96 EOCALYPTS CULTIVATED IN THE UNITED STATES. 



24. E. bosistoana F. v. M. Leaves narrow, equally dull green above and below, 

 copiously dotted with translucent oil glandules, lateral veins distant and much diverg- 

 ent, marginal vein distant from the edge; umbels solitary or racemosely arranged, 

 few flowered: stalks elongated, generally somewhat compressed; calyx tube Blight 

 angular; lid semiovate-hemispheric; fruits small, nearly semiovate, valves inclosed. 

 Bark rough on the lower part of the trunk, smooth on the upper. 



Adapted to low lands in fairly humid regions. Timber valuable. 



25. E. largiflorens F. v. M. Leaves thin, equally dull green above and below; 

 umbels paniculated; lid double, the inner hemispheric, less wide than the calyx 

 tube; outer stamens sometimes sterile; fruit small; lid hemispheric; fruit truncate- 

 ovate, border rather compressed, valves inclosed. 



PARALLELAXTHERE.E. 



26. E. crebra F. v. M. Leaves narrow, thin, equally dull green above and below, 

 veins spreading; umbels mostly paniculated; flowers small; lids semiovate-conical; 

 stigma dilated: fruits small, semiovate, border compressed, valves short, somewhat 

 exserted. Bark rough and persistent. 



27. E. howittiana F. v. M. Leaves much paler beneath; umbels paniculated; 

 stalklets none; flowers very small: lid conical, acute, pale; fruits minute, truncate- 

 globular, border compressed, valves inclosed. Bark rough, somewhat fibrous, and 

 persistent. 



Useful as a shade tree. Wood valuable. Particularly adapted to tropical regions. 



28. E. raveretiana F. v. M. Leaves thin, somewhat paler beneath; oil-dots pel- 

 lucid; umbels paniculated; lid conical, acute; fruits minute, semiglobular beneath, 

 border compressed, valves much exserted. Bark usually rendered smooth by the 

 peeling off of the outer layer. Tree attains a gigantic size. 



Promising for swampy situations in tropics. Wood very hard and durable. 



29. E. microtheca F. v. M. Leaves equally dull and pale green: umbels panic- 

 ulated; lid semiovate; fruits small, semiglobular beneath, border compressed, valves 

 much exserted. 



30. E. sideropbloia Benth. Leaves elongated, equally green above and below; 

 umbels partly paniculated; lid conical, very acute: outer stamens straight in bud; 

 fruits semiovate. border compressed, valves somewhat exserted. 



31. E. salnionopbloia F. v. M. Leaves equally green above and below, shining; 

 oil-dots numerous: umbels solitary; stalks slender, stalklets short: lid semiovate- 

 conical: outer stamens straight in bud; fruit small, semiovate, border compressed, 

 valves long-pointed, much exserted. Bark smooth. 



Promising for dry interior valleys. 



32. E. patens Benth. Leaves thin, elongated, almost equally dull green above 

 and below; umbels mostly axillary: lid nearly hemispheric: fruits truncate-ovate. 

 somewhat streaked, border compressed, valves inclosed. Bark rough and persistent. 



Timber not particularly valuable. 



33. E. diversicolor F. v. M. Leaves elongated, much paler beneath; umbels 

 solitary; lid nearly hemispheric: fruits truncate-ovate, attenuated at the base, border 

 compressed, valves inclosed. 



34. E. calophylla R. Br. Leaves broad, acute, much paler beneath, veins feather- 

 spreading; umbels paniculated; stalklets elongated; lid patellar, less wide than the 

 calyx tube, tearingoff along an irregular suture; fruits large, smooth, ovate urn-shaped; 

 border compressed, valves inclosed; fertile seeds, terminating in a large membrane. 



35. E. abergiana F. v. M. Leaves thick, broadish, acute, much paler beneath: 



