BY R. T. BAKER. 16T 



Eucalyptus tree, as far as we are aware, that is likely to give an 

 essential oil from its bark. 



The dedication of this species is to Mr. F. Bridges, Chief 

 Inspector of the Department of Public Instruction of this Colony, 

 and who was the first Superintendent of Technical Education, in 

 in which capacity he was (and even now is) most zealous in pro- 

 moting the application of economic science to our indigenous 

 vegetable products. 



Eucalyptus paludosa, sp.nov. 



[E. Stuiirti'ina, F.v.M., var. longi folia, Benth., B.Fl. iii. p. 244). 

 "Manna," "Yellow," " Ribbony," "Swamp," or "Flooded Gum." 



A tree " not exceeding 80 feet in height " (Sir W. Macarthur), 

 with a diameter 6 feet from the ground 1ft. Gin. to 2 feet. In 

 the young state up to a trunk of 5 to 6 inches it is very similar 

 to E. viininalis, Labill. Bark brown at the butt, bluish-white 

 on the trunk and main branches, and yellow on the smaller 

 branches and limbs, decorticating into long ribbons of 30 feet 

 or more suspended from the forks and trunks of the trees. 



The lower young leaves opposite, sessile, ovate-acuminate, 

 rarely cordate ; the upper ones petiolate, irregularly opposite, 

 lanceolate, venation distinct, oil-glands nvimerous, coriaceous, 

 often shining and of a yellowish-green on both sides. Mature 

 leaves on petioles rarely exceeding an inch, lanceolate-acuminate,, 

 varying in length up to 8 or 9 inches, coriaceous, lateral veins 

 oblique, fairly numerous and equally prominent on both sides, 

 but in some instances scarcely visible, the intramarginal vein 

 removed from the edge in the broader leaves, but closer in 

 the narrower ones, slightly shining on both sides, oil-glands not 

 numerous, drying with a yellowish tinge. 



Peduncles axillary, under ^ inch long, flattened, with 7 to 10 

 sessile flowers. Calyx tube 3 lines long. Operculum conical, 

 shortly acuminate, much shorter than the calyx-tube. Stamens 

 inflected in the bud. Anthers oblong, with parallel cells, the 

 connective about half their length and prominent on both sides. 



