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I have seen specimens in European herbaria, " Eucalyptus fabrorum, 

 Schldt., Port Lincoln scrub, legit Carl Wilhelmi, exam. Dr. Eerd. Mueller," which 

 are E. santalifolia, E. v. M. 



In the Eeports of the Victorian Exhibitions of 1S61 and 1866, the following 

 specific gravities of timbers are given : — 



Eucalyptus fabrorum, Stringybark, - 990, "941, '809 (steam-dried) respectively. 



6. E. fissilis, E. v. M. 



" Messmate (Eucalyptus fissilis) has many of the characteristics of the 

 white gum, is hard and straight- grained, and splits readily into posts, rails, palings, 

 and shingles for fencing and building purposes. Wheelwrights use it for shafts 

 and framing of drays, for plough-beams, and many similar applications." (Inter- 

 colonial Exhibition of Australasia, Melbourne, 1866-7, Official Record, 1867, 

 p. 216.) 



The oil from the leaves of Eucalyptus fissilis has the specific gravity, - 928, 

 and is optically inactive. (W. P. Wilkinson in Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict., 1893, 

 p. 198, where there are other data given in regard to this oil.) 



In quoting this, Gildemeister and Hoffmann have the note : — ■ 



According to Maiden, Eucalyptus fissilis, F. v. M., is synonymous with E. ainygdalina, Labill., the 

 oil of which is strongly Isevogyrate. Its specific gravity also does not agree with that obtained by 

 Wilkinson from E. fissilis. 



I understood for some years that E. fissilis was a form of amygdal'iia, but 

 Mr. J. G. Luehmann has informed me that it is referable to E. obliqua. Mueller 

 frequently used the name fissilis in his earlier reports (chiefly those referring to 

 economic plants), but I cannot trace where he described the supposed species. 



7. E.falcifolia, Miq. 



Following is the original description : — 



28. Eucalyptus falcifolia, Miq. — (Euc. fabrorum, Mull. Herb, et mss. non Schldt.) : Ramulis 

 tenuibus, supremis angulatis viridulis, ramis fuscescentibus, foliis longuiscule petiolatis e basi ut plurimum 

 inaequali et inaequilonga ovato-lanceolatis vel lanceoiatis inaequilateris vulgo falcatis attenuato-acuminatis 

 pergamaceis, costa subtus prominula, venis patule adscendentibus ante marginem unitis utrinque praesertim 

 subtus distinctis tenere reticulatis, umbellis 4-10 floris haud raro paniculato-confertis, pedunculis leviter 

 compressis, floribus pedicellatis, calycis tubo turbinate operculum semiglobosum acutiusculum superante. 



In montibus sterilissimis memora aperta extensa constituens, arbor excelsa, rarius humilis, fl. 

 aestate (idem). — Lofty Range trans. Fl. Murray (Mfill. Herb.). 



Cortex rimosus nigricanti-cinereus. Rami mox nigrescentes. Umbellarum pedunculus passim 4 

 lineas longus, foliorum paginae concolores nitentes. Alabastra decolora. Fructus hermsphaerico-turbinatus. 

 — (F. Miill). 



Specie3 E. acmenoide, Schauer, aftinis, notis certis ab E. fabrorum tuto discernenda. Petioli vulgo 

 \-\ poll longi ; folia 4-6 poll, longa, \-\\ lata. Pedunculi circiter 4, pedicelli 2 lin. longi. 



Hujus speciei formae videntur n. 13, 22, et 23, e New South Wales. — (Miquel, Ned. Kruidk. 

 Arch. iv). 



