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29. Eucalyptus aspera. Arborea, ramulis teretiusculis hispidulis, 

 foliis parvis oppositis chartaceis oblong o-ovatis obtusis basi cordata 

 sessilibus glaucis opacis scabridis penniveniis subtus reticulato-venu- 

 losis vix pellucide punctatis ad nervum asperis, vena longitudinal! a 

 margine remota, umbellis axillaribus sessilibus [brevi-pedunculatis 

 pedunculis hispidis, R.K.] bi-paucifloris, pedicellis [glaberrimis, R. K.] 

 fructu subcampanulato ecostato parum longioribus, valvis inclusis. 



Hob. In planitiebus arenoso-rupestribus (Sandstone table-land) plus 

 minus elevatis ad flumina Victoria et Sturt's Creek, in terra Arnheim's 

 Land necnon prope sinum Carpentaria satis vulgaris. Anth. vere. 



Arbor minor, cortice Isevi cinereo-albido. Folia pleraque 1-2" longa, 

 8-12'" lata. Frac^M* fere 3'" longi. 



E. setosee Schauer affinis. 



30. Eucalyptus feruvgiiuka^ {Schauer inWalp.Rep.Syst.ii.ip. 296). 

 Arborea, ramulis validis teretibus foliisque puberulo-scabris glabres- 

 centibus, foliis oppositis crassiuseulis 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 H'' lata, nervis flavidis per- 

 cursa et punctis elevatis scabriuscula. Fructus circiter 1" longi, ad 

 f " lati, vertice plani. Valva solutse marginem calycis vix attingentes. 

 Semina omnia alata ; fertilium ala ovata vel deltoidea, ssepe 3'" longa. 

 Cotyledones foliacese convolutse. Albumen nullum. Radicula brevis 

 cylindracea infera. 



Species ad E.ferrugineam et jloribundam appropinquans. 



31. 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 subinfiexam 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 

 laevibus ecostatis brevissime pedicellatis, tubo operculum interius 

 conico-hemisphaericum dimidio excedente, operculo exteriore imper- 

 fecto, fructibus campanulatis triloculatis vertice planis, valvis inclusis, 

 seminibus laevibus apteris. 



Hab. In montibus porphyriticis tractus Newcastle Range. Anth. Oct., 

 Nov. 



* Sent as E. undulata, n. sp., by Dr. Mueller, but evidently the same as 

 Schauer's plant.— (A. B.) 



