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CCL E. radiata Si.eb 



See Part XXXVIII, p. 229, where its description, synonymy and range are set out. 



SYNONYMS. 



1. E. phellandra Baker and Smith, "Research on the Eucalypts," 2nd Edn., 

 p. 280, as follows, with a figure of an umbel of fruits. 



Narrow-leaf Peppermint. A medium-sized tree, with a typical "Peppermint" bark. Abnormal 

 leaves lanceolate, cordate, sessile, usually under 5 inches long and -J inch broad, upper surface darker in 

 colour, branchlets scabrous, particularly so when young. Normal leaves thin, lanceolate or narrow lanceo- 

 late, sometimes falcate, up to 7 inches in length and 1 inch broad, on slender pedicels ; venation distinct, 

 intrainarginal vein looped and well removed from the edge; a secondary less prominent vein often occurring 

 nearer the margin, lateral veins very oblique, occasionally almost parallel to the midrib, distant and 

 spreading. Peduncles usually axillary, 2 to 3 lines long, bearing umbels of ten or more flowers. Buds 

 clavate ; calyx-tube tapering into a slender pedicel ; operculum hemispherical, umbonate. Fruit pyriform, 

 sometimes hemispherical, more or less shining, on a pedicel 1 line in length ; rim reddish, truncate, 

 somewhat countersunk or even slightly convex ; valves not or only slightly exserted ; 3 lines long and 

 under 3 lines in diameter. 



Mr. Baker's figure is of seven fruits (with scars of a few more) in the umbel. 

 They are not pyriform, but hemispherical; their comparative fewness and shape 

 indicate E. radiata. It is quite evident that Mr. Baker has confused E. radiata, 

 redescribing it under the name of E. phellandra. 



2. E. amygdalina Labill., var. nitida Baker and Smith, but not of Benth. 



Under this name Messrs. Baker and Smith, " Research on the Eucalypts," 2nd 

 Edn., p. 278, have included two species. Specimens from Blackheath, N.S.W., 

 September, 1919 (C. F. Laseron), furnished by the present Curator of the Technological 

 Museum (Mr. George Hooper) are the common E. radiata, of the Blue Mountains. No 

 wonder the authors write, a little higher up the page, " The data given under E. 

 phellandra applies (sic) in almost every particular to this species, so that no systematic 

 description is required " ! ! ! Material was distilled from Blackheath. In " Research 

 on the Eucalypts," 2nd Edn., Messrs. Baker and Smith say " As illustrating the 

 comparative constancy in results with the products of individual species, it may be 

 mentioned that the above localities are over 600 miles apart." The two trees so many 

 miles apart, with the same oils, are, however, not the same species, but two, viz., 

 E. radiata and E. nitida, and this is not the only case of two different species yielding 

 similar oils. 



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