W Wilms. Horn of Vhiwia and South Auiftraiin [ V y^" «' 



With ^cmie. 2,500 binomials, the genus fftmrtua L. has become so unwieldy 

 That modern wciikcrs tend more and marc In recognize derivative genera. The 

 difficulty is to find el tar-cut criteria far. these divisions-; hut it seems thai 

 li)($?nia in the stricter SeiHe >s largely confined to America, with a few 

 outlier* in the Pacific, South-Hast Asian and African regions, while tuwl of 

 lite Australian ;pecies hitherto relVried to Fatf-nit* telling cither in ,Tvsyui>/wi 

 QgVTtn.i ^rwiL'iw sens auciL var. (#9)1 DC) or ('h'istoitilyx Bl. 



In Taxan .? c ; 136 (Aug. 1956) R McVaugh establishes tJiat the genotype 

 ot jsetfwtya DC. is // floribumUi (3m) DC, Utsrd upon Mtrnnuh'ro* floti~ 

 tmndu. Stu- which is now accepted *s a species of Angoplu)ra Cav. £3p Anyo- 

 plwra flonhundu (Sm.) Sweet) . This Jxmnl so, .ftiwfncl "[alb; uUo the 

 synonymy of Anftophota and another generic name ifWjfcl he taken tip for 

 Eut/fui(t siuithiV. Lonmstchna »t Raruiesquc [.Yy/s/fl TcUurinna 107 (l&*8)l. 

 based directly upon liittfcu-h Afiptio Sm. (ic upon 7*. \mtthii P<>ir ) ii the 

 rarli' v st *V&ilahl<? generic name to r*-pUce lite traditional (bur nm Candollean) 

 Wcmicvw. tt is re£icMable that such a lamihai tree as the lilly-piMy should 

 have to suffer another "ir«ifaiA/wn/"; tnU llie change effected above would 

 have been inevitable, with any Qttcuipl to Rjffil up Eugenia. 



FUCALYPTUS PiLF.ATA W. F m<\kcl\; 1034 



Millewa Countv, cm booth Australian border S wiles east of T&olait 

 fKe'b MTU— / U Wiliit t &Au& »°5$) 



The first rtcoi'd for Victoria, although this niaJlee species is already 

 recorded front tVrTj on tht Murray Pivrt, S- A»Ht»! only 31) wnks to 'he 

 tmrih-wfit, Jt is n spectacular, vctj thick-leaved siKer-bruv uee, forming 

 pure stands on sandy rises 3nd extending for several miles into far north- 

 western Victoria At this eastern extremity ol its range, the tree differs from 

 the typical Wer-l Australian form in being glaucous, with comparatively 

 broader fruits and rather less subulate valves; but the curious conical, ribbed 

 Opefctda (Wt|h hemispherical b;«$c often wider than the ralyX tube) aie 

 character! cue 



EUCALPTUS POROSA !■ Xfucll in iftfo hi Xjftfcri (Ciuidfe. Arch. 4: 



m (iB56>. 



E ratuntUnx (F. Mn«tl. rx Mit(.t W I*'. Rlaloelv Kcv hue 21A *lO.My : 

 fc'. I'tU'ttito BvUi, var, CflUtttittrtt F. Modi. <x \U». in .VrdrW. Xr«i//i. 



Atctt, P, i >*> (I8SG): 

 t:\ i*rford/w MM t'wut /*7w*.» ^m*. H930? rt al , ft^)|. Uthi 



jN. T. i5«rlndSe [/rarw, rtt*. $9& A Aust. /J: 1590611 (V)ec, l°4?)] 

 resolved mucb o* die uncertainty and coiu'nsion surroimdm* the *4a&Mfa 

 .:umplex" oi South Australian euc;ilypts. Througli tier research if k apparent 

 that rhe Liee hiiticrto claltcd R, Q$nfatQ- in westrru Victoria ur- a distinct vpecU*. 

 recognisable l>y its lively gieen leaver with imrainar (final ve*li ijmre iift&ty 

 Irom the edge nnd the buds curiously wrinkled when dry ("litce a withered and 

 dhrnnkcit i»pp^e")- Uiifortuuaiely, Miss $tfn]>Ul|e takes u\> the name £. rWn- 

 adtris for this plant, attributing the conilnnation, to F. Mueller and putting 

 fc*. poroso- r Afnclt. as a synonym, The epithet talricuUrU, ttowever, was 

 published onlv as a variety {of B. odorata Behr), whh "P.. calchculivix 

 P. 74 fell. HrriS" citprl in 5 r *t^V<t* •"•> a synnnynt The fnhTnaiior»a1 Code rules 

 that -names mentioned in synonymy are not validly published (Art, 46— 

 Stockholm, 1950) ; so that W i* Blakcly (/.c.) was the firi.t to validate the 

 binomml £ i-nlcuuttrix, which mius< date fi"on> 1^J4 Rurbi«lg< was jitstlfie^l 

 i"n stjtun.' ihat fi> ftUriosA "does not warrant separation"- — tfs tyiir in Melbourne 

 Herbarium, from rhe Flinders Range, is uiMiueMionably etmspecihe with 

 r;. cttUiruUth' Since these iwo epithet* xvere publiKhcrl simultaneously (1856) 

 in the same wrW. but P. /►or#)j>i as a spn-jtv vviib detailed diagnosis, the 

 latter rnusl ceruinly stand as the correct name <if the encalypt concenied — 

 wilb li. *rtVAW/r*.r reduced <t\ synonymy 



