A Critical Revision of the genus Eucalyptus V03
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A
Critical Revision of the
genus Eucalyptus
^
BY
.,-,
H.
J.
(Government Botanist
of
MAIDEN,
New
I.S.O., F.R.S., F.L.S.
South Wales and Director of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney).
Vol.
PARTS
III.
Jill
21-30.
s2?a/ Mus<
(WITH 40 PLATES.)
" Ages are spent
them.
or
to
in
collecting
reject.
antiquity,
Every generation
enjoys
and transmits that hoard,
In these pursuits,
therefore,
more
materials, ages
Even when a system has been formed, there
the first
the
use
of
in
is
still
a
vast
separating and combining
something
augmented by fresh acquisitions,
speculators
lie
to
add,
hoard bequeathed
to
alter,
to
it
ages.
under great disadvantages,
and,
even when they fail, are entitled to praise."
Macaulay's "Essay on Milton.'
Published by Authority of
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES.
WILLIAM APPLEGATE GULLICK, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, PHILLIP-STREET.
12643-A
1917.
(9/8
J/BR ARIES
by
future
to
.
INDEX.
[The names of Synonyms or Plants, &c, incidentally mentioned are in
page containing the description
is
printed in heavier type.]
PAGE.
Acacia penninervis Sieb.
26
Angophora lanceolata Cav.
63
Apple
PAGE.
Box, Grey
Argyle
Blue-leaved
2
70
70,76
Brachyscelis munita Schrader
Xew
Brisbane Water,
...
70
...
70
Brittle
71
Broad-leaved Blue
137
Sally
...
Gum
Apple-tree
Ash. Mountain
68
...
83, 127, 177
Brown
Bangalay
129
Gum
Gum
45, 63
Gum
Box
Mahogany
7,
138,197
Gum
110, 125
Black Box
77,
Gum
195
85, 143
Peppermint
6,26,68
Blackbutt
176
Bloodwood
39
nib
Gum
Buttermilk
Gum
176
2
59
Camden Woolly-butt
81
Candle-bark
Chalcid
Cider
Wasp
Tree
Couranga
Creek
2:i
146
Crimson filaments
170
Dainty fragrance
169
209
19,68,146
70
Deane, Henry
Apple-topped
71
Deciduous Guni
Bastard
Cabbage
54
...
Gum
Apple
isiack
29
108
Cotogurra
2
Booah
110
Galls
Gum
2
*17
59
Caley, George
. .
Gum
109, 117, 125, 146
Calangara
215
17. 51. 57, 58, 63, 86, 146,
Box
126
Cajeput
Blue-leaved Apple
Peppermint
137
Cabbage Box
49, 53, 202, 216
2
-
54
4, 68,
202
^-nngybark
White
195
...
...
Bastard Blue
63
150
Gum
Brown-barked
But But
74
54
...
Gum
Burram Murra
Banks. Sir Joseph
>3
...
South Wales, and Bris-
bane River, Queensland
Lowland
Appit--
Bog
77
White
Mountain
Apple-topped Box
Blue
11
Soft 'White
1
Box
146
Peppermint
19, 67
6,
The
italics.
7,
138, 197
77,
195
70
63
...
Dimorphic leaves in E. cinerea
91
1
Gum
...
110, 177
Dunn, William
...
65
Drooping
.
INDEX.
IV
PAGE.
PAGE.
Egg-in-egg-cup buds
209
...
Elder Expedition
Eucalyptus cosmophylla, var. leprosula
var. rostrigera
31
Eriostemon Coxii F. v. M.
Eucalyptus acaciaeformis D.
&
M.
var. linearis
acervula Hook.
1.
...
& M.
D.
184
26,89
crucivalvis F. v.
...
27
daphnoides Miq.
109, 121. 134, 135
4.
F.v.M
...
...
crebra
...
17
...
17
5, 27,
M.
...
...
...
...
...
Cunn
dealbata A.
199
171
140
3,1 80
Deanei Maiden
...
...
138
acmen ioides Schauer
...
...
4=6
Decaisneana Blume
acutarigula Turcz.
...
...
33
decipiens Endl.
...
...
decurva F. Muell.
...
...
...
25
137
acervula Sieb.
aggregata D.
...
...
& M.
84, 85, 89, 153
...
alba Reinw.
...
androsemijolia
...
Hoffmann
diversicolor F. Muell
...
...
...
...
5, 25, 82.
137
diverslfolia Woolls.
133.135
Baker
a>tgophoroid?s R. T.
angustifolia Desf.
...
aurantiaca F. Muell.
...
68, 71
...
...
171
...
...
37. 38
Baeuerleni F.v.M
...
...
Scliauer
var.
73,74
elata Dehn. (?)
S4,
F.v.M
188
92,96
49.50,165.217
...
var. conica
...
...
brachyaiidra F.v.M.
brachypoda Turcz.
...
...
...
...
...
Bridgesiana R. T. Baker
4.
68
221
122. 132. 152
Maiden
...
.
Hk.
135, 138, 139
19
140,163
f
colossea F. Muell.
...
137
...
conoidea Benth.
23
6, 15,
cordatr Lodd.
coriacea A. Cunn. var. alpi
cosmophylla F.
133
14
corymbosa Sin.
42.
v.
M.
23
•
var. nana, D.
M.
faleifolia
v.
&
M
127
89
145
...
Miq.
137
fascicidosa F. Muell.
17
Forrestiana Diels
gigantea Hook.
4,35
141)
I'.
globulus Labill.
...
gomphocephala A.
P.
7, 76, 89, 143,
DC.
...
21, 77,
...
19
M
21
v.
M.
Gunnii Hook.
135, 139
105. 106, 121,
f.
147
153, 159, 185
ar. acervula
var. elata
135, 141
f.
glaum D. & M.
var.
204
var. 7naca1osa
var.
4
Hook.
105
16
111. 173
...
Maiden
grossa F. v.
\
185
58
granulans Sieb.
Gtmnii F.
19
19
grandis Hill
Griffith^'
172
20
goniantha Turcz.
13
cordata Hort. Berol.
cordata Labill.
Maiden
eugenioides Sieb.
gouiocalyx F. v. M.
cladocalyx F. Muell.
coccifera
var. (?) Eoei
gompliocontuta
angUca Maiden
M.
23
var. marginata Benth.
111
1,6,9,27, 68
citrifolia F. v.
171, 172
172
1.2,7.72
var. iiova
21, 73, 75, 185
fabroram Schlecht.
153
var. multiflora
M.
