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DESCRIPTION. 



L V. E. Smithii R. T. Baker. 



In Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. TV., xxiv, (1899), 292, with a figure. 

 A ribbony barked tree of considerable size. It has smooth limbs, and most 

 of tbe butt is smooth. 



SYNONYMS. 



1. E. viminalis, Labill., var. pedicellaris, F.v.M. (in part). 



2. E. Mazeliana, Naudin, with some doubt. 



1. E. viminalis, Labill. var. pedicellaris, F.v.M. (in part). 



See Deane and Maiden in Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. xxvi, 141 (1901) : — 



E. viminalis, Labill. var., pedicellaris, F.v.M. (ined.). Mr. R. T. Baker has described a species 

 (these Proceedings, 1899, p. 292) under the name of E. Smithii, which, in our opinion, is simply a variety 

 of E. viminalis with 6-8 flowers and longish pedicels. It is the E. viminalis var. pedicellaris, F.v.M., of 

 Herb. Melb. It has rough bark at butt, and notes in regard to it will be found under "Bark " (supra, 

 p. 140). It has narrow suckers like normal viminalis. 



At Ben Bullen there is a clump of trees growing in a low-lying situation. The timber, bark, 

 foliage, and habit are identical, with the exception that the rough bark of var. pedicellaris is further up 

 the stem than is the case with the viminalis alongside : it is, of course, multiflowered. The trees are all 

 2-3 feet in diameter, and as regards the rough bark, it varies from 3 feet to 10 feet up the butt in normal 

 viminalis, and from 12 or 15 feet up to the first fork and even beyond in var. pedicellaris. The most 

 careful examination fails to show any difference in the texture of the rough bark of E. viminalis and its 

 variety pedicellaris. 



I think it is not always possible, in the present state of our knowledge, to 

 separate E. Smithii and E. viminalis var. pedicellaris on herbarium specimens alone. 

 It will be convenient to go into the matter when E. viminalis is reached. 



2. E. Mazeliana, Naudin, Mem. 2, p. 41. See footnote p. 89 of this Part. 

 Following is a translation of Naudin' s description of his E. Mazeliana : — 



Tree very biform (he is referring to the difference in shape in juvenile and adult leaves. — J.H.M.) 

 among the most rustic (rustique, I hardly understand the full force of this word. — J.H.M.) species of the 

 genus. It has been seen to withstand frosts from 12° to 13° centigrade at Montsauve, Gard, where 

 M. Mazel has cultivated it for several years. 



When young, the leaves are opposite, sessile, linear-lanceolate, green and shining, with an average 

 length of 10 centimetres, from 5-7 millimetres broad, and more or less bent like a sickle. 



At the early stage it might be confused with the young plants of E. viminalis, which are, however, 

 rather variable ; it is distinguished from it, however, by its leaves, which are narrower and longer than in 

 the greater number of the individual plants of viminalis. 



When full-grown the distinctive characteristics are easy to perceive ; the alternate and petiolate 

 leaves are long-lanceolate, straight or slightly curved like a scythe, 10-12 centimetres long and 

 10-12 millimetres broad, often less. It is by the inflorescence and the fruit especially that E. Mazeliana 



