716 ON THE EUCALYPTS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 



Seedling leaves. — Broadly lanceolate, somewhat similar in shape 

 to the adult leaves, only larger. Approximate dimensions 4 to 6 

 inches long by 1|- inch broad. 



Mature leaves. — Rigid, very coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, slightly 

 oblique, leaves sometimes blunt, sometimes hooked ; rarely 1 

 inch wide (usually |) and up to 4 inches or a little more long. 

 The venation marked.* Colour of leaf pale or yellowish-green, 

 often glossy, and the margin often reddish. The intra marginal 

 vein some distance from the margin. The transverse veins (see 

 figure 22) starting out at a fairly uniform angle to the midrib. As 

 Bentham puts it (B Fl. iii. 189); "Leaf veins not close, often 

 very oblique, but all inserted along the midrib." 



Peduncles. — Somewhat angular. 



Jjuds. — Clavate and umbonate, even pointed. 



Calyx-tube. — Short and broad (Bentham), but this not a 

 constant character. 



Oper-culum. — Specimens from Botany and National Park have 

 the operculum hemispherical, apparently without sign of um1)o. 

 This species frequently shows the double operculum. 



Anthers. — In describing E. sir Ida, it has been alleged that 

 Bentham has described the anthers of another species. He, how- 

 ever, emphasises the shape of the anthers where (B. Fl. iii. 218), 

 alluding to the difference between E. stricta and E. stellulata, 

 he says, " Some specimens, confounded with E. stricta by A. 

 Cunningham, belong to the narrow-leaved form of E. stellulata, 

 in which the veins are sometimes inconspicuous, but which is 

 readily distinguished Ijy the shape of the l^uds, the reniform 

 anthers, Arc." 



Fruits. — 4- to 5-celled, flat-topped, wrinkled, brown and shiny 

 like E. Luehmanniana, but smaller. Some specimens from Loftus 

 have slightly urceolate 4-celled fruits, which have thin rims, and 

 ai-e depressed. 



* This i.s especially the case where the trees grow close to the coast. 