133
87, 109, 134, 148.
1, 15. 68.
65, 72
fabrorum Herb. Behr.
...
cinerea F.v.M.
166
...
219
...25.31
camphora R. T. Baker
...
jabrorum F.
Brownii Maiden and Cambage
...
15S
197
cresia Bentli
...
...
ervthronema Turcz.
78
botryoidesSm.
68
25
...
...
var. rhodophloia Bentli.
135, 138
Maiden
bigalerita
d'unosa A. Cunn.
elceophora F. v.
conica
Benthami Maiden and Cambage
...
doratoxijJon F. Muell.
Dunnii Maiden
Banksii Maiden
171
81. 83
dives Scliauer
183
179,
Baueriana Miq.
148, 153
diversifolia Benth.
...
66
92
...
163
...
amygdalina Labill.
Baueriana.
90
57, 63,
...
...
18,
30.
alpina Lindl.
...
104, 107
Maiden
montana Hook.
f.
126
.
104
INDEX.
PAGE.
Eucalyptus Guunii, var. rubida Maiden
Ill
...
...
172
obcordata var. nutans
...
...
19
111,173
obliqva Dec-aisae
...
133
occidentalis Endl.
5.
Howitt
var. (b)
165
Gunnii Miq.
hcemastoma Sni
125. 130
var. mierantha Benth.
hemihmpra, F.
hemiphloia
"209
M.
v.
...
...
68. 70
...
72
var. aliens
M.
Howittian-a F. v.
...
221
...
171.173
Huberiava Xaudin
(?)
inerassata Labill.
...
19, 21, 24. 31. 35
...
...
...
...
21
...
...
153
inerassata Labill. var.
...
...
166
Kirtoniana F. v. M.
...
200,212
...
164
var. angidosa
var. conglobata
Kit semi Deane
Kitsoni
(J.
...
...
G. Luehrnann) Maiden
150,
152, 164
Kitsoniana
Luehmaim)
G.
(J.
E. T. Baker
Leucadendron Bein.
Uucoxylon F.
ligustrina
M.
v.
longifolia
...
...
...
Link & Otto
Macarthuri D.
...
...
8.
m aculata Hk.
maculosa E. T. Baker
...
Maideni F. v. M.
...
mannifera A. Cunn.
M
melliodora A. Cunn.
m ol uccana Eoxb
.
Mooreana(\\'.V.¥.) Maiden
mucronata Link
Muelleri T. B.
...
nitens
...
103, 109, 121
Lodd.
persicifolia
135, 171
persicifolia Lodd., var.
46
Miq
pilularis
DC.
171, 173
Sm.
26.
95
50
polyanthemos Schauer
93
populifolia Desf
93
populijolia
...
.
Hook.
populnea F.
30. 221
f.
Hook.
populifolia No. 1,
92
93
v. M....
prsecox Maiden
129, 131
Pressiana Schauer
propinqua D.
&.
18, 21,
M.
66. 74,
pruinosa Turcz.
var. lanceolata
1,2
...
Ho witt
...
1. 4,
5
1,2. 12. 18
Cunn
punctata DC.
29
191
33
2>ulvendenta F. v. M.
jndvigera'A.
2, 12.
131
12S. 138, 192, 194, 200,
212
159, 160
'.•.
133
91, 92.
platypodos Cav.
99
...
135
...
...
150, 151
M.
201
68
M.
v.
pulverulenta Sims
Maiden
&
173
...
42
92
46
neglecta Maiden
...
204, 211, 214
...
mvMiflora Poiret
nova-anglica D.
221
133,135
Moore
M.
platyphylla F. v. M.
28
...
Baker
patentinervis E. T.
pellita F. v.
96
91, 92,
patentiflora F. Muell.
125
34. 37, 41, 42
...
27, 88, 132
.
Moore
piperita
148
...
microtheca F. Muell.
miniata A. Cunn.
...
134, 135, 140
Cambage
pastoralis S.
139
Ill,
5, 15, 132,
...
29
Sni.
...36,40
18,20,36
M.
v.
Baker &
paludosa E. T. Baker
parvifolia
146, 155
M.
pallidifolia F. v.
pallidivalvis
148, 153
Maiden
ptychocarpa F. v. M.
20
F. v.
var. grandiflora
...37,41
113, 172
melanopklma F.
camphora Maiden
var.
pkoenicea F. v. M.
Ill, 112
...
marginata Sm.
megamrpa
ovata Labill. 129, 133, 153, 163, 166, 179
persicifolia
76
...
...
99
...
107
109, 125,
mannifera Moudie or Mudie
...
104
131, 150, 179
...
19. 30
oligantha Sckauer
Perriniana F.
78, 81, 87, 190
M.
v.
M
oleosa Y. v.
24
...
18
126
25. 68
& M.
macrorrhyncha F.
...
...
perfoliata A. Cunn.
19, 25, 36, 185
DC.
ligustrina Miq.
8,17,92
M
Oldfieldii:F. v.
164
92
...
...
...
...
peltata Bentli.
Maiden
lactea
PAGE.
Eucalyptus numerosa Maiden
...
...
var.
didyma
var. grandiflora
77
pyriformis Turcz.
27
quadrangulata D.
...
D &
M.
198
195
25
& M.
..
73, 75, 76
INDEX.
VI
Eucalyptus radiata Hook,
f
radiata Si eb.
M
redunca Schau.
&
var. Kirtoniana D.
var. pellita
riyida Hoffmg.
tectijica
221
tereticomis
209
uruigera Hook.
201
vernicosa Hook.
...
f.
f.
...
13
viminalis Labill.
rostrata Schlecht
16,
...
183
M.
Ill
var. pedicellaris Muell.
145
169
var. rhyncJiocorys Ferd.
169
Muell
viminalis Labill. var. b.
var.
c.
Howitt
Howitt 111, 114
...
126
...
174
saccharifera F. v. M.
171
rirgata Sieb.
172
Watsoniana F.
Ill
Wood/raid; Maiden
Sm.
150,
k M.
var. microcarpa F. v.
vimineali&b.
saligna,
162
Ill
...
86
204
...
19
3, 11. 84, 122,
rudis End\.
var. microt arpa (?)
33,35
27,157,161
...
23
131, 150, 173, 187
saccharifiua F. v. M.
...
var. BaetierleiiiT).
110, 128, 129,
5, 109,
...
158, 167, 184, 187, 190, 193
6
46
...
...
...
...
...
...
19, 25, 161.
...
viminalis Benth. var.
#
rubida D. & M.
