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‘diffidence, because of the variation in a then very little- 
known species, extending its range to Sutton Forest near 
Moss Vale, northward (since to near Wombeyan Caves, 
R. H. Cambage and J.H.M.) and to near the Jenolan Caves, 
westward (R. H. Cambage), and to Delegate, on the Vic. 
torian border (W. Baeuerlen). 
I also drew attention to its occurrence in Victoria, and 
besides the localities cited, now give Narre Warren, near 
Dandenong (J. Staer); Sandhills near Stradbroke (A. W. 
Howitt), and ‘‘ Height 10 feet,’’ Portland (H. B. Williamson). 
But it is through Mr. Walter Gill, Conservator of Forests 
of South Australia, with whom I have been in correspond- 
ence at intervals since 1905 in regard to this species, that 
I have obtained many specimens (showing the extent of its 
local variation). He speaks of it as ‘‘a stunted form of 
weeping habit, known as ‘Messmate’ by the local people 
(the original H. vitrea was described as ‘ White-topped 
Messmate.’—J.H.M.) 
‘‘Grows in low-lying country, lying under water in winter, 
Penola Forest Reserve, Penola, 20 miles north of Mount 
‘Gambier, not far from the Victorian border.”’ 
‘ Quite recently I have received it from the same district 
from HK. S. Alcock through J. M. Black :—‘‘Trees, average 
height 15—20 feet, some trees growing erect, but many of 
them more or less drooping, and more or less scraggy. Bark 
grey on the outside of the trunk and brownish nearer the 
wood. The rough bark extends right along the limbs, and 
only the small ones have smooth bark. On Glencoe-Mount 
Gambier Road.”’ 
It is referred to under “‘South Australia”? in B. FI., iii, 
202, as ‘‘H. virgata Sieb. A shrub of 10—15 feet, witha 
white and grey bark, in the stunted stringybark forests 15 
miles N.W. of Mount Gambier (Wilhemi ?) in Herb. F. 
