NOTES ON EUCALYPTUS. 515 
introducing a new hypothesis. It is evident that they 
have seen neither the types nor the specimens seen by the 
authors they quote, but they arrive at the following two 
conclusions :— 
1. H. virgata. ‘“‘Sieber’s specimens no doubt belong to 
the dwarf tree or ‘ Mallee’’’ (of the Blue Mountains). ‘‘If 
this is correct...... we accept Sieber’s name for the moun- 
tain shrub which has identical morphological characters 
with H. Sieberiana F.v.M.”’ In other words, HE. virgata is 
identical with the Mountain Ash. They goon tosay “The 
discovery, or rather the identification botanically and 
chemically with the mainland one is of scientific interest, 
for whereas the latter, as far as known, is only a Mallee 
on the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, in Tasmania 
it is a medium-sized tree.”’ 
Commenting on the etymology of virgata, they go on to 
say that “the name is very appropriate, for the Blue 
Mountains specimens are all ‘twiggy or virgate,’ and the 
bark of the Tasmanian tree is ‘streaked or striped,’ for the 
hard, compact bark runs down in streaks or ridges.”’ 
2. The name E. Sieberiana must now be deleted from 
the flora of Tasmania (op. cit., p. 58). 
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As amatter of fact, EH. virgata is Synonymous with H. 
Luehmanniana, which has not yet been found on the Blue 
Mountains, while EH. Sieberiana is a New South Wales, 
Victorian and Tasmanian tree, as stated by Mueller in the 
- original description, and he expressly states that it is found 
in the Blue Mountains. 
E. ambigua DC. See C.R., Part vi, p. 158, and Part ix, 
p. 278. : | 
It may be that some of the specimens referred to it 
belong to E. nitida Hook. f., but the ‘‘fourth cultivated — 