Lueh
torquata
213
194, 196
var. brachycorys Benth.
tetraptera Turcz.
19,46,55,203,218
...
25, 129, 199, 204,
48
Rodwayi Baker and Smith
Cav
Sm.
217
5,
...
4,6
...
92,95
...
f
robustaSm.
...
...
...
...
Risdoui Hook,
M.
tertia
F.v.M
172
48, 185, 198, 203, 207,
var. grandiflora Benth.
rostratus
PAGE.
Eucalyptus Stuartiana
...19,168
...
...
Sm.
...
...
...
Raveretiana F. v.
resinifera
PAGE.
86
...
...
v.
...
...
138
...
...
32
M
19
48, 52, 56, 64, 66, 78, 192.
213,217
var. botryoides
Maiden
Baker and
var. pallidivahris
170
Filaments, Crimson
52
...
Flooded
Gum
Flooded
Gum
53, 56, 58, 63. 85, 109, 110, 116,
140, 188
Smith
03
santalifolia F. Muell.
Maiden
bloom
Forest
Mahogany
48,209
187
Forrest, Sir
212
var. rostrata
M.
127
Smithii R. T. Baker
...125, 130, 180,
v.
187
spectabilis F. v.
211,214
M.
Spenceriana Maiden
stellata Si eb
89,
v.
35
John
199
siderophloia Benth.
Stuartiana F.
168
...
186
...
Seeana Maiden
Sieberiana F.
173, 188
81
Flour-like
scoparia
(Camden)
M.
4, 19. 26,
Fragrance
...
••
169
••
Galls
29
Geijera parviflora Lindl.
28
55
Gippsland Mahogany
221
Glandular filaments
148
Grey Box
Gum
67, 75,
36
...
146
53, 54, 74, 128, 138, 146, 176, 192, 195,
197
78,84, 137,199,213
var. cordata
Smith
var. grossa
1,5
Maiden
69
...
var. longifolia Benth.
196
...
Stuartiana prima F.
v.
&
Gum,
Bastard White
Black
...
135
4,
135, 138
...
1,
4
202
Bastard Blue
68
var. longifolia, Benth.
68
Apple Tree
M....
M.
Stuartiana secunda F. v. M.
94
Guichenot...
71
var. parviflora
var. parri folia D.
28
Peppermint
Baker and
Blue
Bog
Brittle
110, 125
85,
143
17, 51, 53, 57, 58, 63, 65, 86, 146, 176
17
129
INDEX.
Vll
PAGE.
Gum. Broad-leaved Blue
Brown
63
PAGE.
Jimmy Low
212
63
Brown-barked
195
...
Cabbage
109 117, 125, 146
.
Kaikur
98
Kaju-puti
92
...
Cider
...
106
Kaju-puti Malaice
Creek
...
146
Karri
137
91
Kino
207
Kitson. Albert Ernest
164
Deciduous..
Drooping
110, 177
..
Flooded
90
53, 56, 58, 63, 85, 109, 110, 116, 140,
188
Flooded (Camden)
Grey
Large trees (E. ovata)
143
Leather Jacket
195
188
...
53, 54, 74, 128, 138, 146, 176, 192, 195,
Gum
Leopard
Leopard Spotted
Leopard
128
...
197
Gum
128
...
128
...
Lerp
Leopard Spotted
128
...
Lowland Apple
Macpherson Range White
Manna
Nankeen
...
...
Pink
Poplar
30
Maaudowie
91
Macpherson Range White
17
Mahogany
16, 64, 68, 117, 136, 137, 192,
...
Ribbony
Forest
130
Gippsland
167
New
64
Red
Scribbly
55
Swamp
17
White
Scrub
...
110, 125
106, 140
Melaleuca Gum-tree
63
Slaty
...
Spotted
...
Blue
...
Turpentine
144
138, 197
Weeping
White
198
...
175
29, 55, 57, 63, 65, 84, 91, 117, 125,
137, 167, 188
White Brittle
"White Cabbage
...
White Floury
Woolly
(of
Hahea MacraeavM
F. v.
M
Hiccory
Hickory
Hybridism
209
46
170
36, 38,
39
2, 83,
85
48
208
37
Milky Juice
Mountain Aple
126
...
130
Mahogany
White
81
70
...
83,177
216
Gum
30
Mudgee Peppermint
Mudione
82
55,
57
195, 197
184
12
138, 197
...
48, 54,
Metrosideros gummifera
Ash
...
...
208
Mica trees
Mundowey
Heart -leaved Eucalyptus
45
48,
Melaleuca leucadendron, L.
Messmate
130
31
55
216
81, 111. 140, 170
...
Gungurru
209
48,
195
130
110, 117, 138, 140, 197
49, 202, 216
6,
...
Argyle)
Yellow
...
Holland
Mandowe ...
Manna
Manna Gum
Silky
65
Mountain
Round-leaf Blue
...
Gum
215
208
110, 118, 140, 168
River
195
54,
Bastard
91, 98
Brittle
Swamp
Swamp
70
...
65
81, 111, 140, 170
Mountain White
Red
Red
126
146, 195, 208
20, 51, 64
Nankeen
Gum
91
Narrow-leaved Peppermint
26
New
45
Holland Mahogany
Ngamggar
41
INDEX.
Vlll
PAGE
PAGE.
Soft Apple Tree
39
Orange-blossom Stringybark
Soft
2. 11, 26,
77
Gum
Spotted
Peppermint
71
...
White Box
68 69,71,82,85
110.125
Stringybark
Black
17,37,82,127
26, 68
6,
Bastard
Blue
2
Box
11
Grey
28
2
Red
S,
212
8
Silver-leaved
Stuart, Charles
Mudgee
82
Narrow-leaved
26
Red
10
Scrub
27
67
...
Stuartiana confusion
Swamp
4
Gum
Blue
144
Gum
106, 140
Mahogany
...
48. 54,
209
3
Silver-leaved
White
.
6, 68, 69,
Pepper wood
72
Tenterfield Woolly-butt.
74
Perrin, G. S
...
103
Tewart
19
Pine
...
125
Thurambai
71
Gum
Poplar Gum
Pink
*'
17
91, 98
...
Pulverulenta confusion
189
58
Toolui
"
Torumba
209
...
Tuart
19
Turpentine
Turpentine
Quadrangular young stems
Recognition
Red
Brittle
76
159, 162
of a species
Gum
130
Gum
16, 64, 68, 111
136, 137, 192,
Turpentine Tree
Weeping
72
...
Gum
175
White Box
208
48,
...
