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1. E. oblong a, DC. 



Following is the original description : — 



E. oblonga, operculo conico cupulas longitudine, pedunculis latoralibus et axillaribus petioli longitu- 

 dinc cornpressis, umbellis 8-12 floris, foliis oblongis basi insequalibus attenuatis apice mucronatis coriaceis 

 aveniis. 



In Nova-Hollandia. Sieb. ! plant exs. nov.-holl. n. 583. Alabastra oblonga utrinque attenuata ad 

 apicera pedunculi subsessilia et eo paulo breviora. Folia 3-4 poll, longa, 9 lin. lata. — (DC. Prod, iii, 217.) 



This is in leaf and young hud only. Some of the leaves are ohlong ; they 

 are mucronate, shiny, very coriaceous, so that the venation cannot readily he seen. 

 The buds are shiny, operculum pointed, calyx tapering into the short pedicel, making 

 the hud symmetrical and of the shape of a ,( tip-cat." I refer it, without doubt, to a 

 form of E. eugenioides common on the Blue Mountains. I match it absolutely 

 with specimens from Lawson (J. H. Camfield); Jenolan Caves (W. F. Blakely); and 

 Mudgee (C. Marriott). 



5. E. undulata, Herb. Vindob. (? Tausch., but label partly defaced) is a 

 seedling or sucker branch of E. eugenioides, Sieb. 



Var. nana, Deane and Maiden. 

 Figured and described in Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W., 1893, p. 799. 

 This is a shrub of 5 or G feet, forming a dense shrubby growth at Wentworth 

 Falls, Blue Mountains, N.SAV. It has the stellate hairs (juvenile foliage) of the 

 rest of the Strimn-barks. 



Oft 



G. E. oleifolia, A. Cunn. 



In his MSS. Journal I find the following entries: — 



(a) At page 6 : " Blackheath, 5th October, 1822, operculo hemispherico foliis 



(parvis) ellipticis ovali-lanceolatisve mucronatis acutiplanis, umbellis 

 axillaribus pedicellatis 9-10 floris. A low shrub 2 feet high." 



(b) "A low shrub 1-2 feet high, verge of Regent's Glen." This is probably 

 also E. eugenioides, var. nana. 



Mr. R. II. Cambage has also collected it on a sandstone plateau about 1,700 

 feet high at AVest Dapto. His note is : " Dwarf Stringybark, growing somewhat as 

 a Mallee. Height, 2 feet 9 inches." 



7. E. ligustrina, DC. 



Operculo hemisphameo nmcronato cupula breviore, pedunculis axillaribus compressis petioli 

 longitudine, floribus 6-8 sub-capitatis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis basi valde inaequalibus attenuatis apice 

 acuniinatis. In Nova-Hollandia. Sieb. (?) plant, exs. nov.-holl. n. 617. Folia 2 poll, longa 4-5 lin. lata. 

 Petioli et pedunculi 3-4 lin. longi. An E. salicifolia, Cav. Ic. 4 n. 376 (?).— (DC. Prod, iii, 219.) 



All the specimens of Sieber's No. 617 that I have seen are in bud only, but 

 they precisely match E. eugenioides, var. nana. 



Note on E. salicifolia, Cav. 



A specimen of Sieber's No. 617 in Herb. Vindob. (ex. Coll. Reichenbach, fil.) 

 in old handwriting bears the label, " E. ligustrina, DC. Prod, iii, p. 219, n. 21. E. 

 salicifolia, Cav. ic. iv, p. 21, No. 376 ! " with the words, " Spont. N. Holl. Sieb. 617," 

 in a later handwriting. It is E. eugenioides, Sieb., var. nana. 



