BY K. T. BAKER. 090 



Peduncles axillary, slender, under G lines long, bearing from 

 4-16, occasionall}' 20, sessile or sliurtly pedicellate flowers. Calyx 

 turbinate, about 1 line long; operculum of equal length, obtuse. 

 Stamens all fertile, short and incurved, the free end appeai'ing 

 pendulous in the bud, as shown in the plate. Anthers small, 

 ovoid, opening by longitudinal slits, connective prominent. Ovary 

 flat-topped. 



Fruit in the earl}' stage much resembles that of E. ]i(Hmn><tt)ni(i, 

 var. micraiitha, and probably this species has been placed in the 

 past under that variety. In the mature stage the fruit is turbinate, 

 and resembles some forms of E. SmitJiH, R.T.B., about "2 lines in 

 diameter, rim domed, valves e.xsertpd, obtuse. 



'iah. — Bungendore ( IF. Ba'up.rJen); Charley's Forest, Braidwuud 

 ( ir. BdnerJen). 



It grows in poor open forest ground up to 50 to 60 feet in 

 height, and from 1 to 3 feet in diameter, with a rather dense 

 head. Some trees on the ridges have the appearance in the 

 distance of Pines, hence it is sometimes called "Pine." In a 

 shrubb)' form it flowers when only 4 or 5 feet high. The bark 

 is of different shades of grey, or l)luish or yellow, with spots of 

 about the same size and shape as those of E. maculatn, Hook., 

 the true " Spotted Gum." The Wark is smooth to the ground 

 (W. Bauerlen). 



This species has probably in the past (as stated above) been 

 confounded with E. hrema'^f.oma, Sm., var. mlcrantha, Benth., (vide 

 Eucalyptographia, Dec. ii , EJ. hceiaastoma, Sm., " Spotted 

 Gum"). It differs, however, from that species and its variety in 

 the shape of mature fruits, venation of leaves, in all the stamens 

 being fertile, in the anthers being parallel, and especially in the 

 chemical constituents of the oil. The bark of this species is 

 always more bluish and less glossy than E. hcematiioina, Sm. The 

 two trees are often associated (W.B.). 



It has atfinity with E. Smithii in the fruits in some instances, 

 and particularl}^ in the chemical composition of its oil. With the 

 original " Spotted Gum," E. ?)iaci</ata, Hook., it has little or no 

 affinity. 



