NOTES ON EUCALYPTUS. Aa 
fraxinoides: Deane and Maiden (see also this Journal XLVII, 
p. 235) are recognised as valid species, while E. virgata 
var. triflora Maiden, is proposed as a variety of EH. stricta. 
For a note on the distribution of H. Luehmanniana, see this 
Journal Li, 450. 
For a history of H. virgata, see O.R., ix, p. 275, and the 
following notes. 
G. Don (‘‘Dichlamydeous Plants,”’ ii, 818) translated the 
original description as follows:— 
“BH. virgata (Sieb. pl. exsicc. nov. holl. No. 467), lid of calyx 
conical, length of the cupula (calyx-tube); peduncles axillary and 
lateral, hardly longer than the petioles, and are 2-edged, as well 
as the pedicels; leaves oblong-linear, acuminated at both ends, 
thickish, coriaceous and nearly veinless, Native of New Holland. 
Leaves 4-6 inches long and about 6 -9 lines broad. Twiggy 
Eucalyptus Tree.’ 
Then Bentham, in B. FI. iii, 202 (1866) compiled a new 
description of E. virgata, speaking of it as “‘A tree of con- 
siderable size, with a furrowed persistent fibrous bark.’’ 
{Oldfield). 
- He also, inter alia, adds a description of the fruit for the 
first time, ‘‘narrow pear-shaped,’ with other details of the 
fruit. (Sieber did not collect the fruit). 
Let us now examine the material he attributed to E. 
virgata. I find that it consists of three species, viz.:— 
1. Sieber’s No, 467, which, says Bentham, came from 
“Port Jackson or Blue Mountains.’’ Thisis E. virgata 
Sieb. 
* This species is only found on the crowns or highest points of the 
Main Dividing Range, Tallanganda State Forest, between Braidwood and 
Queanbeyan (C. Weston). W. A. W. de Beuzeville, sending it from 
Parker’s Gap, in the same district, says it is known locally as “White 
Mountain Ash.” ‘Most highly prized of all local timbers. Hasa rough, 
non-fibrous bark, extending about 5 - 8 feet up the stem, when the bark 
becomes quite smooth and white.” 
