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ON THREE NEW SPECIES OF EUCALYPTUS. 



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



Sydney. 



(Plates XLiii.-XLV.) 



Eucalyptus oreades, .sp.nov. 



A '* Mouutaiu Ash." 



(Plate xliii.) 



A tall tree with a smooth \vhitish bark down to the ground, 

 or sometimes leaving a lighter i-ough bark 6-8 feet from the 

 ground. 



Young leaves thin, elliptical-oval, shortly acuminate on a 

 petiole of about an inch or more; venation more distinct than on 

 mature leaves. Mature leaves long, often 9 inches, thick, shining, 

 dark green on both sides, on rather long petioles, lanceolate, 

 falcate, venation distinct, intramarginal vein removed from the 

 edge, lateral veins very oblique, often approaching the venation 

 of E. coriac.a, A. Cunn. Oil glands numerous. 



Peduncles axillary not numerous, generally with about <6-'6 

 flowers. Calyx-tube hemispherical, on a pedicel of about 2-3 

 lines. Operculum hemispherical, acuminate, about the size of 

 the calyx. Stamens recurved in the bud; all fertile. Anthers 

 kidney-shaped. Ovary small, flat-topped 



Fruit hemispherical, rarely pyriform, about 3 lines in diameter, 

 the i"im thin, capsule sunk, valves rarely or scarcely exserted. 



Flab. — Lawson {H. G. Smith and Ii.T.B.): Mount Victoria and 

 road to Jenolan Caves [R. 11. Camhage). 



This tree is allied to A'. Sieheriana, F.v.M., in the venation 

 and shape of the leaves and nature of timbei', but it differs from 

 it in its smooth bark and shape of fruits. 



