and venation similar to those of E. coriacea ; {(l) fruits approaching in form to those of E. amygdalina ; 

 and (e) sucker leaves diffei-ing from those of any species above enumerated. It is most closely allied to 

 E. coriacea and E. dires, liut yet distinct from both {op. cif ). 



I had this form under ohservation for some yeav.s hefore Mr. Baker described 

 it, and its puzzling affinities to more than one species attracted my attention as, 

 indeed, they did that of Mr. Baker. 



In Fruc. Linn. Soc, N.S. TV., 1901, p. 123, Mr. Deane and I wrote of it :— 



E. fastigata, Deane and Maiden. — E. riirea. Baker, is, in our opinion, a form of the above species. 

 The type of E. fastigata as figured (these proceedings, 1896, p. 809), has smaller fruits and the valves 

 somewhat exserted, but the size of the fruits and the amount (or absence) of exsertion \aries a good deal. 

 We liave specimens from the type locality of E. fastigala which precisely matcli E. ritrea. 



Since the above was written, both Mr. Deane and I are of opinion that 

 E. fostiyata is simply a rough-barked form of E. regnans, so that the above remarks 

 may be considered to apply to E. regnans. I am of opinion that the buds and fruits 

 of the specimen of " Cut-tail " strongly resemble those of E. vilrea, while the leaves 

 are those of E. regnans. 



Specimens of typical regnans from the Blacks' Spur, Victoria (H. Deane, 

 Jan., 1900), locally known there as "Mountain Ash" and " Blackbiitt," have fruits 

 which are absolutely identical with those of vitrea. 



Other specimens of regnans have fruits not domed and apj)roaching those of 

 vitrea. — Source of Teapot Creek, Gippsland (A. W. Howitt). Similar as regards 

 fruits, but foliage dull. — Boggy Creek, Gippsland (A. W. Howitt). I can quote 

 other specimens from Tasmania, Victoria, and New Soutli Wales to illustrate this 

 point. 



E. vitrea is undoubtedly allied to E. dives, Schauer, as regards fruits, and to 

 some extent as regards the leaves. The leaves of E. vitrea are usually shiny, 



