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The leaves, both "sucker" and normal, are much narrower than those of E. virgata, and of a 

 different appearance altogether. They are long and linear, varying greatly in length on the same tree, being 

 from 4 to 11 inches long — 7 to 8 inches long being common. It is on the ribbony appearance of the leaves 

 that the specific name is founded. 



The fruits, however, are almost identical with those of E. virgata, and yet the general appearance 

 of the tree is more like that of E. amygdalina. (L. G. Irby.) 



" These results indicate that this form is somewhat closely associated with the Tasmanian E. virgata. 

 The oil from the latter, however, contained more eucalyptol and more eudesmol, while that of E. twniola 

 had more phellandrene, as indicated by the rotation figures." (Original description.) 



In the above passages, for E. virgata Sieb. (a shrubby tree as its name denotes), 

 read E. Sieberiana. For an account of the confusion that has grown up between 

 E. virgata and E. Sieberiana see Part XXXIX, p. 283. E. virgata is not found in 

 Tasmania. E. taeniola seems sufficiently separated from E. Sieberiana by its fibrous 

 or " peppermint " bark, and from E. amygdalina by its long linear juvenile leaves. 



- The following note by L. Rodway, the Government Botanist of Tasmania, 

 expresses a view which will doubtless be borne in mind : — 



In the neighbourhood of St. Mary's Pass, Mr. Irby observed in the forest of .mixed Mountain Ash 

 and Black Peppermint (E. Sieberiana and E. amygdalina — J.H.M.) a few trees which differed from either, 

 but were called Black Peppermint by local inhabitants. The trees were medium-sized, with a rough, per- 

 sistent, semi-fibrous bark. The juvenile leaves were narrow, opposite, and sessile, very like those of Black 

 Peppermint. The mature leaves also resembled the leaves of that species, only tended to grow much 

 longer. Flowers and fruit smaller than, but much like those of Mountain Ash. Fruit is pear-shaped, much 

 restricted at the orifice, rim narrow, valves deeply sunk; stalks slightly flattened. R. T. Baker described 

 it as a new species under the name of E. tceniola, but it seems probable it is a hybrid between Black Pepper- 

 mint and Mountain Ash. (Proc. Roy. Soc. Tas., 12, 1917.) 



