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DESCRIPTION. 



CDX VI. E. Wilkinsoniam R. T. Baker. 



Proc. Lir.n. Soc. N.S.W., xxv, 678 (1900), with a figure of a fruit on Plate XLVI,fig. 2. 

 (Syn. E. hcemastoma var. F.v.M., " Eucalyptographia " Dec.II;* E. Icevopinea var. 

 minor). 



Lx Part Yrll, p. 221 of the present work I stated that I looked upon E. Wilkinsoniana 

 R. T. Baker and E. nigra K. T. Baker as being inseparable from E. eugenioides on the 

 one hand, and from E. Miielleriana on the other. Kecent investigations have shown 

 that I was in error, and I now admit both are valid species. The following is the original 

 description : — 



A medium-sized tree with a thin, compressed Stringybark, not furrowed. 



Sucker leaves lanceolate, falcate, generally under 3 inches long and under 6 lines wide, oblique, thin, 

 venation oblique, parallel, distant ; marginal vein removed from the edge. 



Leaves of mature trees similar to sucker-leaves, only larger. 



Flowers in axillary peduncles of about 6 lines long. Calyx small, 1 line long, 2 lines is diameter ; 

 pedicel about 1 line. Operculum small, hemispherical, acuminate ; outer stamens apparently sterile ; 

 anthers kidney-shaped. Ovary flat-topped. 



Fruit hemispherical, 5 lines in diameter, rim thick, red ; valves slightly exserted, acute. 



Habitat. — Dromedary Mountain (C. S. Wilkinson, F.G.S.); Colombo (W. Bauerlen) ; Barber's 

 Creek (H. Rumsey) ; Sutton Forest (R. T. Baker). 



This is the " Stringybark " variety of E. hcemastoma Sm. mentioned by Baron von Mueller in his 

 " Eucalyptographia " under that species. It was first observed in this colony by the late Government 

 Geologist, Mr. C. S. "Wilkinson, F.G.S., at Dromedary Mountain, at an elevation of 1,500 feet above sea 

 level, and named for him by Mueller as stated above. 



Timber pale-coloured, very hard, close-grained, heavy. In transverse and compression tests it 

 stands higher than that of any of the Stringybarks above enumerated. It is evidently an excellent timber 

 and is strongly recommended for forest conservation. 



Illustrations. —This work, Part VIII, Plate 38 :— 



10a, Buds and flowers; 106, Fruits, Walcha (A. R. Crawford). 



12a, Leaf; 126, Buds; 12c, Fruits Attunga, 12 miles north-west of Tamworth 

 (R. H. Cambage). Fruits with slightly longer pedicels than the type. 



16a, Leaf in the intermediate stage; 166, Mature leaf; 16c, Buds; 16d, Fruits, 

 Stanthorpe, Queensland (A. Murphy). 



17a, Buds; 176, 17c, lid, Fruits taken from the same tree of the type of E. Wilkin- 

 soniana R. T. Baker (E. Icevopinea R. T. B. var. minor), Glenrock Paddocks, 

 Barber's Creek (H. J. Rumsey). 



18a, Buds; 186, Fruits of co-type, Sutton Forest (R. T. Baker). The fruits of 

 186, with flat rim, are closest to the form in 176, and not a stable form. They 

 are more or less unripe. 



•The 

 on a mii) 



65147— K 



statement that£. haemaitoma £m. var. in " Eucalyptographia " Dec. 2, is a synonym of E. WillJiKoniona is founded 

 sapprehension. See Proc. Linn. ,S'oc. N.H.W., 1804; p. 760. The original srecimen is E. Sieberiana F. v. M. 