208
Peppermint
10
Stringy bark
8,212
Gum
70,
130
exudation
126
130
Floury
Gum
(.bun
29, 55, 57, 63, 65, 84, 91, 117, 125, 137,
130
94
167, 188
Gum
167
Round-leaf Blue
Gum
46
Mahogany..
64
...
Peppermint
6,
..71. 85
Sally
oj
38, 51, 55, 57,68, 71, 74
107
...
81
..
215
North Coast
82
Gum
17
South Coast
82
Peppermint
27
Sydney
82
63
Tenterfield
Gum
Woolly-butt
Camden
55
Scrub Bloodwood
Gum
Silver-leaved Peppermint
3
Stringybark
8
Slaty
215
Woolly Bark
..
E. (xuwnii
Scribbly
Silky
68, 69, 72
28
Wilga
Sap
76
Gum
Cabbage Gum
110, 118, 140, 168
Riedle
River
138,197
Brittle
Mahogany
Ribbony
2
Gum
Gum
..
Sydney
:
198
Woolly
Gum
Yellow
Gum
of
District
Argyle
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.
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81
110, 117, 138, 140, 197
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Part
XXVI— 138.
Eucalyptus cinerea F.v.M.
114. Eucalyptus pulverulenta Sims.
115. Eucalyptus cosmophylla F.v.M.
XXI— 113.
116. Eucalyptus gomphocephala A. P.
(Issued March, 1914.)
Plates, 89-92.
139. Eucalyptus Ounnii Hook.
140. Eucalyptus rubida
DC.
Plates, 108-111.
XXVII— 141.
XXII— 117. Eucalyptus erythronema Turcz.
118. Eucalyptus acaciceformis Deane
119. Eucalyptus pallidifolia F.v.M.
&
Maiden.
120. Eucalyptus ccesia Benth.
121. Eucalyptus tetraptera Turcz.
122. Eucalyptus Forrestiana Diels.
123. Eucalyptus miniata A. Cuun.
124. Eucalyptus phcenicea F.v.M.
Plates, 93-96.
Eucalyptus Perriniana F.v.M.
(Issued April, 1915.)
f.
Deane and Maiden.
(Issued April, 1916.)
Eucalyptus maculosa R. T. Baker.
142. Eucalyptus prcecox Maiden.
143. Eucalyptus ovata Labill.
14,4.
Eucalyptus neglecta Maiden.
Plates, 112-115.
(Issued July, 1916.)
Eucalyptus vernicosa Hook, f.
146. Eucalyptus Muelleri T. B. Moore.
147. Eucalyptus Kitsoniana (J. G. Luehmar
XXVIII— 145.
Maiden.
XXIII— 125. Eucalyptus robusta Smith.
126. Eucalyptus botryoides Smith.
127. Eucalyptus saligna Smith.
(Issued July, 1915.)
Plates, 97-100.
XXIV
—128.
Eucalyptus Deanei Maiden.
129. Eucalyptus JJumiii Maiden.
130. Eucalyptus Stuarliana F.v.M.
131. Eucalyptus Banksii Maiden.
Deane & Maiden.
(Issued November, 1915.)
132. Eucalyptus quadrangulata
Plates,
100 his-103.
Eucalyptus Macarthuri Deane and Maiden.
134. Eucalyptus aggregata Deane and Maiden
XXV— 133.
135. Eucalyptus parvifolia Cambage.
136. Eucalyptus alba Reinwardt.
Plates, 104-107.
(Issued February, 1916.)
148. Eucalyptus viminalis Labillardiere.
Plates, 116-119.
XXIX.—149.
(Issued December, 1916.)
Eucalyptus Baeuerleni F.v.M.
150. Eucalyptus scoparia Maiden.
Benthami Maiden & Cambi
152. Eucalyptus propinqua Deane and Maid-
151. Eucalyptus
153. Eucalyptus punctata D.C.
154. Eucalyptus Kirtoniana F.v.M.
Plates, 120-123.
XXX— 155.
(Issued February, 1917.)
Euccdyptus resinfera Sm.
156. Eucalyptus pellita F.v.M.
157. Eucalyptus brachyandra F.v.M.
Plates, 124-127.
(Issued April, 1917.)
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(Government Botanist of
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Eucalyptus pilularis, Sm., and var. Muelteriana, Maiden.
(Issued March, 1903.)
Plates, 1-4.
2.
Eucalyptus obliqua, L'Heritier.
Plates, 5-8.
Ill
—
3.
(Issued May, 1903.)
Eucalyptus calycogona, Turczaninow.
Plates, 9-12.
IV
—
4.
5.
V
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6.
7.
8.
VI
VII
Eucalyptus incrassata, Labillardiere.
Eucalyptus jcccunda, Schauer.
Plates, 13-24.
(Issued June, 1904.)
Eucalyptus stellulata, Sieber.
Eucalyptus coriacea, A. Cunn.
Eucalyptus coccijera, Hook. f.
Plates, 25-28.
(Issued November, 1904.)
—
Eucalyptus amygdalina, Labillardiere.
Eucalyptus
linearis, Dehnhardt.
10.
11. Eucalyptus Risdoni, Hook. f.
Plates, 29-32.
(Issued April, 1905.)
9.
—
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
VIII
—
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
Eucalyptus regnans, F.v.M.
Eucalyptus vitellina, Naudin, and Eucalyptus vitrea, R. T. Baker.
Eucalyptus dives, Schauer.
Eucalyptus Andrewsi, Maiden.
Eucalyptus diversijolia, Bonpland.
Plates, 33-36.
(Issued October, 1905.)
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus
capitellata,
Sm.
Muelleriana, Howitt.
macrorrhyncha, F.v.M.
eugenioides, Sieber.
marginata, Sm.
buprestium, F.v.M.
sepulcralis, F.v.M.
Plates, 37-40.
IX
(Issued July, 1903.)
—24.
(Issued March, 1907.)
Eucalyptus alpina, Lindl.
25. Eucalyptus microcorys, F.v.M.
26. Eucalyptus aemetiioides, Schauer.
27. Eucalyptus
umbra, R. T. Baker.
28. Eucalyptus virgata,' Sieber.
2\j.
Eucalyptus apiculata, Baker and Smith.
30. EucGtypivs
31.
Luehmanniana, F.
Eucalyptus Planchoniana, F.v.M.
Plates, 41-44.
X
— 32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
v. Mueller.
(Issued
November,
1907.)
Eucalyptus piperita, Sm.
Eucalyptus Sieberiana, F.v.M.
