Form 2. (The bark.) Description of type bark 450. (Typical of the Stapleton 



district. ) 



This bark is thin-scaly, simply peeling off in irregular flakes of the thickness of 

 brown paper. As compared with the bark of No. 445, that of 450 appears to be from 

 a young, or a stunted tree. 



Form 1. (The leaves.) Common in the species within, say, 24 miles of Darwin. 



'' Those about Darwin have smaller, thinner, and narrower leaves." (G. F. Hill.) 

 Mr. Hill is apparently referring to leaves of the shape of fig. 4a, Plate 169, and he is 

 perhaps emphasising his Nos. 344 and 445 (Darwin) too much. At the same time 

 we must remember that those of the type are described as " ovate or verging on a 

 roundish form." Around Darwin most of the leaves would be from second-growth 

 plants. 



The form from Darwin and near Darwin is usually found on dry, shotty ironstone 

 or sandy loam (well drained) or on stony land (about Darwin), usually associated with 

 E. tetradonta, grandifolia, miniafa, and my No. 398 (" Smooth-stemmed Bloodwood "). 

 (G. F. Hill.) 



Form 2. (The leaves.) Further down the railway line, say from 34 miles to 

 69 miles, and probably much further. The Stapleton form (69 miles from 

 Darwin). 



' The foliage of the Stapleton specimens is denser, leaves more ' fleshy ' and 

 generally more rounded." (G. F. Hill.) This is a fair description of the typical form. 

 Mr. Hill says that the Stapleton form grows on the flats or on the foothills very near 

 flats, sometimes on stony country, sometimes on alluvial soil. " The Stapleton form 

 is generally associated with the sp. represented by my 448, 449, E. papuana, E. grandi- 

 folia. and E, terniinalis. 



" The baric of the two forms is very distinct, as will be seen by comparing 445 and 

 450." (G. F. Hill.) 



Lanceolar-leaved form. 

 We must recognise that lanceolar leaves occur in this species. 

 " Specimens without fruit, brought by R. Brown in 1802, during Captain Flinders' Expedition from 

 Carpentaria, may also belong to E. Foelscheana, although the leaves pass into a lanceolar form." (Origiual 

 description.) 



Mueller amplifies these remarks in the following : — 

 " Some specimens without fruit, brought by Robert Brown already during Capt. Flinders' Expedi- 

 tion from Carpentaria, and presented to the Melbourne Botanic Museum by Sir Joseph Hooker, may 

 belong to an extreme form of E. Foelscheana, although the leaves pass into a lanceolar form, and the 

 flower-stalklets are of lesser length." (" Eucalyptographia," under E. Foelscheana.) 



Brown's specimen is figured at fig. 1, Plate 170. It does not seem useful to 

 give this lanceolar form a variety name, as it is a transition form, as will be seen from 

 examination of the other figures. 

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