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Following is the list : — ■ 



E. amygdalina Labill. 



E. Andrewsi Maiden. 



E. Consideniana Maiden. 



E. dives Schauer. 



E. gigantea Hook. 

 • E. Laseroni R. T. Baker. 



E. Penrithensis Maiden. 



E. pilularis Sm. 



E. piperita Sm. 



E. radiata Sieb. 



E. Sieberiana F.v.M. 



E. taeniola Baker and Smith. 



E. vitrea R. T. Baker. 



E. AMYGDALINA Labill. 



" Black Peppermint." Often the dimensions of a small shrub, but attaining 



the size of a small tree. Seems to be confined to Tasmania, so far as we know at present, 



but I confidently look for it on the mainland. It is undoubtedly a Peppermint with 



sub-fibrous bark, though smooth when quite small, and with the branches always 



smooth. 



E. Andrewsi Maiden. 



A large tree, known both as Peppermint and Blackbutt. Large trees measure 



from 150-180 feet. Diameter at least 8 feet. The shape and habit of the tree is a 



good deal like that of E. pilularis with the branches and branchlets more or less smooth. 



On a low elevation on basalt, bark more fibrous than on higher granite soils. 



E. Consideniana Maiden. 

 A medium-sized tree with grey tough bark to the tips of the branches, said bark 

 being of that sub-fibrous character well-known in Australia as Peppermint. At the same 

 time it is not a typical Peppermint, and it was once described contemptuously by my 

 driver as having a " mangy-looking bark." 



E. dives Schauer. 

 A tree of medium size. A typical Peppermint, usually rather scrambling in 

 habit, with smooth limbs. In southern New South Wales it attains a larger size 

 and grows more erect. 



E. GIGANTEA Hook. 



Ha 1 , tall, clean, tapering trunks. The bark on the lower half of the stem very 

 thick and woolly, like Stringybark. This ceases abruptly about half the height of the 

 stem or barrel, no matter what height the tree or length of stem may be. Above this 

 the bark is quite clean, very thin, the old bark peeling off in long, thin strips. Yields 

 a specially fissile timber. 