Eucalyptus Consideniana, Maiden.
Eucalyptus hccmastoma, Sm.
Eucalyptus siderophloia, Eenth.
Eucalyptus Boonnani, Deane and Maiden.
Eucalyptus leptophlcba, F.v.M.
Eucalyptus BehHana, F.v.M.
Eucalyptus populifolia, Hook.
Eucalyptus Bowmaiii, F.v.M. (Doubtful Species.)
Plates, 45-18.
(Issued December, 1908.)
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Even when a system has been formed, there
enjoys
the
use of
is
still
a
vast
and transmits that hoard, augmented by fresh
In these pursuits,
therefore,
the first
speculators
lie
add,
to
alter,
hoard bequeathed
to
it
something
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CXIII.
Description
Eucalyptus einerea F.v.M.
i
.
Varieties
i
Synonyms
Range
i
2
Form
Typical
2
Affinities
Variety
* A0 *.
3
multiflora, var.
nov
7
Range
7
Variety
nova angliea, var. nov.
'
9
Synonym
g
Range
10
CXIV. Eucalyptus pulverulenta Sims.
Description
12
Synonyms
Range
12
Affinities
15
CXV. Eucalyptus cosmophylla
14
F.v.M.
Description
16
Varieties
17
Range
17
Affinities
18
CXVl. Eucalyptus gomphocephala A.P.DC.
Description
19
Hybridism
20
Range
20
Affinities
20
Explanation of Plates
21
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DESCRIPTION.
CXIII.
F.v.M.
cinerea
E.
In Bentham's Flora Australiensis
Following
is
the original description
A moderate-sized tree,
Leaves
narrow
239 (1866).
:
with a whitish-brown persistent bark, somewhat fibrous, the foliage more or
mealy white.
less glaucous or
(or
iii,
opposite, sessile, cordate ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or acute; mostly 2 to i inches long
lanceolate,
which are alternate-and much longer.
—
J.
ELM.).
Peduncles axillary or in short terminal corymbs, terete or nearly
J.H.AI.) pedicellate flowers.
(or more.
Calyx broadly
Operculum
Stamens
so,
each with three to seven
turbinate, abDut 2 lines diameter or rather more.
conical, shorter
than the calyx-tube.
2 to 3 lines long, inflected in the
bud
anthers small but ovate, with distinct parallel
:
cells.
Ovary convex
in the centre.
Fruit semiglobose or subglobose-truncate, about
orifice,
3 lines diameter, often slightly contracted at the
the rim thin, the capsule very slightly sunk but the valves protruding.
Normal form.
—The
normal form was long believed
(B.Fl.
iii,
239.)
to Le, as far as leaves
by Bjntliam, as figure:! by Mueller in Eucalyptographia
as E. pulverulenta Sirns, and best known to New South Wales botanists as the
" Argyle Apple." Many years ago I found narrow lanceolate leaves on the Argyle
are coac3rne:l, as defined
Apple, thus giving the foliage a distinctly dimorphic shape
believed to possess.
To summarise,
it
has bark, fibrous
is
was not previously
timber, reddish, of inferior
would appear that the timber of variety
the most durable of that of any of the forms.
Further data are
value for economic purposes as a rule, but
noza-anglica
;
it
it
required as to the durability of the timber of
a.
Flowers in threes.
b.
Leaves mostly broad.
c.
Tet lanceolate
all
the forms.
also in flowering branchlets.
Varieties.
1.
multiflora, var. nor.
2.
nova-anglica, var. nov.
(See p. 7.)
(See p. 9.)
SYNONYMS.
non Sims.
1.
E. pulverulenta F.v.M.,
2.
E. Stuartiana
3.
E. pulverulenta F.v.M. var. lanceolata Howitt.
4.
E. Stuartiana F.v M., var. eordata
secunda of F.v.M.
(See
p. 3.)
(See p.
1.)
(Seep.
Baker and Smith.
4.)
(See
p. 5.)
RANGE.
The
species in
its
normal form occurs in northern Victoria, thence in
New
South Wales, in the southern mountainous country from ahout Tumut to Berrima,
and thence in the Bathurst district. Connecting localities hctween the southern and
western ones will douhtless be found.
—
" N.S.
W. Lachlan Biver near Bathurst, A. Cunningham, also Lake George,
Herb. F. Mueller " are the localities quoted in B.Fl. iii, 239.
These are mentioned by Mueller in Fragm.
with which he had originally identified
doubtless erroneous.
oppidum Bathurst
The
it.
70, for
ii,
E. pulverulenta Sims,
locality "
Lachlan Biver"
There
versus."
no evidence that the species has been collected
is
on the Lachlan, and probably Cunningham's Wattle Flat locality
Lachlan reference
is
is
Mueller's words in Fragm. are " In vicinia fluininis Lachlan
apparently a mere
slip of
is
referred
to.
The
the pen.
In the " Eucalyptographia " Mueller has the folloAving
localities
for
E.
pulverulenta (F.v.M. non Sims).
(1)
Upper Lachlan,
Cox's Biver,
(2)
(3)
Marulan
to Yass,
(4)
Berrima,
Lake George, (6) Castlereagh Biver (the above are New South Wales). (7) Lake
Omeo, (8) Buckan Biver, (9) Between the Avon and Mitchell Bivers, (10) Towards
(5)
Walhalla (these are Victorian
(1)
Sims).
(3),
E. cinerea
to
me.
Already referred
;
(1),
(5)
This
the locality
is
localities).
to.
is
(2)
This
is
E. cinerea.
E. pulvigera A. Cunn. (E. pulverulenta
I
have not been able to confirm
farther to the north-west than that of
Nos. (7) to (10) are
all
(6) for
any form known
E. cinerea var. multiflora.
Typical Form.
New
South Wales.
near Wattle Flat, about 20 miles northerly from Bathurst.
"
Locally called
Peppermint." Fine trees about 60 feet high. On the track taken
by Allan Cunningham in April, 1823 see his " Journal of a route from Bathurst to
Limekilns
;
Liverpool Plains," as described by him in Barron Field's " Geographical Memoirs
on N.S.W."
p.
133 (B. H. Cambage and J.H.M.).
Now we come
to southern localities
Near Coal Mine, Berrima (J.H.M.)
" Blue Peppermint," Wingello
J.
Bumsey;
"Blue-leaved
:
;
—
Jerrara, near
Bungonia (H.
J.
Bumsey);
Boorman and J.H.M.) Barber's Creek (H.
Apple" Marulan (A. Murphy);
"Turpentine,"
(J.
