616 ON THE EUCALYPTS OF N.S.W., PART VI., 



E. NOVA-ANGLICA,* Sp.nov. 



"Black Peppermint" of New England. 



(Plate 1.) 



It is the Eucalypt No. 2, " Broad-suckered Peppermint" of 

 p. 541 of Maiden's "Eucalj-pts of the New England Table-land" 

 (Report A.A.A.S. vii.). 



It is gregarious and occupies considerable areas often to the 

 exclusion of other arboreal vegetation (J. F. Campbell). 



Bark. — Dark straight bark (hence the local name " Black 

 Peppermint ") ; thinner than that of E. Stuartiana (" White 

 Peppermint " or " Apple "). Semi-persistent on the trunk, more 

 or less ribbony on the Iwughs and deciduous on the ultimate 

 branchlets. 



Timber. — Of a pinkish or pale red colour when fresh, dr^dng to 

 a pale colour. It is of a soft nature, liable to rapid decay on 

 reaching maturity. Of no commercial value, but used for fencing 

 in the absence of more durable timber. 



Sucker leaves. — Intensely glaucous, often 3 inches long and 21 

 inches broad. Orbicular to cordate; often stem-clasping. Twigs 

 inclining to quadrangular in very early stage. 



Mature leaves. — Lanceolate, and, when fully mature, three to 

 four inches long and half an inch wide on the average. Veins 

 strongly marked, pinnate and anastomosing, the intramarginal 

 vein at some distance from the edge; the midrib and the intra- 

 marginal veins often pink, as are sometimes the other veins, while 

 the leaf itself is often suffused with a tinge of the same colour. 

 On the same twig it is a common occurrence to obtain the 

 ordinary mature glabrous foliage interspersed with abundance of 

 glaucous foliage of similar shape and of \arious stages towards 

 the normal sucker foliage. This has been referred to in Maiden's 

 Notes on the Eucah^pts of New England, already quoted, and is 

 an important character. 



* In lieu of nco-amjlica, Abstract for November, 1898. 



