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It may be described in the following words :— 



Straggling, small, glaucous White Gum of 15-20 feet, with the usual lenticular 

 patches on the bark. Not a Mallee. Timber pale. 



Juvenile leaves perfoliate. 



As regards the leaf-base we have various stages of (1) the aurieulate, and 

 (2) amplexicaul, through the (3) connate to the (4) absolutely perfoliate. 



Flowers in threes. Operculum much shorter than the calyx-tube, hemispherical ; 

 the colour, which is very marked, is yellow to orange and red. 



Fruit nearly hemispherical to obovate-truncate, rim not expanded, sometimes 

 slightly constricted. 



SYNONYMS. 



1. E. Gunnii Hook, f., var. glauca Deane and Maiden (in part). 



2. E. Gunnii Hook, f., var. montana Hook. f. 



3. E. ligustrina DC. {teste Hook. f.). 



1. E. Gunnii Hook. f.. var. glauca Deane and Maiden. 



Described in Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxiv, 464 (1899), so far as the Snowy 

 Mountains specimens from both New South Wales and Victoria are concerned. 



2. E. Gunnii Hook, f., var. montana Hook. f. 



Bot. Mug. t. 7808 (excluding figures 3 and 4). " Arbor parva, foliis ad 2 poll, 

 longis. umbellis paucinoris." 



Synonym quoted. E. ligustrina Miq., non DC. 



I cannot see in what character (fruits are, however, not shown) this variety 

 differs from E. Perriniana. Sir J. D. Hooker did not quote the origin of his plant (he 

 probably did not know it) so that we have not the opportunity of tracing its affinities 

 from its locality. E. Perriniana was unknown to him, but the distinguished botanist 

 made a real discovery in separating it from typical Gunnii. 



3. E. ligustrina' DC. 



E. ligustrina Miq. non DC. is referred to in Ned. Kruidk. Arch, iv (1856). 134, as 

 follows : — 



" 24. Eucalyptus ligustrina DC, Prod, hi, p. 219. n. 24 (?). Van Diemensland 

 (Stuart)." 



Mueller (Euealyptographia) says it belongs to E. Gunnii. I have a note that I 

 have seen a specimen labelled " E. ligustrina DC, No. 17, C. Stuart, Van Dieman's Land, 

 Miquel. Neil. Kruidk..'' but I did not make a note in which herbarium. 



