OF THE EUCALYPTI OF TROPICAL AUSTRALIA. 95 
29. EUcALYPTUS ABPERA. Arborea, ramulis teretiusculis hispidulis, 
foliis parvis oppositis chartaceis oblongo-ovatis obtusis basi cordata 
sessilibus glaucis opacis scabridis penniveniis subtus reticulato-venu- 
losis vix pellucide punctatis ad nervum asperis, vena longitudinali a 
margine remota, umbellis axillaribus sessilibus [brevi-pedunculatis 
pedunculis hispidis, R. K.] bi-paucifloris, pedicellis [glaberrimis, В. K.] 
fructu subcampanulato ecostato parum longioribus, valvis inclusis. 
Hab. In planitiebus arenoso-rupestribus (Sandstone table-land) plus 
minus elevatis ad flumina Victoria et Sturt's Creek, in terra Árnheim's 
Land necnon prope sinum Carpentaria satis vulgaris. Auth. vere. 
Arbor minor, cortice levi cinereo-albido. Folia pleraque 1-2" longa, 
8-12" lata. Fructus fere 3!!! longi. 
E. setose Schauer affinis. 
30. EUCALYPTUS FERRUGINEA* (Schauer inWalp.Rep.Syst.ii. p. 296): 
Arborea, ramulis validis teretibus foliisque puberulo-scabris glabres- 
centibus, foliis oppositis crassiusculis ovato-oblongis basi cordata sub- 
sessilibus repandis undulatis obtusis vel acuminatis opacis imperforatis- 
prominenter et remote penniveniis obscure reticulato-venulosis, vena 
peripherica imperfecta a margine remota, ...... fructibus magnis glo- 
boso-ovatis ecostatis antice contractis et loculatis, capsulis demum a 
calyce solutis, valvis deltoideis inclusis, seminibus antice longe alatis. 
Hab. In plagis elevatis rupestribus (Sandstone table-land) non rara per 
Australiam borealem et boreali-occidentalem. Anth. vere. 
Arbor mediocris, cortice ubique persistente rugoso sordide cano. Folia 
utplurimum 3-4" longa, inferne circiter 14” lata, nervis flavidis per- 
cursa et punctis elevatis scabriuscula. ‘Fructus circiter 1" longi, ad 
3" lati, vertice plani. Valve solute marginem calycis vix attingentes. 
Semina omnia alata ; fertilium ala ovata vel deltoidea, зере 3” longa. 
Cotyledones foliacere convolutse. Albumen nullum.  Radicula brevis 
cylindracea infera. 
Species ad E. ferrugineam et floribundam appropinquans. 
. 81. EUCALYPTUS MELISSIODORA (Lindley in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 
p.235). Arborea, ramulis compresso-tetragonis asperis, foliis oppo- 
sitis vel suboppositis ovatis vel subcordatis raro oblongo-lanceolatis 
supra basin rotundatam subinflecam petiolatis scabris opacis translu- 
centi-punctatis penniveniis reticulato-venulosis, vena peripherica a 
margine insequaliter remota, umbellis paniculatis 6-7 floris, pedunculis 
scabris: partialibus calyce longioribus angulatis, alabastris ovatis 
levibus ecostatis.brevissime pedicellatis, tubo operculum interius 
eonico-hemisphzricum dimidio excedente, operculo exteriore imper- 
Jecto, fructibus campanulatis triloculatis vertice planis, valvis inclusis, 
seminibus levibus apteris. 
Hab.- In montibus porphiyriticis tractus Newcastle Range. Anth. Oct., 
Nov. IIR E MEINT 1 горат и PEP RS ТӨЧЕ 
Schauer's plant.— (А. B.) =. y RS iL ube fog ue EIN a 1 
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