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In other words, a Stringybark like E. obliqua. The above is a copy of 

 Stuart's label with Bentham's determination thereon. 



The following specimens are very near typical var. brachycorys : — 



1. "Stringybark," Emmaville (J. L. Boorman). 



2. " Stringybark," Bluff Biver, near Tenterfield. 



Specimens collected by Mr. H. Deane and myself in this locality at different 

 times show angular and rounded buds on the same twigs. 



3. " Bed Stringybark," Moona Plains, Walcha (A. B. Crawford), shows 



rounded buds also. 



4. Stanthorpe, Queensland (F. M. Bailey). 



The angularity of the buds so usual in E. macrorrhyncha is not a constant 

 character and breaks down in var. brachycorys, some of the leaves and buds being 

 quite indistinguishable by me from the var. Muelleriana of E. pilularis. As a rule, 

 the buds of var. brachycorys get more rounded as they get older. The rim of 

 var. brachycorys is sometimes very broad and hardly angular, showing transit to the 

 northern forms of pilularis, var. Muelleriana, as regards the shape of the fruits. 



The colour of the timber, texture of the bark, &c, of E. pilularis and of 

 E. macrorrhyncha and the other stringybarks varies just as do other characters 

 of the eucalypts. E. pilularis and E. macrorrhyncha both include trees whose 

 filaments become red on drying. I propose to again refer to the affinity between 

 E. pilularis and E. macrorrhyncha when dealing with the latter species. 



5. E. obliqua, L'Herit. — The " E. fabrorum, Schlecht., Lofty Banges, S.A. 

 Ferd. Mueller, Pharm. Cand." (collected in 1847 or 1S48) is E. obliqua, but 

 undoubtedly very close to E. pilularis, var. Muelleriana. 



The affinity of E. pilularis (through its variety Muelleriana) is too close to 

 be neglected. The buds and leaves are frequently obviously a good deal similar, 

 and tnere are other resemblances. The seedlings of E. obliqua are much broader. 



6. E. acmenioides, Schauer. — Bentham (B.F1 , hi, 208) says, " I have much 

 doubt whether this might not be adopted as a distinct species, although it seems 

 sometimes to pass into typical E. pilularis." In the Eucalyplographia, Mueller 

 recognised Schauer's species, and, I think, rightly so. But of the affinity of 

 E. pilularis to E. acmenioides there is no doubt, the transit being through the 

 small-fruited forms of the var. Muelleriana of the former. E. umbra, B. T. Baker, 

 is another form referred by most botanists to E. acmenioides (and rightly, I think), 

 but which has obviously a dash of the E. pilularis strain in it. 



