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Eucalyptus dumosa. : 
AlL Cunn. in Walp. Annal. Bot. Syst. ii. 925; E. angulosa, Schauer, 1. e. 
E. cuspidata, Turcz. in Bullet. de Moscou, xxii. 2, 21; E. lamprocarpa, 
F. M. in Miq. Stirp. Nov. Holl. 33; E. Muelleri, Miq. 1l. c. 34; E. tur- 
binata, Behr & Muell.l c.41; E. costata, Behr & Muell Lc. 40, et in 
Transact. Vict. Instit. i, 33, (Sect. Leiophloiz.) 
Fruticosa, foliis alternis modice petiolatis angusto- v. oblongo- 
v. ovato-lanceolatis rarius late ovatis sepe longe acutatis leniter 
curvatis erasso-coriaceis concoloribus tenuissime wv. indistincte 
penniveniis fere semper imperforatis, vena peripheriea a margine 
magis minusve remota, umbellis pauci- v. plurifloris axillaribus 
solitariis, peduneulis angulosis nunc subcylindraceis nunc clavato- 
"v. euneato-ancipitibus alabastra nitentia longitudine excedentibus 
v. wquantibus v. brevioribus, pedicellis nullis v. brevibus angu- 
losis, ealycis tubo semiovato v. subcampanulato prominenter v. 
leniter costato longitudinem operculi semiovati v. hemispherici v. 
pyramidato-semiglobosi mutici acuminati v. rostrati radiato-costati 
rarius sublevis subequante v. duplo excedente ejusdem latitudine 
paulo superato, antheris subovatis, fructibus semi- v. truncato- 
ovatis perraro semiglobosis imperfecte v. eminenter costatis 3—4- 
loculatis, margine oris angusto, vertice capsule in stylum paulo 
adseendente, valvis inelusis rarius semiexsertis deltoideis acumi- 
natis, seminibus apteris. - 
In virgultis desertorum a fluviis Murray et Darling et a sinu 
Spencer's Gulf usque in viciniam capitis Riche et sinus squalorum. 
Frutex amplus validus, mirum in modum varians. Ramuli 
compresso-tetragoni, state teretiusculi. Folia nitentia, rarius 
opaca, 2-5" longa, 3-2" lata, punetulis zgre visibilibus conspersa, 
rarissime conspieue pellucido-glandulosa, juniora nonnunquani 
cruginosa, basi sepe inzequilatera ; ven: laterales modice patentes, 
epidermide adeo obteetze, ut difüculter pereipiantur. Pedunculi 
2-12" longi, superne 1—4" lati. Calycis tubus 21—6" longus. 
Opereulum 14-6" longum, 8-13-striatum, jugis paulo v. acute 
prominentibus. Filamenta albida, exsiccata flavescentia, raro rufe- 
scentia, exteriora longitudine inter 3 et 6" varia, paulo erassiora 
quam ea multorum eongenerum.  Anthere pallide, —3" long:e. 
Stylus crassiusculus, filiformis, 14—6" longus, interdum apice 
clavatus. Fructus 3-10" longi; margo paulum ultra capsule 
verticem produetus. Semina sterilia 1-14" longa, e ferrugineo 
fuscata, subulata, scobiformia, cuneata, clavata, rhomboideaque ; 
fertilia nigrescentia, 1-13^ longa, plano-convexa, ovata v. subro- 
tunda, nitoris expertia. 
Species E. gomphocephalam et E. eorynoealycem magnopere 
appropinquat. Inter plantas a clar. Oldfield ad flumen Murchison 
colleetas occurrunt specimina speciei arbores ad sectionem Leio- - 
phloiarum pertinentis, quz» vix ulla linea ab E. dumosa recedunt, 
.i consistentiam foliorum chartaceam excipias. 
