Range - Setis

LXIV. E. Baueriana Schauer.
Syn. E. Fletcheri R. T. Baker.
See Part XLII, p. 62, of the present work, also my “Forest Flora of New South
Wales,” Part LVII, p. 149, Plate 215. Also my paper in Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict., xxxiv,
p. 73 (1922), as to Victorian specimens. In “Research on the Eucalypts,” Baker and
Smith (2nd Edn.), p. 225, under E. Fletcheri the authors say—
“Maiden places this species under E. Baueriana, which was founded on an
imperfect description and specimen ‘in plump bud and an expanded flower’ [Mr.
Baker omits that the type specimens are branchlets 9 inches long.—J.H.M.], surely
worthless data on which to perpetuate a systematic name. E. Baueriana is a tropical
species.”
It is not tropical, although Bentham (B. Fl. iii, 214) says so in the following
passage, and Baker and Smith follow his error. Under E. polyanthemos Schauer he
says—“The tropical specimens to which, from the character given, belong to E.
Baueriana Schauer, in Walp. Rep. ii, 924, have generally smaller flowers and fruits
than the southern ones, but do not otherwise differ.” (B. Fl. iii, 214, 1866.)
Mueller (“Eucalyptographia” under E. polyanthemos, 1879–84), as quoted by me
in the present work, Part XIII, p. 120 (1911) says—“Bauer most probably obtained
his specimens from the vicinity of Sydney, and not from the tropical regions of
Australia.”
Nor did Schauer, the author of the species, 1843, say that E. Baueriana is tropical.
He simply says “In Nova Hollandia legit F. Bauer” (see my quotation of the original
description in this work, Part XIII, p. 120). If Mr. Baker has got evidence to modify
or contradict Schauer, Mueller and myself, he should produce it.
I have seen the type, and it is imperfect to the extent that it only consists of mature
leaves, plump buds and flowers. I only wish that all herbarium specimens of
Eucalyptus were equally well furnished.
Mr. Baker repeats his depreciatory remarks as to the type specimens, and his
observation as to “tropical origin” of E. Baueriana under E. conica, p. 95
(“Research, &c.”). Besides Part XIII, p. 120, of the present work, see Part XLII, pp.
62 and 64.
Ettingshausen (“Die Blatt-Skelete der Dikotyledonen,” p. 204, 1861) figures a leaf
of E. Baueriana.