NOTES ON EUCALYPTUS. 463 



The authors (p. 514) recognise a broad-leaved form of 

 E. australiana, restricted to the Ovens district of Victoria. 

 As a matter of fact E. radiata (australiana) varies in width 

 of leaf, thickness and glaucousness. I have broad-leaved 

 plants from both Victoria and New South Wales. Within 

 the limits the texture and venation vary according to 

 environment, age of plant, and part of tree from which the 

 leaves have been obtained. 



The fruits (E. australiana) are described as pilular to 

 turbinate, with a red rim. The fruits of E. radiata (aus- 

 traliana) vary in size and shape, (being nearly spherical to 

 pear-shaped), thickness of rim, shininess, length of peduncle 

 and pedicel. Variation in shape depends to some extent 

 on degree of ripeness and environment. 



It is desirable to state the range of the species, and the 

 following statement, based on specimens in the National 

 Herbarium, Sydney, will be sufficiently comprehensive. It 

 will probably never be known precisely where Sieber 

 obtained his type, since no dated specimens or diary by 

 him are known. It was doubtless obtained either in "Argyle 

 County" or the Blue Mountains, both districts he is known 

 to have visited, and specimens of his type have been com- 

 pared, and precisely match specimens from both those 

 localities. 



Victoria. — Mr. H. Hopkins in "Advance Australia," 

 October, 1909, says that it occurs from sea-level to 3,000 

 feet in Victoria. It is found on the Upper Yarra, Dayles- 

 ford, Mount Macedon, North and South Gippsland, and 

 away to the high tablelands, joining on to the high locali- 

 ties in New South Wales. 



New South Wales. — It is extensively distributed in New 

 South Wales, being a denizen of rather cold localities. In 

 the south it is found on the tableland generally ascending 

 the mountains to Yarrangobilly, Tumbarumba, etc. (These 



