418 ON TWO NEW SPECIES OF EUCALYPTUS, 



ohliqua in the Encaly ptogra'phia, much resembles the fruit of this 

 species. The timber, bark, and constituents of the oils of the 

 two species are quite distinct, but herbarium specimens of them 

 might easih" be considered as belonging to one species. 



The form of fruit referred to above is common also to E. 

 pilularis, E. stricta, E. MiieUeriana, E. inperita, but its other 

 specific characters are too marked for it to be ranked with any of 

 these. 



It differs from E. macrorliynclia and E. capitellata in the 

 nature of its timber, its fruits, bark, bud, and oil. The leaves 

 do not contain any myrticolorin. 



In bears in some respects alliance to E. Icevojiinea, but the bark 

 is more fibrous and persistent, the timber is inferior, the fruits 

 ne\er so distinctly domed in the rim, and the valves much less 

 prominent. 



E. Muelleriana has a much superior timber and a very different 

 bark to E. dextropinea. The leaves of the former are shining 

 only on one side, and its fruits and buds are distinctly different. 



It differs from E. Imvopinea in the shape of its fruits, its 

 inferior timber and nature of its bark, and the chemical com- 

 position of its oil. The buds and leaves are very similar, in fact, 

 are identical with several other species, and like the venation, 

 no specific difference can be based on these parts of a Eucalypt. 

 As the investigations of cognate species are not j^et complete its 

 exact systematic position cannot be given at present, but pro- 

 'visionally it might precede E. ohliqua. 



Timber. — A dark brown-coloured timber. Seasons very badly, 

 and is evidently worthless. 



Kino —See remarks under E. loivopinea. 



Oil. — The percentage of oil obtained from the leaves and 

 In-anchlets was 0-85, and the material from both localities from 

 which this species was obtained gave almost identical results 

 both in yield and percentages on re-distillation. The con- 

 stituents of both oils were almost identical, consisting largely of 

 dextro-rotatory pinene having a very high rotation and chemical!}^ 



