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The fruit is more hemispherical in some Tasmanian specimens. 



Apparently the fruits attain their largest size on the Blue Mountains. It 

 would appear that the fruits of E. Sieberiana are usually more pear-shaped and 

 larger in New South "Wales. 



SYNONYMS. 



In " Eucalyptographia," under E. Sieberiana, F.v.M., Mueller gives E. virgata, 

 Sieh., as a synonym. It is not proper to state it so. Mueller thought, when 

 descrihing it, he was suppressing the " misleading " name virgata for it. The 

 explanation is that E. virgata, Sieber, was for many years confused by Bentbam, 

 by Mueller, and other botanists with the tree Mueller, in spite of himself, properly 

 separated from virgata under the name Sieberiana. I have explained the situation 

 under E. virgata, at Part IX, p. 275, of this work, and need not repeat myself here. 



I .know no true synonyms of E. Sieberiana, F.v.M. 



RANGE. 



Tasmania, Victoria, and New South Wales. It occurs in the Snowv Mountains 

 (near the Victorian Border), at an elevation of 4-5,000 feet, and thence northward 

 along the ranges west at least as far as Mudgee. On the Snowy Mountains it is 

 interesting to observe that E. Sieberiana is always found on slopes with a southern 

 aspect. 



The species loves higb, rocky, stony mountain ranges, on poor barren ground, 

 and never takes to grassy localities. 



In his " Second Census," Mueller records this species from South Australia, 

 but, under E. vitrea, p. 167, Part VI, and p. 189, Part VII, of this work, I have shown 

 that this is founded on a misapprehension. E. Sieberiana should be struck out of 

 the flora of that State until additional evidence is forthcoming. 



In Tasmania it is chiefly found near the north-east coast. Mueller quotes in 

 his "Eucalyptographia " : — 



"Frequent on granitic coast-ridges and in valleys of rather sand}' or stony soil as well as on slate- 

 hills, from Falmouth to George's Bay, occurring also on hills of the sandstone fo mation north of St. Mary's 

 (Bissill, Simson), and on East Mount Field at elevations of from 1,000 to 1,500 feet." 



As regards Victoria, he says : — 



" In the forests towards the Upper Yarra waters and of Gippsland, ascending to 4,000 feet 

 elevation, extending along the Genoa up to the White Rock Mountains." 



