468 ON THE EUCALYPTS OP NEW SOUTH WALES, 



locality are as long as those of the normal species, those of Mr. 

 Clarendon Stuart (on which the vai-iety was founded) being 

 simply abnormally small, having been collected from very exposed 

 situations at some elevation above the sea. We have seen other 

 specimens, also collected by Clarendon Stuart, which connect the 

 above with those from the coast (Honeysuckle Flat). 

 . The variety is, however, so interesting that the following notes 

 in regard to it will be acceptable : — 



On ironstone and serpentine soil at Honeysuckle Flat, 8 to 10 

 miles south of Port Mac(}uarie. 



Thei'e are a few hundred ti'ees, attaining no great size, say, 

 18 inches to 2 feet diameter, 12 feet to first fork, and 30 feet 

 high. The timber is very deep red, especially when freshly cut. 

 When cut the tree spirted out sap abundantly, admixed with 

 brown decayed matter. The sap is sourish and unpleasant to the 

 taste. 



The bark of the trunk is not to be distinguished from Forest 

 Red Gum, except perhaps at the butt, in which it shows a 

 tendency to form a thin scaly white outer bark of a box-like 

 character. 



Habit of the tree spreading and less drooping than ordinary 

 Forest Red Gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis). The limbs are very 

 brittle. 



The rim of the calyx in this Gum is very marked. The oper- 

 culum and calyx are full of oil-dots. The leaves are thinner than 

 those of the normal species, while the veins are finer and less 

 prominent; the intra-marginal vein is not so far distant. The 

 peduncles are much broader and flatter than in the normal species; 

 the pedicels likewise are broader and flatter. The operculum is 

 subcylindrical, much longer than the calyx, but the calyx is larger 

 and the operculum smaller than in the normal species. The 

 operculum is narrower than the calyx, giving the appearance of 

 *' egg in egg cup " or acorn and cup. This shape appears to be 

 characteristic, and we off'er it as a ready method of distinguishing 

 this variet}'. The pedicels are flat and thick, running into the 

 calyx without any very marked line of demarcation. The calyx 



