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E. tereticornis has been doubtfully recorded for the Philippines. I asked Prof. 



D. A. Herbert (late of Western Australia) of the College of Agriculture at Los Banos, 

 to look into the matter, and he reports, as regards his neighbourhood, that in 1910 

 the Forestry School had planted a large number of exotic plants at random, and that 



E. tereticornis was amongst them. It has done pretty well, in spite of the competition 

 with the tangle of native species. In March, 1922, it was about 25 feet high. 



Papua. — C. T. White in Proc. Roy. Soc, Q., xxxiv, 47 (1922) has the following 

 notes on Papuan species : — 



E. tereticornis Sm. F.v.M. in Papuan Plants, ii, (IX) 59; Ann. Rept. B.N.G., 

 1889-90, 106. Astrolabe Range (common). 



E. alba Reinw. (E. platyphylla F.v.M.). Bail. R»,f. Visit B.N.G., 27. Port 

 Moresby (the common broad-leaved form). Astrolabe Range (leaves much narrower, 

 even to narrow-lanceolate). This tree is readily distinguished in the field by its clean 

 white trunk and branches. (The type comes from Timor. It also occurs in Java* 

 but its western limit in Malaysia is unknown. See Part XXV, p. 97.) 



E. clavi'jera A. Cunn. Port Moresby; Astrolabe Range. This Eucalypt is 

 fairly common, and is easily distinguished by the blackish tessellated bark at the butt- 

 extending for about 5 to 10 feet up the trunk. 



E. papuana F.v.M. Papuan Plants i, (I), 8 ; Bail. Rep. Visit B.N.G., 27. Port 

 Moresby (very common). 



The last paper on the subject appears to be that by Dr. L. Diels in " Beitrage 

 zur Flora von Papuasien, viii," 423 (1922), edited by Dr. C. Lauterbach. Dr. Diels 

 records four species, viz., E. papuana, E. alba, E. Naudiniana, and E. Schlechteri. of 

 which the last species is new. See (Part LXI, p. 7.) 



6. Australian Species Cultivated Abroad (Ceylon, India). 



I have given notes on the above subject at some length in my " Forest Flora 

 of New South Wales," Part LXVIII, pp. 373-395, and, as regards Ceylon, in Part 

 LXXI, p. 18. 



I give an extract from a letter from Mr. T. Petch, Government Botanist and 

 Mycologist, Peradeniya, Ceylon, dated 5th June, 1923 : — 



E. sidcrophloia is grown on Coombewood Estate, Walawakelle, Lat. 6-50 N., Long. 80-40 E., ele- 

 vation about 4,000 feet. Most of the Australian species of Eucalyptus which we have nourish only in 

 the up-country tea districts, at an elevation of 4,000-6,000 feet. E. robusta comes down to 2,500 f ee f 

 At Peradeniya (1,600 feet) we have only (planted, I presume) E. alba and E. citriodora, the former of whicr 

 grows also at sea-level. 



