FRAGMENTA PHYTOGRAPHI/Z 
AUSTRALIA. 
MxyRTACEX. ! 
Eucalyptus tetragona. 
Eudesmia tetragona, R, Br. in Flind. Voy. ii. 599, tab. 3; Sweet, Flor. 
Austral 21; Eucalyptus pleurocarpa, Schauer in Lehm. Plant. Preiss. i. 
132; F. M. Fragm. Phyt. Austr. i 37. (Sect. Leiophloiw.) 
Frutieosa, arborescens, ramulis subalato- v. acuto-tetragonis, 
foliis oppositis v. suboppositis coriaceis lanceolatis v. ovato-lanceo- 
latis v. ovatis rarius orbieularibus longiuseule et compresse petio- 
latis prominulo penniveniis reticulari-venulosis, vena peripherica 
a margine magis minusve remota, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis 
compressis subtrifloris raro obliteratis, pedicellis acutangulis tubo 
calycis brevioribus, calycis tubo truncato-ovato quadridenticulato . 
longitudinem operculi depresso-hemispherici eruciato-quadristriati 
aliquoties excedente, staminibus in fasciculos quatuor paululum 
distantes v. confluentes congestis, fructibus majusculis truneato- 
ovatis v. rarius subglobosis 2—4-costatis quadri- rarius quinque- 
loculatis, vertice capsule plano ineluso, seminibus fertilibus majus- 
culis secus angulos acutos anguste alatis. 
In tractu collino litorali a montibus Stirling Ranges usque ad 
promontorium Cape Arid. 
Frutex mox altior v. state in arborem minorem excrescens, 
trunco tunc interdum 25', statu juniore in modum Eucalypti Glo- 
buli presertim ramulis petiolis et inflorescentia cretaceo-albicans. 
Petioli alis angustis recurvis decurrentes et quasi biearinati. Folia 
pleraque 2—4" longa, 3-2" lata, szepius acuta quam obtusa, margine 
paulo incrassata, juniora utrinque glauea, seniora magis virentia, 
semper opaca, plus minusve pellucenti-punctata v. fere imperforata. 
Pedunculi unciales v. breviores, interdum cuneato-dilatati. Pedicelli 
1-6 lineas longi. Bractez in apice pedunculi pene cymbiformes, 
paueilineares, cadues. Alabastra campanulato-obovata. Opercu- 
lum circa 3" latum et 1" altum, e divisionibus 4 concretis nec 
ztate secedentibus constans. Filamenta libera etsi in fasciculos 
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