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Explanation of Plates. 



Fac-simile of L'Heritier's plate of E. obttqua, Sert. Angl. t. 20, which was reproduced (only with rearrange- 

 ment of details) as PL 422 of Lamarck's " Recueil de Planches de l'Encyclopedie Methodique " 

 (Botanique). It was labelled " Eucalyptus obliqua," and the numbers are those in L'Heritier's original 

 plate, see p. 51. The original drawing was by L. J. Redoute, and the pen-and-ink drawing, from 

 which the lithograph was made, was the work of Miss M. Smith, of Kew Gardens. 



PLATE 6. 



Eucalyptus obliqua, L'Heritier. 



1. Twig bearing mature leaves, buds, and flowers. 



2. Fruits. 



3. Sucker leaf. 



Nos. 1-3 are from near Yarrowitch, New England, N.S.W. See p. 65. 



4. (Partly in shade). Seedling of a few months' growth from Agnes Bridge, Gippsland, collected by 



Mr. A. W. Howitt, 



PLATE 7. 



1. Sieber's No. 606 (E. pattens), from a type specimen. See p. 57. 



2. Twig in bud. 



3. Immature fruits. 



4. Mature fruits (with exceptionally thick rims). Perhaps E. coriacea. 



5. Anthers. 



(Nos. 2-5 are drawn from specimens on one sheet in the Kew Herbarium, labelled " Eucalyptus 

 giganteus, Hk. f., Hobarton, Sassafras Valley, J. D. H." by Miss M. Smith, Kew.) See p. 58. 



6. Eruits (smaller than usual, and displaying slight angularity) from Nine-mile Creek, Gippsland, A. W. 



Howitt. 



PLATE 8. 



1. Twig, bearing buds and two flowers. 



2. Fruits. 



3. Top view of a fruit. 



(Nos. 1-3, '-'Eucalyptus fabrorum," Schlecht., Plantas Muellerianae, Nov. Holl. Coll., Lofty Ranges, 

 Ferd. Midler, Pharm. Cand. This specimen was examined by Miquel). See p. 60. 



4. Twig in flower. 



5. Anthers. 



(Nos. 4 and 5 were drawn from a specimen in the Kew Herbarium, bearing the following label : — 

 " Eucalyptus falcifolia, Miq. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch, iv, 136 = obliqua, L'Her. fabrorum, F. 

 Midler, nr. Adelaide, South Australia." See p. 62. 



6. Seedling showing cotyledon leaves, raised by Mr. W. Forsyth, Centennial Park, Sydney. 



7. Seedling, younger than Plate 6, fig. 4, and, like it, collected at Agnes Bridge, Gippsland, by Mr. A. W. 



Howitt. 



Figures 1-5 are from drawings by Miss M. Smith, Kew. 



Sydney : William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer.— 1903. 



