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The original is difficult to obtain, so I give it, and also a translation :— 



"Drumraond's 5th collection, No. 183. 



"Glabrous;, branches smooth, leaves alternate, obcordate-rotund, sometimes furnished with one 

 or two crenulae at each side near the top, or repand (where there are on the margin small sinuses, and 

 between them segments of a small circle. — J.H.M.), thick, indistinctly 5-nerved, narrowed at the base into 

 a petiole ; umbels lateral, 2-5 flowered ; peduncles winged-compressed, many times longer than the petiole ^ 

 calyx-tubes obconical-pyramidal, tetragonal, sessile, about twice as short as the straight conical-cylindrical 

 operculum. The leaves of very distinct shape ! Peduncle dilated at the apex into a receptacle, toothed 

 at the margin. Operculum unique as far as I have seen. Capsule included, with a smooth top. Style 

 thickened at the base, tetragonous. Filaments pale yellow, twice as long as the calyx-tube." 



Mueller (" Euealyptographia ") says that the names platypus Hooker, and 

 obcordata Turcz., "arose simultaneously." He goes on to say: "I have preferred 

 Turczaninow's appellation, as Hooker's clashed to some extent with that of E. platypodos 

 of Cavanilles, and is applicable to many species, although, &c." This is an excellent 

 example of the soundness of the dictum that while it may be wise to take a certain 

 action, it may be the reverse of wise to give reasons. 



The late J. G. Luehmann (Proc. Aust. Assoc. Adv. Science, 1898), under the 

 heading of E. platypus, says that Mueller " adopted in Euealyptographia E. obcordata 

 Turcz., which appellation appears to me quite misleading and has no claim to priority." 



VARIETY nutans Benth. 



Flowers and fruits larger, the ribs more prominent, one or two sometimes 

 expanded into thick wings — E. nutans, F. Muell. Fragm. iii, 152. In the interior from 

 Bremer's Inlet, forming dense thickets, Maxwell. (B.F1. iii, 235). 



Following is translation of the original description of E. nutans F.v.M. : — 



A tree, branchlets strong, tetragonous-eompressed at the ends. 



Leaves thick, coriaceous, sub-rotund, alternate, with long or rather short petioles, the same colour 

 on both sides, shining, covered with pellucid dots, irregularly and finely penniveined, the peripheral vein 

 distant from the margin. 



Peduncles long, recurved, broadly flattened, at first canaliculate, 3-7 flowered. 



Pedicels short or obliterated. 



Calyx-tube with four large ribs, twice as broad as the terete-conical operculum, and barely equal 

 to it in length. 



Filaments red, almost ellipsoid. 



Fruit semi-ovate, 5-6 celled, two of the ribs dilated into a keel. 



Valves acuminate, touching the orifice. 



Seeds wingless, the fertile ones faintly clathrate. 



On the eastern shores of Bremer Bay, forming dense woods. (Maxwell.) 



A tree reaching 30 feet in height. 



Leaves 1-2 inches long and broad, margin very often bent back, emarginate or obtuse at the base, 

 sometimes apiculate. 



Peduncles 1-1 f inches long, a little broader above, 4—6 lines broad, slightly arched at the base with 

 two cvmbiform-oblong bracts measuring 2 lines long and soon deciduous. 



