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OBSERVATIONS ON THE EUCALYPTS OF NEW 

 SOUTH WALES. 



Part IV. 



By Henry Deane, M.A., F.L.S., and J. H. Maiden, F.L.S. 



(Plates XXIX. -XXXIII.) 



Eucalyptus piperita, Sm. 



Vernacular names. —" Peppermint " is its usual name about 

 Port Jackson and in some other districts. It goes by the name 

 of " Messmate " in some other parts of the colony. It has been 

 called " Almond-leaved Stringybark " and sometimes " White 

 Stringybark." Through confusion with E. pilularis (to which it 

 is often not dissimilar in general appearance) it is sometimes 

 known as " Blackliutt," but such names as Stringybark and 

 Blackbutt as applied to this species should be discouraged. 



Bark. — Sub-fibrous on the trunk, with smooth branches. 



T^wifter. — Pale-coloured, with gum-veins, deficient in strength 

 and durability and only used in default of better timber. 



Seedling leaves. — Ovate, 1^ to H inches long and over by 

 about half the breadth. Usually paler on the under side. As 

 growth progresses the leaves increase in size and become oblique 

 and more acuminate. 



2Iature leaves. — Very oblique, more or less falcate and 

 acuminate. In the Flora Aitstraliensis it is stated that the 

 leaves are rarely above 1 inch long, but this appears to us a mere 

 typographical error as we have seen specimens with far longer 

 leaves which were examined by Bentham himself, and leaves 5 or 

 6 inches long are common. The venation is oblique, as shown in 

 the drawing. 



Buds. — Through the puncture of insects the calyx-tube is some- 

 times swollen while the operculum is unaffected, gi^'ing the latter, 

 by comparison, a decidedly rostrate appearance. Sometimes the 



