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ON A NEW SPECIES OF EUCALYPTUS FROM THE 

 SYDNEY DISTRICT. 



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



(Plate XIX, ) 



E. SQUAMOSA. 



A medium-sized tree, that is to say, averaging 30 ft. in height, 

 and with a stem diameter of about 15 inches. 



Bark. — Scaly, somewhat resembling that of E. corymbosa, but 

 the scales thinner. The young stems are of a leaden colour, the 

 outer bark thickens, turns bluish or ashy grey in colour, becomes 

 fissured horizontally and longitudinally, thus taking on the scaly 

 appearance. When the superficial scaly bark is removed, the 

 bark is seen to be of a reddish-brown colour. 



Timber. — Deep red. 



Seedling leaves (as judged by the suckers) — Ovate, and finally 

 ovate-lanceolate. So far as observed, always alternate and not 

 opposite as in E. viminalis, Stuartiana and allies. Similar as 

 rep-ards arrangement of leaves, to E. punctata, piperita and some 

 other species. 



Mature leaves. — Narrow- to rather broad-lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, slightly falcate, 3^ to nearly 6 inches long. In 

 colour pale green to glaucous, the surface glandular-punctate. 

 Veins reddish, the midrib conspicuous owing to its dark 

 colour, the petioles reddish like the veins. The margin 

 thickened outside the marginal vein and coloured like the 

 midrib; marginal vein very near the margin. Transverse veins 

 numerous and fine, making an angle with the midrib of about 50°. 