L.
;
"Messmate," " Bastard Stringybark." Typical of the forest growth on an extensive
belt of country in the Jerrawa district.
The country it grows in is useless for
farming or grazing, as the
(Jerrawa Shales).
Shearsby).
soil
consists of a barren
sandy shale of Silurian age
See Froc. Aust. Assoc. Adv. Science
xiii,
106 [1911] (A.
J.
—
'•'
Silver-leaved
distillation.
generally called " Turpentine, used
Peppermint,"
Fairly abundant in
Gunniug and Yass
districts,
country along the small flats and watercourses " (G.
H.
for
oil
and grows on very poor
Sheaffe).
Tass to Bowning, 2i miles out, 1,600 feet above sea-level. (R. H. Cambage,
No. 2,036) Tass (Revd. J. W. Dwyer). Tree about 30 feet, trunk matted stringybark up to branches, then strips off, near Gundaroo (Revd. J. TT. Dwyer). About
;
40 feet appearance of Stringybark. Bark ragged, fibrous, matted, reddish brown on
trunk and larger limbs, tben on smaller limbs coming off in strips and curling
inwards, leaving creamy-white smooth branchlets." Nelanglo Creek, near Gundaroo,
also hills near Burrinjuck and Goodradigbee (Revd. J. W. Dwyer).
;
Lake George (Revd. Dr. Woolls).
Tumut,
Turnut,
in varying degrees of glaucousness (E. Betche,
West Blowering Road and Lacmalac
(J. L.
W. W.
Froggatt).
Boorman and J.H.M.).
Victoria.
" Peppermint."
Fibrous bark up to 3 inches thick.
Leaves
all lanceolar.
Beechworth (Falck).
AFFINITIES.
This species, while it has not
many synonyms
has a most complicated synonymy, and I will
1.
"With E. pulverulenta Sims (the " pulverulenta confusion)."
In Fragm.
ii,
71 (1860) Mueller, in identifying Bathurst and Lake George
specimens (erroneously as
we knew
later)
formerly distributed this species under the
knew
compared with some species,
endeavour to make the situation clear.
as
later).
This
is
the
first
In 1866 Bentham
(Fragm.
ii,
name E.
Sims,
says,
cinerea F.v.M. (correctly as
he
we
mention of the name cinerea.
(B.F1.
under Mueller's manuscript name.
F. Mueller
with E. pulverulenta
239) described the plant E. cinerea F.v.M.
iii,
Bentham
goes on to say
:
70) unites this (E. cinerea) with E. pulverulenta, of
which
it
variety, but as far as the specimens go, the differences in the leaf, in the size of the flower,
may be a
and in the
shape of the fruit appear to be constant. It may, however, be an opposite-leaved state of E. dealbata,
and, possibly, as well as that species, a form of E. viminalis.
In
as the
this passage
Mueller was referring to E. pulverulenta, the plant known
" Argyle Apple," while
Bentham had
Sims, of which E. pulvigera A. Cunn.
is
in his
mind the true pulverulenta
of
a synonym.
In the " Eucalyptographia " Mueller again erroneously placed his E. cinerea
under E. pulverulenta Sims, and repeated this in his Second Census. Later on I
followed Mueller, but Messrs. Baker and Smith (" Research on the Eucalypts ")
pointed out that E. pulverulenta Sims and E. cinerea F.v.M. were distinct, and that
Bentham's views were correct.
517 [1898]) founded
his E. pulverulenta Sims (F.v.M.) var, lanceolata Howitt following Mueller as
Then Howitt (Proc. Aust.
la.
Assoc. Adv. Sciense
vii,
regards E. pulverulenta.
He
says
1.
:
Typical puloerulenta
not found in Victoria.
is
(As regards the broad-
leaved form be is correct so far as the records go, but be was not aware that his
" typical E. pulverulenta " may bave narrow lanceolate leaves.)
Only that form
2.
leaves in the
He
aged
trees,
is
and
found
in
Victoria with opposed, elongated lanceolar
he called E. puloerulenta var. lanceolata.
this
quotes the range of bis variety as " Between
Beechworth (F.v.M.), near the Ovens River
(D. Ingle).
In Gippsland I have observed
(C.
it
the
Fakk), and
Range and
Ovens district
Pilot
iu the
near Bucban, at Providence Ponds
(between'the Avon and Mitchell Rivers), near Ostler's Creek, on the Walhalla Uoad,
between Darliraurla and Mb/boo North, at Monkey Creek between Sale and Port
Albert, and at Moe."
He
He
me
presented
with specimens of
says that the
number
all
he collected.
of flowers in the
head varies from three to
His specimens were mostly multifiowered, and bis variety lanceolata
is
my
variety
multiflora (in part) the exception being the three-flowered Victorian specimens.
is
interesting
to
find
that
pulverulenta (as he understood
in
my
2.
cinerea multiflora,
With
E.
it)
It
Howitt believed that E.
included that Stuartiana which I have included
keen an observer
so
six.
I invite
my
as
readers to peruse his very interesting paper.
Stuartiana F.v.M. (the "Stuartiana confusion").
Now we come
to
E. Stuartiana, and the muddle becomes greater
still.
I desire at the outset to point out that there are three E. Sluartianas
F.v.M.
in botanical literature.
(1)
E. Gunnil Hook,
Let
me
f.,
call this
var. acervula (E. acervula
Hook.
f.-).
Stuartiana prima.
(2)
E. cinerea F.v.M., var. multiflora [Stuartiana secunda).
(3)
E. Stuartiana F.v.M., the But But (E. Bridgesiana R. T. Baker)
(Stuartiana tertia).
when I come to the plant which
the " But But," and again when
I shall return to the subject
as E. Stuartiana F.v.M., viz.,
E. Gunuii
"
I
have adopted
come
to the
series.
Mueller,
statement.
I
Eucalyptographia
under
(He has Stuartiana secunda
E.
pulverulenta, makes the
following
in his mind's eye.)
In the systematic definition and in the illustration I have not included a
Eucalypt, the leaves of which in aged trees become elongated-lanceolar,
much
narrowed upwards, and even somewhat sickle-shaped, though their base remains
rounded and their stalk very short; moreover in the above-mentioned state some of
This particular Eucalypt was
the upper leaves -hecomc alternate or scattered.
noticed in Upper Gippsland by Mr. A. TV". Howitt, and near the Ovens River by
Mr.
C. Falck."
lie 2>ocs on to sav
:
" There is every reason to
assume that it is merely a state of E. pxdverulenta
(cinerea) mediating a transit to E. Stuartiana (cinerea var.) " (my parentheses).
