>^00 oli.SEKVATIOXS ON T}IK KUCALVPTS OF N.S.AV., 



l)jise as if they had been pi'csspd together when in a plastic cou- 

 <lition. With this exception, tlie fiuits have the form of a very 

 iiiiicli compressed spheroid, the horizontal diameter of which is 

 fiuiu 1^ times to twice the depth. The fruit is swollen out l)elow 

 till' rim, which is sometimes very well defined and of a red or 

 hrown colour. The fruit is sometimes truncate, ])ut more 

 fre([uently the rim is dome-shaped. 



There is great \arial)ility in the amount of the exsertion oi the 

 \alves. Tn an example fi'om Wallsend in which the inflorescence 

 has the same character as the Sydney form, the fruits are smaller, 

 less compressed, and the vahes more exserted. 



7'ini/)fir. — The wood, as already stated, is open, somewhat 

 reddish, and darker than that of /;'. fuc/fnrioides. It stands well 

 in the fjround and is otherwise dural)le. It is very suitable for 

 l)uilding purposes, but is ^ery free. 



Range. — Howitt states in his ' Eucalypts of Gi]opsland " that 

 he has not seen it growing at a less elevation than 500 feet, and 

 tiiat it cannot therefore strictly speaking be called one of the 

 littoral species. In this colony, however, it is found growing 

 quite close to the sea; for instance, on the shores of Sydney 

 harljour, and from the coast inland to the summit of the 

 Dividing Range. The most northerly locality from which we 

 have it is the Round Mountain, Guy Fawkes Range, 4250 feet 

 above the sea, and about 50 miles east of Armidale, on the 

 Grafton Road. 



The most westerly locality from which it has been obtained is 

 ^ludgee, where it is called " Silvertop " according to Mr. R. T. 

 Baker, who collected it. 



Variations from type. — The most remarkable known to us is 

 perhaps one from the Port Stephens district, where together with 

 the normal form is one apparently similar in every respect except 

 as to greatly diminished size. Variations exist also as to length 

 of pedicel and amount of compression of the fruits into heads. 



Eucalyptus macrorrhyxciia, F.v.M. 

 This in its typical form is a very easily recognised species. The 

 l)uds are, when full}^ de\eloped, large, rhomboidal in longitudinal 



