200 



I am not able to reconcile Bentham's two statements. Perhaps, as regai'ds 

 one of the plants referred to by him, he is referring to plants of the mcrassatn series 

 [e.g., var. conglobala, see p. 100, Part IV) which grow in the same localities as 

 E. diversifolia and, in the absence of fruits, are sometimes not very dissimilar to 

 E. diversifolia. Under E. dumosa Bentham does not quote the particular specimens 

 seen by Miquel, and Bentham's observations can only be cleared up by refei-ence to 

 his specimens. 



3. E. cneorifolia, DC. {jyartim) (?) 



{E. santalifolia , F.v.M., in Trans. Vict. Inst., 35, partly, acccirding to 

 Bentham, B.Pl. iii, 217.) This requires to be cleared up. Alluded to under (2). 



4. E. connata, Dum.-Cours ( But. Cult. Ed. ii, vii, 280). See DC. Prod, iii, 220. 



5. E. santalifolia, YSH'.fimia, Benth. non. Miq. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch., iv, 133, 

 according to Bentham (B.El. iii, 206). 



From Miquel's description, which follows, it will be seen that he did not name 

 the variety, an authentic specimen of which I have not seen. 

 Following are Miquel's words : — 



Forma venis magis distinctis subadscendentibus. E.Jirma, Herb. Mull., Nova Holl., austr. 



Frutex fere arboreus E. striclae cognatus, teste cl. Mtiller in Herb. Behr. E xessiliflorae nomine 

 obvia. Folia 2i-vix 3 poll, longa, -'J-i lin. lata. Pedunculi 1-3 lin. longi. Capsula 4-locularis (Miq. in 

 Ned. Eruidk. Arch, iv, 133, 18-56, under E. santalifoll". F.v.M.). 



6. E.firma, F.v.M., herb. ex. Miq., as quoted under (5). 



7. E. cuspidata, Tausch. 



Herb. Bauer. Ferd. Bauer, in Herb. Vindob. is Euc. diversifolia, Bonpl., and 

 was probably obtained from Kangaroo Island or mainland of South Australia. 



8. E. viminalis, Labill., var. diversifolia, Benth. (B.Fl. iii, 240). 

 Bentham says : — 



E. riminnlis varies very much in the size and number of flowers, and the shape of the operculum. 

 In the original Tasmanian form, common also in Victoria, the peduncles are mostly 3-flowered, although 

 occasionally many-flowered specimens occur. In the South Australian E. diversifolia the flowers are 

 rather numerous in the umbel, and the fruit large. 



I have seen Bentham's specimens, which are E. diversifolia, in immature 

 fruit. 



9. E. paehyloma, Benth. 



A .shrub of 5 feet (Maxwell). 



Leiives. — Mostly lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, under 3 inches long, thick and rigid, the 

 very oblique veins scarcely conspicuous, the intramarginal one at a distance from the edge. 



Peduncles. — Axillary or lateral, short and thick, terete or slightly angular, each with two to four 

 rather large flowers. 



Calyx-tube. — Broadly turbinate or almost hemispherical, about 4 lines diameter, smooth and 

 tapering into the very short, thick pedicel. 



