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2. E. polyanthema, Schauer, var. glauea, R. T. Baker. 



Mr. Baker does not, under E. polyanthemos (loc. cit.), name a variety, but at 

 page 181 occurs the following passage : — " The most valued timber is perbaps ' Slaty 

 Gum,' E. polyanthema, var. glauea, var. nov., and I consider it a distinct gain to the 

 botany of the Colony to have the correct botanical sequence of this valuable tree 

 made clear." 



Glaucousness being a character of the species, it seems to me that to call one 

 form glauea would be inconvenient and could not be carried out in practice. 



3. E. ovalifolia, R. T. Baker, Proc. Linn. Soc. N S.W.,xx.v, 680, 1900 (partim). 



" Red Box." Type localities given are Bathurst, Rylstone, and Camboon 

 (R. T. Baker) ; Hargraves, Mudgee to Wellington (A. A.. Suttor) ; Gerogery 

 (L. Mann). 



Mr. Baker (loc. cit.) speaks of " the typical E. polyanthema, Sch., of Victoria," 

 but the type comes from Bathurst, N.S.W., like that of E. ovalifolia. 



The full sentence reads, "It differs from the typical E. polyanthema, Sch., 

 of Victoria, which has a persistent Bos-bark right out to the branchlets, larger and 

 orbicular shaped leaves, and larger fruits. The oils of the two species (polyanthema 

 and ovalifolia) are not at all identical, but there is a resemblance in their timbers." 



I expressed the opinion that some confusion had arisen in regard to 

 Mr. Baker's species. Some bud-bearing twigs kindly presented by Mr. Baker are 

 those of E. Baueriana, Schauer, var. couica, Maiden, or rather one of those inter- 

 mediate forms which show that it is impossible to separate E. Baueriana from its 

 variety. Mr. Smith's report on the oil (Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.TV., xxv, 682), in 

 which he says that " there is very little difference in the constituents of this oil and 

 that of E. Fletcheri, Baker" (E. Baueriana, Schauer), seems to bear out that view. 



On the other hand, Mr. Baker's label says — ■" E. ovalifolia, R.T.B. Red Box. 

 Hard, red-coloured durable timber ; bark rough at base." This is a description of 

 E. polyanthemos, Schauer. 



I am therefore of opinion that, through inadvertence, E. ovalifolia, R. T. 

 Baker, has been partly described from E. polyanthemos, Schauer, and partly from 

 E. Baueriana, Schauer. Mr. Baker, however, says the statement that we have 

 mixed material is incorrect. (Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xxviii, 354.) 



4. E. ovalifolia, R. T. Baker, var. lanceolata, R. T. Baker and H. G. Smith, in 



"Research on the Eucalypts," p. 124. 



See also R. T. Baker in Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xxviii, 355 (1903), where 

 he says : " This tree very probably owes its differentiation to environment, for I have 

 only found it in rich, moist soil." 



While I state that I fail to see the propriety of carving out E. Lawsoni and 

 E. ovalifolia as species distinct from E. polyanthemos, it is proper to point out what 

 Mr. Baker says on the other side (Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xxviii, 355). 



