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" Renanthereee ! E. cneorifolia, DC. Mem and partim Prodr." This is, of course, 

 an allusion to the confusion between E. stricta and E. cneorifol'a, with which I have 

 dealt at page 280, Mueller being at the time under the impression (following Bentham) 

 that the anthers of E. stricta were not reniform. 



(3) Another specimen, which came through Dr. Woolls' hands, was labelled by 

 him : ' This specimen came from the (Berrima) coal-mine property, about 4 miles 

 from Berrima" (J. Atkinson). " He calls it ' Boree.' " 



(4) Besides the label already quoted (E. cneorifolia), I have seen specimens from 

 Berrima labelled as follows by Mueller: — " Eucalyptus rigida, Sieber (E. stricta, Sieb. 

 var. angustifolia)." I have already shown that Sieber's E. rigida = E. obtusiflora, DC. 



(5) It was placed by Mueller under E. stricta (" Eucalyptographia "), and it is 

 the narrow-leaved twig figured at the right-hand of the plate depicting that species. 

 In the text he refers to it as " linear," and as collected at " Berrima (Mrs. Calvert) 

 . . . . Leaves sometimes reduced to a width of 2 or 3 lines." 



(6) It was subsequently described by Mr. Deane and myself as E. stricta, var. 

 rigida, in Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xxii, 710 (1897), with a figure (fig. 18 of Plate xxxi). 



(7) Then Messrs. Baker and Smith described it in 1902 as E. apiculata, as shown. 



Looking at the analyses of the few specimens of oils of apiculata and the virgata 

 series quoted by these gentlemen, I am not satisfied that E. apiculata can be granted 

 specific rank on account of its oil, but think that the evidence of the juvenile foliage 

 warrants the recognition of E. apiculata as distinct. I have never been fortunate 

 enough to find the juvenile foliage in the opposite stage on the occasion of my visits 

 to the habitat of the plant, but think that the early leaves as shown at 36, Plate 44, 

 are sufficiently different from those of E. virgata, var. stricta, to justify the species. 



SYNONYMS. 



1. E. microphylla, A. Cunn. (partim). 



2. E. Cunninghamii, G. Don (partim). 



3. E. Cunninghamii, Sweet. See page 130, Part V, of this work. The E. stellulata, 



var. angustifolia, there referred to, was subsequently described as E. Moorei, 

 Maiden and Cambage. 



4. E. stricta, Sieb., var. rigida, Deane and Maiden, in Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 



xxii, 710 (1897). 



AFFINITY. 



It is very closely related to E. virgata, Sieb., var. stricta, Maiden. 



