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6. E. Stuartiana F.v.M. prima, vat. longifolia Benth. We now turn to 



E. Stuartiana F.v.M. var. longifolia Benth. (B.FI. hi, 244). 



Bentham defines it as : — 



Leaves very long (4 to 8 inches) and acuminate, more or less falcate, but thick, with the veins 

 scarcely conspicuous, the intramarginal one often near the edge. Umbels several flowered. Operculum 

 short. 



New South Wales. "Yellow or Grey Gum and Bastard Box," Woolls (?) in Herb. F. Mueller; 

 Twofold Bay, " Turpentine Gum '* or " Hiccory," Oldfield, F. Mueller. In foliage and inflorescence this 

 resembles in some measure E. virgata, but the buds, anthers, and fruit are quite different. 



A specimen received from the Melbourne Herbarium many years ago throws 

 some light on the matter. It is E. ovata, and is labelled "Hickory (very tough). One 

 of the largest trees of these parts. Twofold Bay (Lockhart Morton)." Morton was a 

 friend of Oldfield. It is in bud, opening flower and early fruit, and was labelled by 

 Bentham and Mueller at different times viminalis, saligna, Gunnii, and Stuartiana. 

 It has rather long leaves, certainly longer than average specimens, and this led Bentham 

 to call it variety longifolia. 



The following specimen is also interesting : — 



Eucalyptus acervula Sieber, PI. Exsicc. N. Hoi), no. 469, DC. Prodr. 3, p. 217, 

 Hab. New South Wales ; probably in the vicinity of Sydney, Wilkes' U.S. Expl. Exped. 

 1838-42 (Botany, Asa Gray, i, 553), No. 25,533 of U.S. Nat. Herb. 



In flower and early fruit. No opercula. It is E. punctata, DC. probably. 



If we turn to Mueller's " Eucalyptographia " under E. punctata, we find that 

 the author states that E. Stuartiana var. longifolia is " partly " E. punctata. 



The explanation of the whole confusion appears to be this : — 



The E. Stuartiana referred to is E. acervula Hook, f.. non Sieb. = E. ovata Labill. 

 Bentham had before him specimens of this species which had longer leaves than usual 

 (the specimen of Lockhart Morton has undoubtedly longer leaves), but subsequent 

 knowledge shows us that these specimens are in no way abnormal, and that the var. 

 longifolia should be dropped. Mueller's identification of this " Stuartiana var. 

 iongifolia" with E. punctata DC. is a mistake easy to make, particularly as it was only in 

 very recent years that Mueller himself knew what E. punctata DC. was. Bentham never 

 did know. Asa Gray probably made his mistake through following Mueller in some 

 way. 



7. E. Baueriana Miq. non Sohauer, referred to in Ned. Kruidk. Arch, iv (1850), 



137, as follows : — 



"30. Eucalyptus Baueriana Schauer (?) Walp. Rep. ii, p. 925. E. citrifolia 

 F. v. Mull. Herb. Tasmania borealis (Stuart). 



I have seen a specimen (cf. E. citrifolia, F.v.M. Herb.) in Herb. Barbey-Boissier, 

 which is E. ovata. In the Index Kewensis E. Baueriana Miq. is referred to E. Stuartiana, 

 which is the " Red Gum " of Tasmania, and identical with E. Gunnii var. acervula. 



