SEEDLINGS OF THE ANGOPHORAS. 103 



Baker i the mature leaves are petiolate. This heterophylly 

 corresponds to what is so usual in the Eucalypts. 



The evidence of the seedlings strongly supports Mr. 

 Baker's view that A. melanoxylon is deserving of specific 

 rank. Not only this but it also conclusively proves, along 

 with the results of the oil distillation, that the narrow- 

 leaved form that was figured first in the " Sydney Mail," 

 February 1st, 1890, by Mr. J. H. Maiden, and is referred 

 to by Mr. R. H. Oambage as A. intermedia var. angusti- 

 folia 1 is really far more distinct and more deserving of 

 specific rank than A. intermedia as compared with A. 

 snbvelutina. I will therefore describe it, and have the 

 great pleasure of naming it Angophora Bakeri, after Mr. 

 R. T. Baker, who preeminently deserves to be associated 

 with such an important Natural Order as the Myrtacese. 



A. Bakeri, sp. nov. 



(Arbor, 20-30 ped. alta, "Narrow-leaved Apple" nota, 

 cortice rimosa, ramulis glabris vel setosis ; foliis juvene 

 augustis sessilibus basi cordatis, foliis mature augustis 1J" 

 - 3" longis ¥ latis, lanceolatis falcatis acuminatis petio- 

 latis oppositis, veins lateralibus parallelis, vena peripherica 

 prope margini posita; terminalibus corymbis vel brevibus 

 paniculis; calycis tuba 2"' - 3"' lata, turbinata glabra 

 dentibus acutis; fructus 4" ' - 5"' longus, costis longitu- 

 dinalibus haud prominentibus, margine tenue contracto 

 incurvato, dentibus brevissimis acuminatis.) 



A medium sized tree, 20 - 30 feet high, with a diameter 

 seldom exceeding 2 feet ; bark fibrous, resembling that of 

 A. subvelutina, F.v.M. and A. intermedia, DO. Branchlets 

 glabrous or with bristles. Leaves numerous 1J-3 inches 

 long, rarely more than \ inch broad, narrow-lanceolate, 

 petiolate, acuminate, falcate, opposite, when dry paler on 



1 Notes on Native Flora, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. xxxvi, Part 2. 



