176 



1,102 is from "above Sassafras Valley, Hobart, 15 feet high, yellow bark, 

 young leaves powdery, Novr.," and is E. Risdoni, var. elata. 



2. Foliis eloiigatis lauceoiatis, capsulis turbiiiatis longioribus qiiam latis, ore contracto (Gunn, 1,112). 



No. 1,112 is " from Risdon, also from Grass-tree Hill, near Hobart." It is a 

 broad-leaved form of E. amygdaUna, tending to var. iiitlda. It is near Gunn's 1,073 

 (see var. 1), though with bi'oader leaves for the most part, and also precisely matches 

 E. tenuvrands, Miq. At the same time I have seen a specimen of var. 2, which is 

 E. Risdoni, var. elata. 



3. Foliis o\ato-lanceolatis elliptico-lanceolatisve, capsulis majusculis fcurbinatis — Arbor elata ad E. 

 giganteam tendens. River Derwent at Cluny, Mount Wellington, elev. 2,.500 feet ; Lake Echo, elev. 

 3,000 feet. 



llie specimens I have seen are in bud or early fruit. They are near var. 1, 

 but more glaucous. Var. 3 belongs to that series connecting E. amygdaUna, Labill., 

 var. alpine, and E. Risdoni, var. elata, and different eucalyptologists would, from 

 the material available, put them in one or the other, or both. 



4. Foliis majoribuK lanceolatis nitidis capsulis ut in forma 3. — Arbor mediocris ad. E. coriaceam 

 tendens (Gumi : l,ioO, 1,110). 



No. 1,110 is from "foot of Mount Wellington," also "Hobart, Degraves." 

 No. 1,100 is from " Grass-tree Hill, near Hobart." Both these are E. Risdoni, 

 var. elata. For a second plant {E. obliqua, var. al'pina) distributed under 1,100, 

 see p. 178. 



RANGE. 



E. Risdoni and its variety are confined to Tasmania. I have examined the 

 following types : — 



{a) R,. Gunn's No. 1,278, from Herb., Kew. 



Small tree, growing in clusters on the side of a hill near Risdon, 10-20 ft. high, branched from the 

 base (Oct. 1840, R. Gunn). 



(fi) 1,072, R. Gunn, Risdon, Hobart, 10/10/40. 



Mr. T. Stephens says that he has never seen E. Risdoni grow on anything 

 except on mudstone. Mr. Rodway says, " common on dry hills, Bellerive, Risdon, 

 Muddy Plains, valley of South Esk," &c. 



The variety elata has far more extended range than that of the normal 

 species ; it is common on Mount Wellington, Hobart, and other specific localities 

 have been incidentally referred to. 



