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LXIV. E. Baueriana Schauer. 



Syn. E. Fletcheri R. T. Baker. 



See Part XLII, p. 62, of the present work, also my " Forest Flora of New South 

 Wales," Part LVII, p. 149, Plate 215. x\lso my paper in Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict., xxxiv, 

 p. 73 (1922), as to Victorian specimens. In " Research on the Eucalypts," Baker and 

 Smith (2nd Edn.). p. 225, under E. Fletcheri the authors say — 



" Maiden places this species under E. Baueriana. which was founded on an 

 imperfect description and specimen ' in plump bud and an expanded flower" [Mr. 

 Baker omits that the type specimens' are branchlets 9 inches long. — J.H.M.], surely 

 worthless data on which to perpetuate a systematic name. E. Baueriana is a tropical 

 species." 



It is not tropical, although Bent-ham (B.F1. iii. 214) says so in the following 

 passage, and Baker and Smith follow his error. Under E. polyanthemos Schauer he 

 says — " The tropical specimens to which, from the character given, belong to 

 E. Baueriana Schauer, in Walp. Rep. ii, 924, have generally smaller flowers and fruits 

 than the southern ones, but do not otherwise differ." (B.FL iii. 214, 1866.) 



Mueller (" Eucalyptographia " under E. polyanthemos, 1879-84), as quoted by 

 me in the present work, Part XIII, p. 120 (1911) says — " Bauer most probably obtained 

 his specimens from the vicinity of Sydney, and not from the tropical regions of 

 Australia." 



Nor did Schauer, the author of the species. 1843, say that E. Baueriana is tropical. 

 He simply says " In Nova Hollandia legit F. Bauer " (see my quotation of the original 

 description in this work, Part XIII, p. 120). If Mr. Baker has got evidence to modify 

 or contradict Schauer. Mueller and myself, he should produce it. 



I have seen the type, and it is imperfect to the extent that it only consists of 

 mature leaves, plump buds and flowers. I only wish that all herbarium specimens 

 of Eucalyptus were equally well furnished. 



Mr. Baker repeats his depreciatory remarks as to the type specimens, and his 

 observation as to " tropical origin " of E. Baueriana under E. conica, p. 95 (" Research, 

 &c"). Besides Part XIII, p. 120, of the present work, see Part XLII, pp. 62 and 64. 



Ettingshausen (" Die Blatt-Skelete der Dikotyledonen," p. 204, 1861) figures a 

 leaf of E. Baueriana. 



