292 



ON THREE NEW SPECIES OF EUCALYPTUS. 



By R. T. Baker, F.L.S., Curator, Technological Museum, 



Sydney. 



(Plates xx.-xxii.) 



Eucalyptus Smithii, n.sp. 



(Plate XX.) 



A tall tree sometimes attaining a height of 150 feet and a 

 diameter of from 2 to 4 feet. Bark on old trees deeply furrowed 

 and dark grey to blackish, standing between a Stringybark and an 

 Ironbark, bnt smooth aboAe 10 or 12 feet from the ground to 

 the branches. Young leaves sessile, lanceolate or rounded at the 

 base, resembling B. viminalis, 5 or 6 inches long, not glaucous. 

 Mature leaves narrow, lanceolate, acuminate, of an equal colour 

 on both sides, not shining, venation not very distinct; lateral 

 veins tine, numerous; intramarginal vein close to the edge; petiole 

 about an inch long. Oil glands very numerous. Peduncles 

 axillary, flattened, about as long as the petiole, with numerous 

 flowers, from 3 to 15. Calyx turbinate, narrowing into a short 

 petiole, the whole 3 to 4 lines long. Operculum hemispherical, 

 shortly acuminate. Stamens all fertile. Anthers kidney-shaped. 

 Ovary flat-topped. 



Fruits inclined to hemispherical, occasionally p3^riform, 2 to 3 

 lines in diameter; rim domed, sometimes expanding into a flange; 

 valves exserted, obtuse. 



Hab. — Sugar Loaf Mountain, Monga and Irish Corner Mountain, 

 Braidwood (W. Bauerlen). 



This tree as at present known is restricted to a few localities 

 in the south-eastern district of the Colony, and occurs as far as 

 seen on high, steep mountain sides, where it attains its maximum 

 height, 200 feet. The bark is usually smooth except for aljout 

 10 feet of the trunk, and peels off in long narrow ribbons as in the 



