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SYNONYMS. 



1. E. pauciflora, Sieb. 



2. E. piperita, Sm. ; var. pauciflora, DC. 



3. E. submultiplinervis, Miq.; 



Do forma minor, Miq. 



4. £". sylvicultrix, F.v.M. 



5. E. phlebophylla, F.v.M. 



There is a variety, alpina, Bentli. — (B.F1. iii, 201). 



NOTES ON THE SYNONYMS. 



1. E. pauciflora, Sieb. The original description is — 



pauciflora, Sieb. 26. E. operculo conico, pedunculis abbreviatis sub — 6 floris, foliis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis falcatis nervosa-venosis elongatis. — (Spreng. Syst. IV. Cur. Post., 195.) 



A specimen of the type in Herb. Barbey-Boissier bears the following label : — 



Sieber's No. 470. Eucalyptus pauciflora, Sbr. De la nouvelle Hollande, M. Sieber, 1825, with the 

 addition later on, " Eucalyptus piperita, Sm. ; E. pauciflora, DC." 



It is figured on Plate 26, and there can be no doubt that it is correctly 

 referred to E. coriacea, A. Cnnn. I have seen a further specimen, stated to be 

 Sieber's No. 475, and labelled Eucalyptus pauciflora, Sieber, from Herb. Berol. It 

 consists of a leaf and a cluster of buds. The leaf is narrow, and has rather straight 

 veins, which one reasonably associates with E. coriacea, A. 'Cunn. But the buds do 

 not belong to that species, and careful examination of the specimens shows that 

 they probably belong to one of the New South Wales "Messmates." 



E. amygdalina and E. regnans are so closely allied that it is not possible to 

 say absolutely from the material available which species it is, since it matches 

 E. radiata from the Blue Mountains, which we know Sieber visited, and 

 E. regnans from southern and western localities. The texture of the leaf is amygdalina, 

 or regnans, and not coriacea. Nothing further need be said, as there is apparently 

 a misplacement of a label. 



