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CXXX. E. Stuartiana F.v.M. 



(See tie present work, Part XXIV, p. 67, Plate 101, figs. 2-3, also Plate 102, figs. 3-4.)' 



In Part XXI, p. 7, under E. cinerea F.v.M. var. multiflora, I stated, partly on 

 the authority of the late J. G. Luehmann, that it is this form that is depicted as 

 E. Stuartiana by Mueller in the " Eucalyptographia ". It has since been pointed out to 

 me that such is not the case, but the form depicted is the same as (E. Bridgesiana 

 E. T. Baker) E. Stuartiana F.v.M., and that it agrees more fully with Mueller's 

 description of the latter species than it does with E. cinerea var. multiflora. It is 

 undoubtedly Mueller's definition of his revised E. Stuartiana, notwithstanding that 

 under general observations and reference to certain specimens, some of his remarks are 

 more or less applicable to E. cinerea var. multiflora. On the other hand, they would 

 also apply to E. Stuartiana, especially as regards size, habit, and bark. 



Mueller describes and figures the flowers of E. Stuartiana with slender stalklets, 

 whereas the flowers, also the fruits of E. cinerea var. multiflora, are all closely sessile and 

 differ in shape from those of E. Stuartiana. (See Mueller's figures of the fruits of 

 E. Stuartiana in the " Eucalyptographia," figs. 8-9, which are distinctly stalked, and 

 also the lower clusters of fruits on the main spray, with their narrow turbinate bases 

 and small deltoid valves 



If we compare Mueller's figure of E. Stuartiana with the figures of E. cinerea var. 

 multiflora in Part XXI, Plates 89, 90, of the present work (with the exception of fig. 10, 

 Plate 89, with stalked fruits, near Castlemaine, Victoria, Blackburnie, which is E. ovata, 

 with small fruits from a twig which was killed before the fruits were fully developed) , 

 it will be seen that it is distinct from E. cinerea var. multiflora in the disposition of 

 the buds and fruits, also in their shape and sculpture. 



In the " Eucalyptographia " Mueller describes the leaves of E. Stuartiana as being 

 shiny and equally dark green on both sides, copiously dotted, but the oil glands often 

 partly concealed. The leaves of E. cinerea var. multiflora are more or less glaucous and 

 dull, while the leaves of E. Stuartiana are somewhat glossy on both sides and usually 

 conspicuously dotted, which is one of the distinguishing characters of the species. 

 In fact, the leaves of some specimens are densely covered with dark oil-dots that are 

 visible without the aid of a lens. 



It is well known that E. cinerea var. multiflora is a more or less glaucous tree; 

 far more glaucous in all its parts than E. Stuartiana. The buds and fruits of the former, 

 apart from being sessile, are invariably glaucous, while the buds and fruits of the normal 

 E. Stuartiana are rarely glaucous when fully developed. The twigs and fruits of some 

 of the large forms and of var. grossa are glaucous, but the adult leaves are green Mueller 

 does not appear to have seen the latter form, as it was not collected when he revised the 



