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and 813, Mr. Deane and I referred some of them to an abnormal form of E. 

 macrorrhyncha, between it and capitellata. That they are identical with E. 

 Muellericma, Howitt, has since been shown, but I would point out the resemblance 

 in shape to those of some fruits of E. Wilkinsoniana. 



The white-dotted appearance of the fruits common in E, Muelleriana is 

 common on those of other Stringybarks, e.g., E. eugenioides and E. Wilkinsoniana 

 and E. nigra. 



The granular or roughened appearance of the rim which is specially common 

 in E. Muelleriana is seen also in E. Wilkinsoniana, E. macrorrhynclia (e.g., Barber's 

 Creek), and other forms. 



The pale-coloured shiny buds of E. Muelleriana are seen also in E. 

 Wilkinsoniana. 



The depressed hemispherical fruit seen in E. Wilkinsoniana is common in 

 northern E. Muelleriana and E. eugenioides. 



Many other specimens (some are figured, e.g., 17 and 18, pi. 38) could be 

 cited, showing that E. Wilkinsoniana cannot be considered a species apai't from 

 E. Muelleriana. 



Let us now consider E. nigra, R. T. Baker, Proc. Linn. Soe. N.S. W., xxv, 

 689 (1900). 



The type specimens of E. nigra, li. T. Baker, have usually thin rims to the 

 fruit, and the tips of the valves barely protrude. They appear to be precisely 

 matched by Kanimbla Valley (A. II. S. Lucas, March, 1900; J.H.M., February, 

 1901), a typical Stringy bark (with yellow inner bark), and from I he same tree I 

 collected the broad-rimmed fruits of E. Muelleriana (see fig. 14, pi. 38). In other 

 words, the fruits of E. nigra are not always thin-rimmed, varying, in this respect, in 

 the same tree. 



The leaves, buds, flowers, and fruits show that E. nigra cannot be separated 

 from those of E. Muelleriana, although I have made earnest endeavours, extending 

 over a long period, to separate them. The type-specimens come from Ballina, 

 Richmond River, and Canterbury, Sydney. 



E. nigra is, in my view, one of the forms which form part of the series 

 between E. eugenioides and E. Muelleriana, and we have here but another instance 

 of the protean forms of the Stringybarks. 



I believe that Mr. Baker's E. nigra even extends to Victoria, and that the 

 specimen, Upper Yarra, October, 1^89 (C. Walter), looked upon by me as a 

 remarkable firm showing transit between E. regnans, F.v.M., and E. vitrea, 

 R. T. Baker (see Part VII, fig. 5, pi. 34), may be looked upon as a form of 



