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DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF EUCALYPTUS 

 FROM THE MONARO D [STRICT, N.S.W. 



By R. H. Cambage, F.L.S. 



(Plates xxviii.-xxix.) 



Eucalyptus parvifolia, n.sp. 



Arhor parva, umbrosa, alfca pedes viginti trigintava (raro quad- 

 raginta), trunci diametro unciarum duodecim ad duodeviginti. 

 Folia tenera ovata nee longiora una uncia, opposita, decussata, 

 superficie inferiore pallida, nee alia plerumque folia sunt arbori- 

 bus minoribus quam decern ad duodecim pedes. Folia matura 

 lineali-lanceolata ad ovato-lanceolata, longa uncias duas et dimi- 

 dium, ssepe opposita, plerumque adunca ad extremum. Geninice 

 sessiles, parvse, operculo conicali ad obtusum, breviore quam 

 calycistubus, pedunculis axillaribus, planatis saepe oppositis, 

 longis circiter unam liueam. Flores in umbella quinque sexve, 

 raro septem. Antheris versatilibus mediocri magnitudine, cellis 

 fere parallelis, paulo latioribus ad imum, glande parva. Fructus 

 globoso-truncatus, diametro raro plus quam diiarum lineariim, 

 interdum contractior ad orificium, valvis non exsertis. Cortex 

 levis, colore cinereo vel plumboso. Materia colore roseo, mollis 

 et fragilior. 



Log. — Regio plana prope fontem fluminis Kybeani. 



A small umbrageous tree reaching 20-30 feet high, rarely 40 

 feet, with stem-diameter of 12-18 inches. 



Juvenile leaves ovate, under 1 inch long, opposite, decussate, 

 under side pale, usuall}^ the only foliage on trees up to 10-12 feet 

 high. Mature leaves linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, up to 



