Flora of Australia. 195 



4. Corolla glabrous, with long hairs on the nerves and 



ciliate, not velvety pubescent all over, a« in all species 

 for which it could be mistaken. 



5. Leaf indumentum homogeneous; the tul«rcle at base of 



hairs conspicuous or inconspicuous, but no carpet of 



close short pubescence heneath them. 

 It appears, therefore, that the name E. violaceum, under which 

 Paterson's Curse was originally proclaimed, must now revert to E. 

 plantagineum L. 



Eucalyptus Mitchklliana. Cambage. Willow Gum. 

 (Myrtaceae). 



Near Chalet, Buffalo Mountains. An addition to the Flora of 

 Victoria. The plant was originally named E. Mitchelli, but this 

 name is already pre-empted for a fossil Eucalyptus (Journ. Royal 

 Soc. of X.S. Wales, Vol. LII., p. 57, 1919.) 



Eucalyptus Woollsiana, R. T. Baker. (Myrtaceae). 



About seventeen miles east of Nowingi Railway Station, North- 

 West Victoria. (L. G. Chandler, 24/9/1919.) 



Tliis Eucalypt has not been previously recorded as growing indi- 

 genously in Victoria. 



Ficus macrophylla, Desf. "Moreton Bay Fig." (Moraceae). 



From the base of a large tree in the University grounds, in 

 November, 1914, the bark w^as removed, and two inches of the 

 outer wood. The tree attempted to send down roots from the cut 

 surface at one point. These were cut off. During the first two 

 seasons the foliage of the tree was quito normal. Later the leaves 

 began to fall more rapidly than new ones were produced, and 

 branch after branch died. During the first season the amount of 

 latex increased markedly, after the second season it steadily de- 

 creased. The tree was not entirely dead until the declaration of 

 Peace in May, 1919. It, therefore, lasted four and a-half years 

 after being rung. During this time* the wood remained moist and 

 sappy to the heart of the tiee, and it continued to grow on the 

 upper part of the tree, alx)ve the ringing, but ceased to grow on 

 the })Hiin\ portion of the trunk. At Ww end of the four and a-half 

 years the roots were found to l)e entirely dead, whereas alxive the 

 ringinjr. the bark at one or two points still sluMvod signs of life. On 

 examining the wood it was found that although the np])ar<Mit rings 



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