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Manning to Tweed Rivers. — Port Macquarie (G. R. Brown, No. 508); "Pepper- 

 mint," very small pilular fruits, Macleay River (W. MacDonald); Moimt Sea View, 

 Upper Hastings River, the fruits small, hemispherical, rim a little broad (J.H.M.); in 

 gullies and on ridgy inclines, Woolgoolga (E. H. F. Swain); fruit small, Drake (E. C. 

 Andrews); Murwillumbah (R. A. Campbell). 



Mr. E. C. Andrews says that it is widely distributed on the eastern slopes of 

 New England. 



Most of the above collectors call the tree " White Mahogany." Both Mr. Swain 

 and Mr. Campbell call it " Messmate," as well as " White Mahogany." 



Queensland. 



I very carefully examined this tree in the Brisbane district, where it is plentiful, 

 and also collected many specimens. The juvenile foliage is stem clasping, and varies a 

 good deal in width. Fruits small and dainty, nearly spherical. ' 



" Stringybark," Waterworks, Brisbane (J. L. Boorman). 



" Prope Brisbane River " (Amalia Dietrich, 1863-5). This specimen, from the 

 Godefiroy Museum, Hamburg, was examined by Bentham, and bears the label in his 

 handwriting, " Eucalyptus marginata, Sm." It was presented to me by the Vienna 

 Herbarium. 



" Gum-tree of the Brisbane " (Leichhardt). " E. crehrce aff." (Bentham's note). 

 Placed by Bentham with E. crebra (B.Fl. iii, 221). A fragment was communicated 

 to me from the Melbourne Herbarium, and a much larger specimen entrusted to me 

 by Kew for examination. The leaves are remarkably narrow, very dark-coloured on 

 the upper surface, the margin a little recurved, the fruits remarkably small, nearly 

 spherical, and the tips oi the valves faintly exserted. 



It was quite reasonable to refer this twig to E. crebra, for the leaves are of the 

 shape and size so common in the species, but the venation is different, and E. crebra 

 leaves have no pale underside. The venation is also a little different, and the fruits, 

 while resembling those of E. crebra, are not the same. 



It is well known that the leaves "of Eucalypts become smaller as the top of the 

 tree is reached, and the narrowness of the leaves, which has caused so much difficulty, 

 is, in my opinion, explained in this way. 



" Stringybark," Rockhampton (A. Murphy). Pale underside, but not so much 

 marked as in many southern specimens. Thin-rimmed fruits, becoming slightly 

 urceolate. 



Var. cariiea, xav. no v. 



The carnea form, i.e., the thick-leaved form of E. acmenioides, appears to exist 

 over about the same geographical range as E. acmenioides. In Mr. Baker's original 

 description, the Lower Richmond River, N.S.W., was alone quoted. 



