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 PLATE 38. 



E. capitellata (left hand of Plate, Nos. 1 to 9). 



la. Buds, with rugged operculum ; 16, Ic, Id, le, If fruits, all gathered from the same tree at Mt. Lofty, 



near Adelaide (Max Koch). Displaying a considerable amount of variation in exsertion of valves. 

 2a. Pair of seedling leaves ; 26, buds ; 2c, fruits from Osier's Creek, Gippsland, Victoria (A. W. Howitt). 



A seedling from the same tree was figured by Howitt at fig. 2, pi. 14, Trans. Roy. Soc. Vict., 



1890-1. Mature leave3 broadish. Specimens collected by Howitt at Wandin Yallock, and 



King Parrot Creek are identical. 

 3a. Juvenile leaves; 36, buds; 3c, fruits, Blackheath, New South Wales (J.H.M. and R. H. Cambage), 



of the Blue Mountains form described at p. 216. 

 4a. Juvenile or intermediate leaves ; 46, buds ; 4c, fruits, of the form from the Outer Domain, Sydney, 



described at p. 217. 

 5. Leaf, buds and early fruits of the " E. dumosa" (Benth. non A. Cunn.) Blue Mountains, New 



South Wales (Backhouse), B.F1. iii, 230. It is a twig of E. capitellata with small leaves, such 



as is common enough. [The venation in the small leaves of the specimen resembles that of 



E. incrassata, var. dumosa a good deal.] 

 6a. Juvenile leaves ; 66, fruits of the " Blue-leaf Stringybark " described at p. 215. Hill Top, New South 



Wales (J.H.M.). 

 7a. Buds ; 76, fruits of the E. eugenioides transit to E. capitellata, described at p. 216. Berrima, New 



South Wales, 9/01 (J.H.M. and J. L. Boorman). 

 8a and 86, buds; 8c. fruits. Wingello, New South Wales, 8/99 (J.H.M. and J. L. Boorman). 8a and 



86 are from the same twig ! 8a is typical for capitellata, while 86 would readily be pronounced 



eugenioides. I look upon this as small-fruited capitellata, and it is discussed at p. 215. 

 9a. Buds ; 96, small fruits, with well exserted valves. Booral, New South Wales (A. Rudder). I look 



upon this as a small-fruited form of E. capitellata, and it is described at p. 214. 



E. Muelleriana and allies (Nos. 10 to 18). 



10a. Buds and flowers ; 106, fruits. " Red Stringybark." Walcha, New South Wales (A. R. Crawford). 



11a. Buds and flowers ; 116, fruits. Nundle, New South Wales (J. L. Boorman). 



12a. Leaf; 126, buds (yellow) ; 12c, fruits. Attunga, 12 miles north-west of Tarn worth, New South Wales 

 (R. H. Cambage). 



13. Fruits. Harding's Mill, near Glen Innes, New South Wales (H. Deane). 



10-13. Are all from the northern table-land. The fruits are all more or less pear-shaped. 11 is more 

 conoid than the rest. 1 3 is not fully ripe. They are obviously closely-allied forms, and I have 

 no doubt that they are transit forms between E. macrorrhyncha and E. Muelleriana. I place 

 them with the former species for the reasons stated at p. 229 ; but I think it is useful to contemplate 

 their affinity with the latter. 



14a. Buds ; 146 and 14c, fruits, all obtained from the same tree. Kanimbla Valley, Lowther Road, New 

 South Wales (A. H. S. Lucas and J.H.M.) Note the narrow rims of 146, which resemble those 

 of E. nigra, R. T. Baker. The rims of 1 4c are much broader. I think the plant is a small-fruited 

 form of E. Muelleriana, but other botanists may place it under E. eugenioides. 



15a. Buds; 156, fruits of type of E. nigra, R. T. Baker. Woodburn, Richmond River (W. Baeuerlen). 

 Compare 156 and 146. I look upon E. nigra as a transit form between E. Muelleriana and 

 E. eugenioides. 



16a. Leaf in the intermediate stage; 166, mature leaf; 16c, buds, inclined to be angular; I6d, fruits. 

 Stanthorpe, Queensland. " The common Stringybark of the district " (A. Murphy). I look upon 

 this as a small-fruited form of E Muelleriana, showing transit to E. eugenioides. 



17a. Buds; 176, 17c, I7rf, fruits taken from the same tree of type of E. Wilkinsoniana, R. T. Baker. 



(E. Icevopinea, R.T.B., var. minor.) Glenrock Paddocks, Barber's Creek, New South Wales 



(H. J. Rumsey). 

 18a. Buds; 186, fruits of co-type of E. Wilkinsoniana. Sutton Forest, New South Wales (R. T. Baker). 



The fruits of 186, with flat rim, are closest to the form shown in 176, and not a stable form. I 



look upon E. Wilkinsoniana as a small-fruited form oi-E. Muelleriana, undoubtedly showing 



transit to E. eugenioides. 



