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(A. Murphy) ; Nattai River, Burragorang (R. H. Cambage) ; Exeter (F. Jensen) ; 

 Mittagong (J. L. Boorman and J.H.M.) ; Hilltop (J.H.M.) ; County of Camden 

 (Macarthur) ; Mount Kembla (R. H. Cambage). 



The above are all southerly localities. Westerly localities are the Nepean 

 River (Woolls and others), and the most westerly point known to me is Mount 

 Tomah (Jesse Gregson). 



Northerly it appears to be rare. ' Mr. Baker (Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W., 

 XXVII, 540, 1902) quotes Mr. Barwick as having found it at Putty, south of 

 Singleton. He calls it E. radiata. 



Var. nitidil. — I have a specimen of Gunn's No. 808 (the only one mentioned 

 by Hooker as typical). It is labelled "Circular Head, road to Forest, 10th December, 

 1836, and 21st January, 1837." Some specimens were labelled by Gunn " 808 (?)," 

 although it is evident that they are typical, from the localities quoted by Hooker 

 himself. 



808 (?). Eucalyptus radiata ("racliata, var. 5," in Honk, f.'s handwriting). " I think this is the same 

 as my original No. 808. At Currie's River it formed low hushes, about 5 feet high, but occasionally a few 

 feet higher. It grew in the poor, sandy land near the sea." 



Another label of Gunn's reads — 

 Currie's River, east of George-Town, 24/10/43. 



(b) The label of another sj>ecimen reads — 



808 (?), from Currie's River, east of George-Town: a small tree, 5 feet high; on sandy land, 

 24/10/43. 



The following specimen is identical with that from Currie's River : — 



Granite Hills, Cape Hanoi Island, low, shrubby tin-. (J. Milligan.) 



1078 Gunn. " Risdon, river side, 10/10/40 " (Hobart, of course) precisely 

 matches the type, except that the leaves are narrower, which is of no import- 

 ance, as the leaves vary if taken from the top of the tree or from the lower 

 branches. I may observe that the form figured by Hooker (Fl. Tas., PI. xxix) as 

 E. nitida, varies a little from that of the specimens of Gunn's No. 808 that I have 

 seen, but that is nothing to be surprised at. (a) " E. amygdalina, Swamp Gum, 

 Tasmania, P. Abbott, 1878," in herb. Melb. in- fruit only, and (b) " E. hcemastoma, 

 Deal Island, Bass' Straits, Exped. of Field. Nat. Club of Victoria, 1890," in fruit 

 only. Both have coriaceous rather rigid leaves, and appear to be practically 

 identical. They were originally labelled by Mueller as stated, and are in my opinion 

 both very close to var. nitida. They are a little more pedicellate than the type. 



Typical amygdalina has sometimes coriaceous leaves, but the shape is linear- 

 lanceolate, and the fruit more hemispherical than that of var. nitida. At the same 

 time {e.g., at Deloraine, Tasmania), I have collected from the same tree some 

 leaves which strictly match those of typical amygdalina, and some which would be 

 typical for var. nitida. The fruits, however, belong to the normal species. 



