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2. E. hyperieifolia, Link. 



M. Casimir de Candolle, owner of the De Candollean Herbarium, has had the 

 kindness to send me a specimen with the following information : — 



45. E. hyperieifolia (Dum-Cours. ?) Lk. Etiquette originate. 



Eucalyptus hyperieifolia Dum. (a) 

 Mr. Otto, 1826. 



Jardin de Berlin, (b) 



(a) Manus Ottoni. 



(b) Manu Seringei Conservatori. 



Obs. II n'existe pas, dans l'Herbier du Prodromus, d'e'chantillon authentiquant l'espece de 

 Dumont-de Courset. Le rameau sterile qui s'y trouve, represente la plante de Link et a trait, par 

 consequent aux 4 dernieres lignes de l'article 45 du Prodromus. 



The vague original description is as follows : — 



E. hyperieifolia Link. Enum. 2, p. 30, quam ex hort. berol. sine flore recepi, habet folia alterna 

 brevissime petiolata feri linearia utrinque acuminata coriacea sub lente punctulata. An eadem 1 



I am of opinion that this specimen (E. hyperieifolia, Link) is referable to 

 E. cneorifolia, DC. E. hyperieifolia, Dum-Cours, doubtfully referred to Link's 

 species, is probably referable to E. Risdoni. 



3. E. myrtiformis, Naudin, 2nd Mem. p. 50. 



Copy of a label in Herb. Mus. Paris : — " Eucalyptus myrtiformis, Naudin, 

 Villa Thuret, Alpes Maritimes. Cult. M. Naudin. Recu en Mars 1890." 



This is probably E. cneorifolia, DC, but the anthers are not ripe. Are 

 flowers and fruits available for examination ? 



M. Naudin knows only one plant, a shrub growing at the Villa Thuret. He 

 points out that the buds remain two years before opening — a not uncommon thing 

 with Eucalypts in Australia. 



RANGE. 



It is confined to Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Mr. Walter Gill, Conservator 

 of Forests in that State, has informed me that he has not collected it on the iron- 

 stone formation, and that he has only found it on limestone country — 20 miles from 

 Queenscliff is the furthest he has found it. 



Mr. Gill adds : " Mr. Hartland Strawbridge, resident on the island for some 

 time, has found it abundantly in the Hundreds of Dudley, Menzies, MacGillivray, 

 and Haines. Speaking broadly, it is the eastern end of the island which grows it 

 most, as the Hundreds indicated form a group of the eastern part. It further 

 appears that while in these Hundreds it does occur on ironstone country as well as 

 limestone — yet it is seldom seen much where the Yucca (Xanthorrhcea)grows on the 

 ironstone. I think I am right in saying it is not usually plentiful on ironstone. 

 I know I saw none for many, many miles when years ago I went westward to De 

 Mole Biver all on ironstone country." 

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