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NOTES ON THE SYNONYMS. 



1. E. salicifolia, Cav. Ic. iv, 24 (Metrosideros salieifolia, Solander), probably 



" Metrosideros salicifolia " a and b, Soland., MSS. 



a. Calyx subglobosus (a) truncatus, edentulus. Seniina parva ; (b) angulata, ferruginea. . . 

 Embryo. . . . (Gaertner, De Fructibus, I. 172, with tab. xxxiv.) 



Big. 3 (a) of tbis plate consists of two fruits, wbicb may be E. amygdalina, 

 Labill. (See also Labillardiere's original description) ; 3 (b) consists of seeds. 

 According to specimens in Herb. Vindob., labelled " Eucalyptus amygdalina, Labill., 

 Metrosideros salicifolia, Gaertn., Ins. van Diemen, Herb. Bauer, Eerd. Bauer," the 

 above is E. amygdalina, a view in which I concur. The specimens are in leaf and 

 fruit. 



A plant in early bud from Tasmania, labelled " Eucalyptus salicifolia," in 

 Eraser's handwriting, is in Herb. Oxon., and cannot be distinguished from No. 25, 

 Gunn. It is E. amygdalina. 



2. E. angiistifolia, R.Br., No. 4,800 b. E. angustifolia, B.Br., MSS., Derwent 



(Tasmania), from Herb. Brit. Mus. 



3. E. tuberculata, Parm. DC. Prod. (No. 43) iii, 221. The Prodromus 



specimen is labelled " Jard. de Berlin, Mr. Otto, 1820," and consists of 

 juvenile foliage. 



4. E. radiata, Sieber. 



(Sieb. plant e.vs. nov. boll. n. 425) operculo hemisphaerico mucronata capsula breviore, pedunculis 

 axillaribus et lateralibus subangulatis petiolo subbrevioribus, floribus 15-20 umbellatis brevifcer pedicellatis, 

 foliis lineari-lanceolatisacuminatis, venis tenuissimis in nervuin margini parallelum confluentibus. In Nova- 

 Hollandia. Fructus globosi 3 Lin. diam. Petioli 4 lin. longi. Folia 4 poll, longa, 6-7 lin. lata (DC. Prod. 

 iii, 218). De Candolle figured the Prodromus specimen in DC. Mem. Myrt., t. 7. 



Bentham (B.E1. iii, 203), quoting the Prodromus and Jlem. Myrt, names 

 this plant E. amydalina, Labill., var. radiata. He, however, quotes Sieber's number 

 as 475. A specimen of Sieber's No. 475 I received from the Botanical Museum, 

 Berlin (labelled E. pauciflora, Sieb., by the way) is E. radiata, Sieb., and probably 

 De Candolle's quotation of 425 is a mere slip of the pen. 



I have also an original specimen of Sieber's Ft. mixta, No 604 [there are, 

 of course, two series, "plant exs. " (plantce exotica:) and El. mixta], which is 

 obviously similar to De Candolle's drawing of E. radiata, Sieb., Mem Myrt t. 7. I 

 am, therefore, in a position to speak with authority as to the identification of 

 E. radiata, Sieb. Under E. viminalis, Bentham (B.E1. iii, 240) refers Sieber's 



