214 HAMAMELIDACEAE • MYRTACEAE 



Sycopsis sinensis. 20. January-March. E. Ls. ov., 4, with a few teeth or 

 entire, leathery, glossy above, net-veined below. Fls. small, in small axillary 

 clusters, unisexual, stamens bright yellow or reddish enclosed by brown bracts. 

 China. (Fig. 98 c.) 



Family 46. EUCOMMIACEAE. Ko, Co, Aid, G (2) 



EucOMMiA ULMOIDES. Chinese Gutta-percha Tree. 50. April. D. Branches 

 with chambered pith. Ls. alternate, ov., lane, 8, toothed, long-pointed; strands 

 of rubber appear when 1. is torn across, Fls. inconspicuous, unisexual. Fruit i ^, 

 flat, winged, i -seeded. China. (Fig. 98 d.) 



Family 47. MYRTACEAE. K4-5 or (4-5), C4-5, A 00, Gi-00 



* CALLISTEMON. Bottle-brush Tree. Summer. E. Ls. opposite or sub- 

 opposite, ov., lane, entire, pitted with oil glands. Fls. with showy red or yellow 

 stamens in cylindrical brush-like spikes (see also MELALEUCA); the axis of the 

 spike grows on beyond the fls., and continues to produce leaves (Willis). Fruit a 

 dry capsule. Australia. (Fig. 74 c.) 



EUCALYPTUS. Gum Trees. Bark smooth, peeling. Ls. opposite, ov. on 

 young trees; alternate, linear or lane, and drooping on older ones; bluish grey, 

 hairless. Fls. small, pale yellow, in small axillary heads or clusters, stamens 

 numerous and conspicuous. 



E. cocci/era. 70. October-November. E. Branchlets warted. Ls. on young 

 trees abruptly pointed. Fl. -clusters 5-7-flowered. Tasmania. (Fig. 119 K.) 



E. cordata. 70. October-November. E. Branchlets warted. Ls. on young 

 trees warted, base heart-shaped, overlapping. Clusters 3-flowered. 

 Tasmania. (Fig. 74 f.) 



* E. globulus. Blue Gum. 300. October-November. E. Branchlets 4-angled. 



Ls. highly aromatic. Australia. (Fig. 119 j.) 

 E. Gunnii. Cider Gum. 80. October-November. E. Ls. on young trees 

 rounded or notched at outer end. Clusters 2-3-flowered; calyx tube 

 funnel-shaped. Tasmania, South Australia. (Fig. 74 E.) 



* E. urnigera. 80. October-November. E. Ls. on young trees rounded or 



notched at outer end where there is also a minute point. Clusters 2-3- 

 flowered, calyx tube urn-shaped. Tasmania. 

 E. vernicosa. Dwarf Gum. 20. October-November. E. Branchlets 4-angled, 

 slightly warted. Ls. on young trees abruptly pointed, with marginal 

 vein, scented when crushed; shortly stalked, stalk wrinkled. Tasmania. 



EUGENIA. Ls. opposite, ov., entire, gland-dotted. Fls. white, usually 4-parted, 

 ovary 2-celled, in few-flowered branched clusters or racemes. Fruit a berry. 



* E. apiculata {Myrtus Liinia). 25. September. E. Branchlets covered with 



reddish-brown down. Ls. i, abruptly pointed, tapering base, dark dull 

 green above, with well-defined marginal vein. Fls. |. Berry black. Chile. 

 (Fig. 74 H.) 



* E. myrtifoha. 25. September. E. Branchlets 4-angled. Ls. ov., lane, 3, 



short-stalked. Fls. \, usually in threes. Orient. (Fig. 74 G.) 