He
goes on to say
" Indeed, it
:
—
was with some reluctance that E. pulverulenta became at
accepted into the present work, from
illustration
have been and are
And
' :
bushy
dubious species for distinct
be rigorously excluded."
to
This finallv narrow-leaved form of E. pulceridenla,
has the leaves
state,
is
all
broad and opposite
That E. cinerea in
(a)
its
when
vet in
its
voun<>
but they do not continue in that
felt
—
typical form could not be separated from Howitt
and Raich's specimens
(p. 4).
That E. cinerea was connected bv a transit form with E. Stuartiana
(that particular one which I have named E. cinerea var. multifiora).
(tj)
He
;
noted elsewhere."
These passages prove that Mueller
accentuates his view of the dimorphic character of E. cinerea
when he
:
"
As remarked
already, E. pulverulent a {cinerea)
Stuartiana [cinerea multifiora) only in
last
all
again,
form, contrarily to what
adds
which
all
mentioned congener
much
(My
alike."
At
holding the same relation to the
amygdalina, as E. melanopldoia to E.
as E. Eisdoni to E.
The bark
crebra
its foliage,
distinguishable from E.
is
of E. Stuartiana
and
of
E. pulverulenta are very
parentheses.)
523 of my " Useful Native Plants of Australia" (18S9) I stated that
p.
E. pulceridenla Sims (E. cinerea F.v.M. was meant)
Stuartiana (secunda.
—J.H.M.),
and
it is
a question
is
very closely allied to E.
whether they ought not to be
united."
2a.
E. Stuartiana F.v.M. var. cordata Baker and Smith in " Researches
on the Eucalypts," 103 (1902). In Proc. Aust. Assoc. Adv. Science is, 343 (1902),
Mr. Raker repeats that Howitt's E. pulverulenta var. lanceolata should now be E.
Biker and Smith describe the flowers
Stuartiana P.v.M. var. cordata.
than three in the umbel
though only
3.
in part
With
When
B
thus their plant
with Howitt's
E. Gunnii
Hook.
E. cinerea
threes, the general
;
is
f.
is
identical with
my
as
more
variety multifiora,
var. lanceolata.
var. rubida
Maiden
(E. rubida
in the lanceolate leaf stage, with
Deane and Maiden).
its
glaucous fruits in
appearance of the specimens renders them very liable to be
6
confused with the above
The
I have often been surprised at the similarity.
tree.
timbers are also a good deal alike, but E. cinerea has a soft fibrous bark, while that
smooth one.
of E. Giinnii var. rubida has a
In the Abstract of Proceedings, Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 29th July, 1891, the
Rev. Dr. Woolls exhibited some manna as from " E. pulverulent a " (cinerea was
came from E. Gunnii
intended) at Buckley's Crossing, which really
With
4.
E.
F.v.M
Stuart iana
Stuartiana F.v.M.
the form
am now making
I
have adopted as E.
I
a comparison with E. cinerea var.
(See below.)
nova-anglica.
Where
(tertia),
var. rubida.
the two forms occur together the latter goes by the
name
of Black
The former has a white
Peppermint and the former White Peppermint or Apple.
zigzag or wrinkled bark, thicker and much paler in colour than that of the Black
E. Stuartiana has thickish, fleshy leaves, largish fruits (in compari-
Peppermint.
and of a
son),
Stuartiana
is
different shape to those of var. nova-anglica.
when young.
non-glaucous, except
different shape to those of var. nova-anglica.
Its
The
foliage of E.
buds are glabrous and of a
Its leaves possess a less
odour of
peppermint, and are often eaten by cattle.
With
5.
E. cordata Labill.
E. pulverulenta (cinerea) has the branchlete generally more slender and not acute-angular, the
leaves not crenulated, but dotted with roundish almost uniform oil-pores, the flowers generally smaller,
the tube of the flowering calyx
downward
obconically attenuated, while the
lid is
less
depressed, the fruit
more top-shaped, and has a comparatively broader rim the convergent free part of the valves
emanates almost at a level with the calyx edge and arises not distinctly beneath the rim. The furrow
between the diseal lining and the calyx-tube is running just beneath the edge of the fruit, not forming a
faint vertical channel around the rim. (Eucalyplographia, under E. cordata.)
is
smaller,
;
Nevertheless,
not always easy to separate E. cinerea from E. cordata on
it is
herbarium specimens alone.
threes
in
;
E. cinerea
this
Compare Plate 84
is
I have not seen
E. cordata with flowers in more than
uncommon.
not
(E. cordata) with Plate 89 (E. cinerea).
In the typical
forms of both species the flowers are in threes, but they are larger in E. cordata,
and the fruits of E. cinerea are domed. The anthers are not very dissimilar and
there
is
a good deal of resemblance in the leaves.
The
leaves are
thinner than those of E.
usually
cordata, but this
is
a
character which must be employed with caution.
The bark
of E. cinerea
is
always fibrous, partaking more or
bark character, that of E. cordata
With
6.
E. Risdoni
Compare
Plate
smooth or ribbony.
is
f.
figure 1 of Plate 90 (E. cinerea, var.
32 (E. Risdoni).
species,
Hook.
less of a Stringy-
There
is
multiflora) with figure 1 of
a good deal of resemblance between the
both have stem-clasping and lanceolate leaved forms.
different, the opercula are hemispherical in
two
But the anthers are
E. Risdoni, the fruits thin rimmed and
not domed in the same species, while E. Risdoni
is
smooth barked.
With
7.
E. globulus, Labill.
E. pulcerulenta, Link.
{Enumeratio, page 31)
is,
according to Mueller
" Eucalyptographia," E. globulus Labill., the confusion having undoubtedly arisen
through the glaucousness and the shape of the sucker leaves of the
specimen of E. globulus, probably collected by Verreaux, and
lenta,
latter.
A
labelled " E. puloeru-
Tasmanie, No. 85, ex herbario Mussei Parisiensis, 1844," in herb. Barbey-
Boissier,
is
additional evidence of the confusion between these two species that
formerly existed.
If Plate 79 be referred to
Labill.
will be seen
it
and E. cinerea F.v.M. are not very
that the relations of E. globulus
close.
Varieties.
1.
var. multiflora, var. nov.
2.
var. nova-anglica, var. nov. (see p. 9).
[Further investigations in regard to the climatic variations of these two
forms are necessary.]
var. multiflora var. nov.
1.
