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Of this No. 1 I liavc two specimens, both probably identical, viz.:— 



(a) " Euc. terminalis F.v.M. (pyrophora Benth.), Nichol Bay." 



(b) "Euc. polycarpa F.v.M., Euc. jyyrophora Benth., Nichol Bay, Mueller." 



The above labels are in the Melbourne Herbarium in Mueller's handwriting. 

 They appear to be identical with the Port Hedland and Ashburton River specimens, 

 and therefore, in my view, belong to E. dicliromophloia F.v.M. See p. 318. 



Now let us consider a form which I look upon as a variety of E. pyrophora. 



VARIETY. 



Var. polycarpa var. uov. 



Synonym.— E. polycarpa F.v.M. Journ. Linn. Soc. iii, 88 (1859). 

 Following is a translation of the original description : — 



A tree, branches somewhat terete, rigid, leaves alternate or sub-opposite, somewhat shortly petiolate, 

 elongate or falcate-lanceolate, narrowed into a long point, shining, imperforate, thickly and faintly 

 penniveined, a little paler on the underside, the peripheral vein rather close to the margin. The terminal 

 umbels in a broad panicle of 4—6 floivers, the partial peduncles a Utile longer or twice as long as the pedicels, 

 and terete like them. Fruit oblong ovate, truncate, exangular, ecostate, gradually contracted at the mouth, 

 obtuse at the base, 3-4 celled, several times longer than the pedicel. Valves deeply included. Seeds with 

 long wings at the apex. 



Hab. in sunny places of intra tropical New Holland, everywhere. Flowers in spring. 



A medium-sized tree with the bark persistent, the outside falling off in dirty grey rough and wrinkled 

 flakes. The inside brownish and coming away in little pieces. Leaves 3-5 inches long, 7-9 lines broad, 

 somewhat thickly coriaceous, narrowed into a petiole of -| inch or shorter, the apex often produced into a 

 narrow point. The common peduncles thick. Fruit greyish green, opaque, not smooth, 6-8 lines long, 

 sometimes an inch, the mouth hardly dilated. The valves deltoid and acuminate. 



Very like E .terminalis in habit and bark but differing in the fruits, which are a little smaller, or twice 

 as small, as already described. 



Bentham (B.F1. iii, 257) puts the plant under E. terminalis F.v.M. without 

 comment. 



Mueller was often careless of his own species, thinking perhaps that descriptions 

 were adequate, and sometimes visitors to his herbarium were careless, and sometimes 

 accidents woidd happen, e.g., the permanent or temporary blowing away of a loose label. 

 So that we must learn his ideas of his species, in the present case, in a more or less indirect 

 manner. 



Specimen (b), referred to on this page, has the label in Mueller's handwriting, 

 "Euc. polycarpa F.v.M., Euc. pyrophora Benth., Nichol Bay, Mueller." This I have 

 already stated I believe to belong to E. dicliromophloia. The material is scanty, and in 

 any case the name " polycarpa " as applied to it would have no meaning. 



There is, however, a second specimen extant, with a label in his handwriting 

 "Euc. polycarpa, Charlotte Waters, E. Giles." He subsequently endorsed this "E. 

 terminalis." It will be seen (fig. 6c, Plate 166) that the name polycarpa is at least 

 appropriate to this particular specimen. 



