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MYRTACEA.E. 



Eucalyptus oleosa, F. v. M. Enfield, in a small patch of 

 untouched scrub ; Strathalbyn ; Dublin scrub (Dist. A) ; Cis- 

 Murray scrub near Monarto (Dist. M). On the western side 

 of the Murray it is a "scrub mallee" ; at Enfield it is a large 

 or small tree with a very rough bark, and resembles "pepper- 

 mint" (E. odorata). 



E. ovata, Labill. (E. Gunnii, F. v. M., non Hook. f.). 

 Myponga, a large tree with rough, dark bark on the stem, 

 umbels 4-8-flowered ; Glenelg River, a small tree ; Cape 

 Northumberland ; road from Mount Gambier to Glencoe, a 

 small tree about 4 m. high, with light bark except at the 

 very base, and drooping branches, some of the leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate. 



E. capitellata, Sm. "Stringy bark." Glencoe (with large 

 fruits) ; Bordertown (with smaller ones). 



E. obliqua, L'Her. Hd. of Caroline; Millicent; road 

 from Mount Gambier to Glencoe. "Stringybark," and also 

 sometimes called "Messmate" in the South-East, as in Victoria. 



E. diver si folia, Bonpl. Beachport. 



E . viminalis, Labill. Dismal Swamp. A large tree with 

 dark bark and spreading branches. 



E . uncinata, Turcz. Keith. A whipstick mallee, 1*50-2 m. 

 high, with light bark, buds 8-12 in umbel. 



E '. leucoxylon, F. v. M. Bordertown. A large tree with 

 glaucous foliage, but with the small, almost hemispherical 

 fruits of var. pauperita, J. E. Brown ; valves of capsule 

 usually 7. 



E. incrassata, Labill. Keith; Bordertown. The form 

 with large fruits (15 mm. long) ; the brown bark peeling off 

 in the usual way and lying in long strips on the ground. 



Melaleuca pauperiflora, F. v. M. (plate v.). One of the 

 "Paper-bark teatrees." Dublin scrub (H. Griffith) ; between 

 Iron Knob and Franklin Harbor (J. Sincock) ; Minnipa ; a 

 few miles north of Murat Bay. A Western Australian species, 

 now first recorded for S.A., and hitherto confused (in our 

 State) with M. pustulata. The determination was made by 

 Mr. Edwin Cheel, botanical assistant at the Sydney National 

 Herbarium, who is devoting special attention to this genus. 

 The species is recognizable by its blunt, compressed-cylindrical 

 leaves, 4-6 mm. long, with a shallow groove running along the 

 upper face, and by the short, obtuse calyx-lobes, The small 

 ovoid or globular fruits are in clusters of 2-6 on the previous 

 year's wood. A single specimen exists in the Tate Herbarium 

 unlabelled, but a loose label is marked "Ardrossan," and it 



