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Eucalyptus splachnicarpon. Splachnum- 

 fruited Eucalyptus; or Gum Tree. 



Class and Order. 



ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Myrtace^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calycis tubus persistens obovatus aut globosus cupulae- 

 formis, limbus operculaiformis integer basi circumscisse et 

 regulariter dehiscens deciduus. Petala o. Stam. fila- 

 menta oo libera. Capsula 4-locularis aut abortu 3-locu- 

 laris apice dehiscens polysperma. — Arbores (Novae Hollan- 

 dias) excelsce. Folia integerrima coriacea scepiiis alterna, 

 rariiis opposita, interdiim in iisdem individuis varia, paucis 

 exceptis glaberrima. Pedunculi axillares breves umbellam 

 3—\b-jloram gerentes. De Cand. 



Specific Name and Character. 



Eucalyptus* splachnicarpon ; foliis altemis oblique ovato- 

 lanceolatis marginatis penninerviis coriaceis, urnbellis 

 terminalibus compositis, operculo hemisphaerico sub- 

 globoso cupula calyciua latiore, fructu splachniformi. 



The Genus Eucalyptus has not been studied so well a9 

 it deserves to be, especially if we consider the numerous 

 species it contains, and the extent of ground they occupy 

 in our Australian colonies, forming four-fifths of its forests, 

 (Br.,) the vast size of the timber of many of them, and the 



uses 



* From m, well, and xd^^rv, to cover; the segments of toe calyx form a 

 nb, or cover, to the cupula, or tubular portion, and eventually fall off in 



h niprp 



limb 



one piece 

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