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blossoms are very much larger than those of the other variety ; and the trees generally are not so large, 
and are more limited in range of habitat, and, as a rule, do not approach so near to the coast, though I 
have seen it at Raymond Terrace ; and near the beach at Charlotte Bay and Wallis Lake, in this district, 
the two trees often grow together. I have mostly observed it on the lower ranges in the counties of 
Gloucester and Durham. The timber is red in colour, is hard and very lasting, and is well suited in the 
round for heavy timbers in bridges and culverts. 
I have personally collected it within the range stated. Hitherto this form 
has only been found north of Port Jackson. 
This tree has been frequently confused with the grandiflora form of E. 
resinifera , where herbarium specimens only are available; in the forest the two 
trees could not he confused for a moment, their bark immediately distinguishing 
them. The buds also are very different, those of the variety of punctata being, 
as already indicated, ovoid,* and the rim very sharp, with frequently a double 
operculum, while that of the variety of resinifera being conical and even rostrate. 
The fruits of the variety of resinifera have the valves more exserted, and they sometimes have a 
tendency to be conical. 
Messrs. Baker and Smith ( Research on the Eucalypts, p. 128) have evidently 
overlooked this, and have renamed it var. major , stating— 
This is a variety with larger fruits and flowers, and, as far as known, occurs only at Booral, New 
South Wales.—(A. Rudder.) 
The same gentlemen (op. cit., p. 127) describe a var. didyma :— 
This variety is distinguished from the type by its having two opercula to each bud, and by the 
difference in its oil. The outer operculum is thin, and is shed very early in the budding stage, so that it 
is scarcely ever to be found in herbarium material. The fruits always have a broad groove below the rim, 
and the leaves are also larger and thicker than those of the type, while the wood is also more open in the 
grain and less interlocked. Otherwise, morphologically, there is little to distinguish it from the type. 
It seems a pity to endeavour to establish a variety on such slender morpho¬ 
logical grounds. 
Botanical Name. — Eucalyptus, see Part II, page 34; punctata, Latin, 
dotted. In the original description it is stated, “ Hots on the under surface of the 
leaves blackish.” These blackish dots are almost invariably present; often the aid 
of a lens is required to see them properly. They are, however, not characteristic 
for punctata, being often present in E. resinifera and other species. 
Vernacular Names. —Botanists are often blamed for not giving one 
common name, and one name only, to one particular species of Eucalyptus, and 
when it is suggested that there are difficulties in the way, such a suggestion is 
attributed to perverseness. I am afraid the millenium will have arrived before the 
reform hinted at can be carried out. The present species is a good one for 
illustrating one of the reasons why the “ one species one common name ” dictum 
cannot be realised. More than one other species is known as Grey Gum, for 
* The bud reminds one exactly of an egg in an egg-cup. 
