Introductory remarks By Baron Von Mueller.

"Of the genus Eucalyptus twelve species have hitherto been recorded from Tasmania, and as fairly well marked, three of these being endemic, the otbers occurring also on the mainland of Australia. The species peculiar to the island are Eucalyptus cordata, E. urnigera, and E. vernicosa-all three linked together by several characteristics so that it is not always easy to refer occasional aberrant or transitory forms to the species from which they originated.
In conclusion I may add, that the sma1l leaved dwarf alpine state of E. vernicosa is now known also from Mount Arrowsmith (Gulliver), Mount Norfolk (Eminett), and Mount Sorell (Milligan)."