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Park, near Macquarie Pass (R. H. Cambage). Trunk 2 feet in diameter, growing just 

 under edge of cliff (i.e., where there is accumulation of better soil, and some shelter), 

 Bong Bong Pass, West Dapto (R. H. Cambage). In addition to the fairly large trees 

 of this form in the Blue Mountains, I have observed them in the vicinity of the Fitzroy 

 Falls, near Moss Vale, and in other places. 



Following is a tree at Blackheath, N.S.W., which may be studied in this con- 

 nection. It is about 25 feet in height and is 16 inches in diameter at 2 feet from 

 the ground. It is very fully described as " A " in Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1905, 

 p. 199, by Mr. Cambage and myself, and we look upon it as a hybrid, of which E. striata 

 or var. striata is a parent. 



Another reputed striata hybrid is designated as " C " by Mr. Cambage and myself 

 in the paper just quoted. It is smaller than " A." A form closely allied to this has 

 been collected by Mr. H. Deane at the Wolgan (table-land), near Clarence Siding, Blue 

 Mountains. For the present we must content ourselves with collecting and making 

 further observations, as it does not appear desirable, at all events at present, to name 

 these aberrant forms. 



But we have not finished with the anomalous forms of var. stricta. 



Mr. Henry Deane has collected a plant from the summit of the Barren Mountain, 

 on the range dividing the Bellinger and Clarence waters, 45 miles from the coast, and 

 4,500 feet above the level of the sea. This locality is very interesting for a variety of 

 E. virgata. If flowering twigs were alone examined it would be called var. stricta, but 

 the fruits are different. They are smaller, less urceolate, and with thicker rims, and in 

 shape intermediate between var. stricta and E. virgata. 



The leaves are entire, but if they be held up to the light, it will be observed that 

 the soft tissue of which they are composed is serrulate; the cuticle does not follow the 

 minute indentations, but forms an entire margin. The same thing is noted, in a lesser 

 degree, in normal var. stricta, and also in E. apiculata. 



The plant closest to it, in my opinion, is that designated as " B " by Mr. Cambage 

 and myself, in the paper already cited. It is fully described there, and comes from 

 Blackheath, a locality we have specially examined for anomalous forms of var. stricta. 



3. Var. fraxinoides. 



I only know of the type locality, Tantawanglo Mountain, Monaro, where it was 

 collected by Mr. H. Deane and myself. 



4. Var. triflora. 



I only know of the type locality, Pigeon House Mountain, South Coast, N.S.W. 

 (B. H. Cambage). 



We want specimens of these two varieties collected from various localities. 



