102 



I have seen the type, which is similar to E. costata, Behr. 



Specimens I have also examined are labelled " E. angulpsa, Schauer, 

 Murray R., F. Mueller," "E. angulosa, Schauer, S.TT. Bay, W.A. (Oldfield)" (Herb. 



Barbey-Boissier). 



10. E. cuspiclata, Turcz. 



Eucalyptus cuspidata. Caule rarnisque fceretibus, cortice fusca laevi obtectis, ramulis subquadran- 

 gulis ; alternis pefciolatis ovato-lanceolatisve basi foliis contractis, apice in euspidem abrupte attenuatis, 

 opacis, marginatis ; peduneulis compressis cuneatis petiolo duplo brevioribus bi-rarius uni-trifloris ; pedicellis 

 subtetragonis peduneulis cupulisque brevioribus ; alabastro grosse costato rugoso ; cupula turbinato- 

 obconica operculum conieum acutuni duplo fere excedente ; staminibus exsertis (rufescentibus). Pedicelli 

 cupulis duplo breviores, alabastra majuscula 8 lin. longa. Drum. 4, n. 75". (Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. 

 Mosc. 22, 1849, pt. 2, p. 22.) 



The type is therefore No. 75 of Drummond's 4th Collection. 



11. E. costata, R.Br. 



The plant is thus described by Mueller : — 



Shrubby, leaves alternate, rigid, coriaceous, shining, ovate or narrow-lanceolate, uneinate-acuminate, 

 thinly veined, with scanty pellucid dots ; umbels axillary, on a valid compressed peduncle ; flowers large 

 with a short and thick pedicel ; lid from a hemispherical base contracted into a narrow cone, with radiating 

 ribs ; tube of the calyx campamilate, slightly constricted in the middle ; generally twelve-ribbed, a little 

 longer than the lid ; fruits large, nearly bell-shaped, with scarcely contracted orifice; valves of the capsule 

 inclosed ; seeds blackish without streaks. 



In the Mallee scrub, from the Murray River to .Spencer's Gulf. 



The nearest alliance of this species appears to he with E. cuspidata. (Trans. Vic. Inst., 1855, 33.) 



The following year it was again described in the following Avords : — 



27. Eucalyptus costata, Behr. et Miill. mss., Fruticosa, ramulis angulatis, foliis lanceolatis apice 

 longiter attenuatis, basi inaequali in petiolum angustatis, coriaceis nitidis, tenere venosis, peduneulis 

 axillaribus angulato-compressis petiolum subaequantibus 3-6-floris, pedicellis angulosis, calycis tubo conoideo- 

 cyathimorpha costato, apice ampliato viridi, operculo fusco-nitente depresso hemisphaerico rostro brevissimo 

 obtusiusculo acuto quam tubus duplo breviore. 



Locis arenosis Sand-Scrub dictis prope Angastown (Behr). 



Frutex 15 pedalis. Folia usque 4 poll, longa, 1 lata. Calycis tubus circiter | pollices longus, 4 lin. 

 in diam. operculum 2 lin. aequans. E. angulosae Shauer [sic] in Walp. Rept rt. ii, 925, affinis, operculi 

 forma autem diversa. (Miq. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. IV, 136, 1856.) 



I have seen a specimen labelled by Brown himself, as follows : — 



E. costata, South Coast, Memory Cove and Bay 10, No. 58. 



It will be observed that Brown's name was adopted by Mueller or Behr and 

 Mueller, and following old precedent {e.g., that of E. melliodora and E. dumosa, 

 named by Cunningham, but described by Scbauer), the authority for the name is 

 that of R. Brown. 



E. costata, Behr and Muller, Boston Point. * (Herb. Barbey-Boissier. 

 Label in Miquei's handwriting; " Plantre Miillerianse.") 



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* Port Lincoln, South Australia, 



