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I wrote as follows in Part VIII, p. 237, of the present work concerning the above 

 jnd other specimens : — 



Near cemetery, Tingha (R. H. Cambage) ; with fruits a. little more sub-cylindrical and perhaps 

 gji stle more domed than the type. Specimens from the same locality with nearly pilular fruits and very 

 ji.tow juvenile foliage. 



Near 11 -mile post, Inverell to Tingha (R. H. Cambage). Form with even narrower leaves than the 

 ype (of E. eugenioides). 



Tingha to Guyra, 19 miles from the latter place (J.H.M. and J. L. Boorman). Juvenile leaves 

 jiterrnediate. Mature leaves broadish. Fruits (from same tree) flat-rimmed, domed; valves essert 

 and sunk; hemispherical and inclined to be sub-cylindrical. 



I place this specimen under E. eugenioides, and it certainly seems to form a connecting link between 

 the Tingha specimens and the supposed hybrid which follows. 



Between Tingha and Guyra, 19 miles from the latter (J. L. Boorman). " Stringybark," medium- 

 sized trees growing in swampy ground in company with that of E. slellulata and E. nova-anglica. An 

 interesting form; leaves broad, thickish: None of the fruits with exserted valves, which is unusual in 

 northern specimens. I am of opinion that here we have a hybrid between E. eugenioides and E. stellulata, 



I abstained from describing them as a new species, as I attributed them to a 

 form of E. eugenioides or to a hybrid of the same. I concur, however, in Mr. Baker's 

 action in describing them as a new species. 



This material extends the range somewhat. The railway station of Guyra is 

 386 miles north of Sydney, and Tingha runs north-westerly. I have no doubt that 

 the species will be foimd over a moderately wide area in these cold mountain districts. 



Tree of 50 feet, evidently a Black Sally, bat the fruits are smaller. Summit of 

 Ben Lomond (Wilham Dunn, 1908, No. 336). Ben Lomond railway station is 401 

 miles north of Sydney, and the summit of the mountain, only a few miles from the 

 railway station, is over 5,000 feet high. This extends the range northerly, bringing 

 it to a few miles south of Glen Innes. 



AFFINITIES. 



1. "WKh E. stellulata Sieb. 



" The small stellate clusters of buds are larger than those of E. stellulata, but the colour of the upper 

 branches, though fainter, is also suggestive of that species. The leaves are more inclined to lanceolate 

 than ovate in shape, as obtains in E. stellulata, whilst the venation is distinct. The midrib is stronger, 

 and the venation not so parallel as in E. stellulata. The bark, timber, and especially the fruits are also 

 different. . . . 



The oil of this species differs considerably from that of E. stellulata, in the presence of such a large 

 amount of pinene, in a deficiency in phellandrene, and consequently a much less laevo-rotation, in the large 

 amount of high boiling constituents, and in an increased ester-content. . . . 



One or two trees were noticed in another locality, associated with E. stellulata, from which it is 

 easily distinguished in the field. . . . 



In a botanical sequence, it might be placed between the Stringybarks and the Gums or Smooth- 

 barks, such as E. stellulata or E. coriacea." (Original description.) 



I have stated my former opinion that it is a stellulata hybrid. There is no doubt 

 that the two species are very closely related. For E. stellulata see Plate 25, Part V. 



