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I have specimens which are very close to Mr. Baker's E. Bossii from Aclelong 

 (also from a local forester who did not append his name to them). 



The anther of (?) E. Bossii is depicted at fig. 15, Plate 47, and it seems to be 

 more compact, less reniform, and with the cells less divergent than those of E. 

 hcstwistoma usually are. Compare figure 14d of the same Plate. 



I do not see my way to withdraw E. Bossii from E. lueniastoma, var. 

 micrantha, with such evidence as I have at present. It seems that the Grenfell 

 specimens connect the coastal specimens of var. micrantha, and both Camboon and 

 Grenfell have more or less western climatic influence, so that we expect some 

 difference. 



RANGE. 



The specimens are all var. micrantha unless the contrary is indicated. 



The typical species apparently does not extend beyond the Hawkesbury 

 sandstone, and is most abundant not far from Port Jackson, the Hawkesbury and 

 George's Eiver, and the ridges and broken country'in the vicinity. While the range 

 is not very precisely defined at present (I have it from the Newcastle District), that 

 of the variety micrantha is undoubtedly very much more extensive. 



Besides New South Wales, it- is also found in Queensland, and in our own 

 State it extends from north to south, and from the coast across the table-land to at 

 least as far south as Tumut, and west to the head of the Castlereagh River. 



It is common in the National Park as well as around Port Jackson and 

 County of Cumberland generally, and we have all sizes of fruits from as small to as 

 large as seen anywhere. 



No. 4,754., of Robert Brown (1802-5), distributed by J. J. Bennett in 1876, 

 is var. micrantha. 



Southern Localities. — Cambewarra, fruits of medium size (W. Baeuerlen) ; 

 Badgery's Crossing to Nowra, fruits intermediate (W. Porsyth and A. A. Hamilton) ; 

 Nowra (J. V. de Coq[ue) ; Jervis Bay, fruits nearly as large as those of the type 

 (J.H.M.) ; Bankstown and 'Cabramatta, very small fruits (J. L. Boorman) ; Appin, 

 on cold sandy flats (J.H.M.) ; with large fruits near the type. Cataract Dam 

 (E. Cheel) ; flats, Picton to Bargo (J.H.M.); Hill Top, on flats and also on 

 ridges. Pruits sometimes a little pear-shaped (J.H.M.); Wingello, fruits of 

 intermediate size (J. L. Boorman) ; Barber's Creek (J.H.M.) ; " Brittle Jack," 

 Pomeroy, Goulburn (H. Dcane),; Bungendore, fruits medium size (A. W. Ilowitt) ; 

 granite hills, near Bungendore, south of Lake George. The thickening of the 

 jiedicels gives the fruits an almost conical form (W. S. Campbell); "Brittle 

 Gum," filiform fruit stalks, Queanbeyan (H. Dcane); Adelong, Hills S.W. {\ mile) 

 from Mt. Horeb Railway Station (R. H. Cambage) ; Cooma (on gneiss) (11. H. 

 Cambage) . 



