Notes on Eucalypt Leaves. 



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growing along the river close by, and if the nodules found with the 

 leaves be fruits the resemblance is still closer, but it would be 

 unwise to suggest that the fossils are those of E. rostrata. Ihese 

 fossils give an insight into the evolution of the Eucalypts. The 

 earliest stage, represented by the Bloodwoods, had been passed, 

 but hoAv far the genus had progressed it is impossible to say from 

 these alone. 



B 



A, B, C, D — (General type of fossil Eucalypt at Bulla, 

 E — A common leaf with the Kuoalypt leaves. 



