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(b) Fourteen miles east of Dcepwater at 4,000 feet, No. 1,219, Cambage (E. 0. 

 Andrews). In intermediate foliage only, but doubtless identical with the 

 preceding. 



(c) Near Swamp Oak, Walcha, No. 1,21S, Cambage (E. C. Andrews) has a very 



short pedicel and is one of the specimens which show how difficult, and 

 perhaps impossible, it is to say what line of demarcation there is between 

 E. capitellata and E. macrorrhyncha. 



Southern Localities. — E. capitellata in its strictly typical form is found for 

 a considerable distance along the coast. The following trees a few miles inland are 

 somewhat aberrant. Eor a southern tree (Clyde Mountain) see also p. 217 infra. 



Bowral to TTombeyan ( J.H.M. and II. H. Cambage) ; Yellowish tip-cat buds, 

 normal juvenile foliage. 



At Hilltop, near Mittagong, N.S.W., there is a variety locally known as 

 " Blue-leaf Stringybark." It is so called because the leaves, especially in the 

 sunlight, are observed to have a bluish cast, and this bluish appearance (especially 

 noticeable in the young leaves) is largely retained on drying for the herbarium. 

 The tops of the trees can be readily noticed amongst the other foliage from a 

 neighbouring eminence. The fruits are in spherical clusters, and I wrote 

 (Agric. Gaz., N.S.TV., vii, 268, May, 1S96) that if it were desirable to distinguish 

 this tree as a variety of eugenioides, the name agglomerata would be very suitable. 

 (See also Deane and Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc, 1896, p. 808.) See fig. 6, pi. 3S. 



I look upon this as one of the forms intermediate between E. eugenioides and 

 E. capitellata. On account of the juvenile leaves, and of the fruits, I believe it to 

 be nearer the latter than the former. The silvery or bluish cast of some Eucalyptus 

 trees as they grow in the forest merits further inquiry. It is probable that several 

 species present this appearance, perhaps at some seasons, and in some localities more 

 than others. I have noticed typical E. eugenioides in the Blue Mountains, with a 

 " silver top." 



The fruits of the tree now under notice precisely resemble those of Nye's 

 Hill, Wingcllo. 8/99 (J. L. Boorman). 



The juvenile leaves precisely match those from Mt. Spiraby, near Tenterfield 

 (J.H.M.). They also precisely match those of what may be termed the Blue 

 Mountains form of E. capitellata {infra, p. 216). 



Other evidence as to connecting links between E. capitellata and E. 

 eugenioides will be found under the latter species, see p. 23S. Here I show that there 

 are specimens which, as regards their fruits, should come under E eugenioides, but 

 their juvenile foliage is broad enough for E. capitellata. 



•'•' V> "bite Stringybark." — Tall trees, white bark, good timber, leaves bluish 

 tint, easilv distiuguished from " red " in the bush bv the more robust growth. Nve's 

 Hill, "VVingello, 8/99 (J. L. Boorman). The fruits are as small as those of E. 

 eugenioides, but compressed like those of E. capitellata. They precisely resemble 



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