A
tree usually of
medium
size,
but
it
may
attain a height of about 100 feet,
bark softly fibrous, branches smooth, timber reddish and inferior
Juvenile foliage
form that
sessile,
(a)
Mature
(b)
Flowers in more than threes.
(c)
The peduncles usually
is
quality.
in
cordate or ovate lanceolate.
leaves cordate to lanceolate.
in both axils as in the normal form.
It
is
this
depicted as E. Stuartiana by Mueller in the Eucalyptographia.
RANGE.
It
would appear
New
to be confined to south-eastern
South Wales and the
eastern half of Victoria.
New
Bark
like
in diameter.
mahogany, wood dark red when
Common
in
barba to Victorian border
"
South Wales.
swampy heathy
(J. S.
Allan).
Bastard Box," grows to a large
branches, found growing on high land.
Wolumla
89,
and
by
its
(J. S.
differs
Allan).
fiats.
Grows 30 feet and 1 foot
Eden to Cape Howe, also Narra-
fresh.
size,
has a persistent Grey
Grows from
Box bark
to the
Shoalhaven to Victoria, near
This specimen has pedicellate flowers like Figure 10, Plate
somewhat from the preceding specimen, perhaps
occurrence in better drained
localities.
to
be accounted for
8
Victoria.
Bark fibrous, bark on upper ends of branches and on smaller branches almost
quite smooth and clean, old bark peeling off in thin flakes.
Loaves long, thick,
heavy dense foliage.
Mount Lookout near Bairnsdale (H. Hopkins). With
pedicellate flowers like Figure 10, Plate 89, not to be distinguished from Allan's
Wolumla (N.S.W.)
specimens.
Buchan Road, about
Buchan.
miles south of
7
throughout the lowlands of East Gippsland.
Also in various places
Also along the road between Sale and
Port Albert, and near Boolarra (the latter apparently a
less coarse variety).
Bark, fibrous, rough, or somewhat scaly, or resembling a stringy bark,
persistent on stem
A
and branches.
small scraggy tree, occasionally, and as at
Boolarra, attaining more shapely proportions, usually small not
30
feet high,
on low sandy
broadly ovate,
sessile,
more than 20
to
Leaves of suckers and young saplings cordate or
flats.
opposite changing in older trees to longer and narrower,
shortly stalked opposite or alternate, or frequently without stalks, sessile opposite
but elongated leaves on old
trees,
and
all
kinds quite
commonly found on the same
Old leaves thick and leathery, young foliage often the same, but
aduit tree.
generally thinner and softer and dull green, or most frequently covered with a thick
white or bluish " bloom," as
a
" silvery "
Wood
is
appearance,
is
also the
buds and small branchlets, giving the
hence the local
name
wood appears
Stringybark."
Appears from the debris in the bush as if it
know it is not used for any purpose. Bark and
So
far as
to resemble the
I
Syncarpia (Turpentine) of N.S.W. (H. Hopkins).
"Bed Stringybark," grows on swampy
through A. W. Howitt).
The following additional specimens were
W.
tree
dense, hard and sound.
would be durable.
A.
" Silver-leaved
Buchan
ground.
(T.
O'Hourke
by Mr. (afterwards Dr.)
collected
Howitt.
Oakleigh (near Black Flat)
;
Monkey
Creek, South Gippsland
mostly cordate and up to eigbt flowrrs in axils)
North Gippsland
;
;
Croydon
;
Boolara
;
;
Moe
(leaves
Dargo Boad,
Bunyip.
The following
is
an excellent account of the tree as
it
occurs in the Melbourne
district.
"Council's Hotel, about 12 miles from Melbourne on tbo Lilydale road to Ilcalesville.
It
is
very
15-18 miles from town. The tree is about SO fret high, bark stringy but
soft, somewhat between E. macrorrhyncha and obliqua.
One observer calls it Mahogany because of the
colour of the timber, the latter being apparently of poor quality.
Towards Anderson's Creek it is
sometimes called Apple Gum for want of a better name; near the Antimony Mines it is the ordinary
plentiful along the road about
Stringybark."
(Late J. G. Luehmann).
Nunawading (D. Boyle, J.H.M.) Dan.lenong Mountain
J.H.M.) Bingwood (C. Walter, B. IT. Cambage).
;
Boyle,
;
(F.
Mueller, D.
9
2.
Var. nova anglica, var. nov.
(a)
Flowers in more than threes.
(b)
Mature leaves always
lanceolate,
never flowers in the broad-
i.e., it
leavcd stage.
The peduncles usually not
(c)
and
in pairs in the axils as in the
normal form
var. multiflora.
SYNONYM.
(1899).
E. nova-anglica Deane and Maiden in Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.JF. xxiv,
(With a plate) described as follows :—
It is gregarious
and occupies considerable
other arboreal vegetation
—Dark
Bark.
(J.
areas, often to the exclusion of
F. Campbell).
name
straight bark (hence the local
" Black Peppermint
thinner than that of E. Stuartiana ("White Peppermint" or "Apple").
persistent on the trunk,
610
more
or less ribbony on the
"),
Semi-
boughs and deciduous on the
ultimate branchlets.
Timber.
It
— Of a pinkish or pale red colour when
of a soft nature, liable to rapid
is
Of no commercial
more durable timber.
— Intensely glaucous, often 3 inches long and 2\ inches broad.
Orbicular to cordate, often stem-clasping.
earlv
drying to a pale colour.
decay on reaching maturity.
value, but used for fencing in the absence of
Sucker Leaces.
fresh,
Twigs inclining
to
quadrangular in very
sta°?e.
ov
Mature Leaves.
— Lanceolate, and, when
half an inch wide on the average.
fully mature, 3 to
4 inches long, and
Veins strongly marked, pinnate and anastomosing,
the intramarginal vein at some distance from the edge, the midrib and the intra-
marginal veins often pink, as are sometimes the other veins, while the leaf
often suffused with a tinge of the same colour.
occurrence to obtain the
ordinary mature
On
the same twig
glabrous
foliage
it is
a
itself is
common
interspersed
with
abundance of glaucous foliage of similar shape and of various stages towards the
normal sucker foliage. The foliage has a strong peppermint odour. The twigs are
round.
Buds.
commonest.
flattened
and
— From two or three
On
less
an umbel, but clusters of four or five are
a flattened stalk of about a quarter of an inch, the stalklets less
than half the length of the stalks. The buds glaucous and often
to six in
pink or purplish, ovoid, the top of the operculum somewhat pointed. The operculum
usually about the same size as the calyx-tube.
