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Varieties. 



1. Var. minor, nov. var. 

 'S. Var. elongata, nov. var. 

 3. Var. Rameliana, nov. var. 



It is a very variable species, and it would appear that definition of the 

 following varieties is justified. 



1. Var. minor, nov. var. This is intended to include E. pachyphylla. F.v.M. 

 For some notes on this species, see page 225. Figured at 5-7, Plate 75. 



2. Var. elongata, nov. var., with the calyx-tube much attenuated and tapering 

 gradually into the pedicel. The type is figured at 1, Plate 76. In typical 

 piriformis the pedicel is short, but the character is variable. 



3 Var, Rameliana, nov. var., a small fruited form with an absence of ridges 

 and furrows on the bud and flower. This is intended to include E. Rameliana, F.v.M., 

 and is figured at 5, Plate 76. 



SYNONYMS. 



1. E. pruinosa, Turcz. 



2. E. macrocalyx, Turcz. 



3. E. erythrocalyx, Oldfield and Mueller. 



4. E. Youngiana, F.v.M. 



5. E. Rameliana, F.v.M. 



6. E. pachyphylla, F.v.M. 



1. E. pruinosa, Turcz. 



On the page following the description of E. piriformis we have : — 



Eucalyptus pruinosa. Glabra, ramis teretibus fuscis, novellis glaueescentibus ; foliis alternis 

 petiolatis oval is acuminatis, basi rotundatis vel parum attenuate, marginatis, opacis, obscure venosis, 

 glaucis ; pedunculis recurvato-reflexis erassis teretibus 1-2-floris ; pedicellis brevibus obconico tetragonis, 

 in cupulam fcurbinato-tetrag num, lateribus costatam pruinosam abeuntibus, costis in peduneuluni 

 decurrentibus ; filamentis longe exsertis rufis ; operculo. Stirps, propter specimina, jam operculo orbata, quo 

 ad locum in g< nere incerta, etiamsi ab omnibus cognitis videtur bene distineta, aecedit ad E. pyriformem 

 cupularum magnitudine peclunculisque recurvatis saepe unirloris. Drum. 4, n. 70. (Turcz. in Bull. Sac. 

 Xa/. Mosc., xxii, Pt. 2, p. 23 [1849].) 



This may be translated as follows : — 



Glabrous, with terete brown branches, the new ones glaucous ; alternate petiolate ovate acuminate 

 leaves, rounded at the base or a little attenuate, marginate, opaque, obscurely veined, glaucous ; peduncles 

 recurved-reflexed, terete, thick ; 1-2-flowered, with short obconical tetragonous pedicels ending in a turbinat ■- 

 tetragonous calyx tube with pruinose lateral ribs, the ribs ilecuirent into the peduncle, with long exserted 

 rufous filaments : (operculum wanting in specimen examined). 



As the specimen is devoid of an operculum, the position in the genus is uncertain, but it approaches 

 nearest to E. pyriformis in the size of the calyx-tube, and the recurved, often one-flowered peduncles. 



