y04 OHSEHVATIONS ON THE EUCALYPTS OF N.S.AV., 



" E. operculo inucronulato, uinbellis lateralihus racemosis, 

 ramulis teretibus, foliis insequaliter oblongo-lanceolatis," a des- 

 ci-iption which would have rendered it impossible to state what 

 species was meant had not a specimen, named by Sieber, been in 

 existence. 



Vernacidar names. — It is usually known as " White Stringy- 

 bark " in this colony, the colour of its timber being paler than 

 that of either E. capitellata or JH. macrorrhyncha. 



Seedling or sucker leaves. — These are well represented in the 

 ' Eucalyptographia ' and in Howitt's ' Eucalypts of Gippsland.' 

 The young shoots are warty and the leaves, which at first are 

 placed opposite to one another, soon Ijecome alternate. 



Mature leaves. — These ai'e generally much thinner and more 

 delicate in texture than those of E. capitellata and E. macror- 

 rhyucha. They are also of a richer green, more shapely, graceful 

 and Eugenia-like, a circumstance which led to the adoption pro- 

 bably of the specific name. Exceptions, however, occur, and 

 specimens in our possession from Wallsend and Mudgee are 

 coriaceous and shiny. 



Buds. — The buds are clustered and often very much crowded 

 into heads, by which the inflorescence assvunes a very marked 

 character. They always have pointed opercula, the points being 

 sometimes so marked as to approach those of E. macrorrhyncha, 

 but they are then fuller on the top and do not show such a promi- 

 nent edge at the base of the operculum. 



Fruits. — The fruits are slightly pedicellate, often crowded into 

 more or less globular heads, but not compressed like those of 

 E. capitellata. They are much smaller than those of the allied 

 species, somewhat hemispherical in form, with slightly raised rim. 

 Occasionally the fruit is quite flat-topped. The rim is often red. 



The plate in the ' Eucalyptographia ' shews a very thin rim, 

 which is most unusual and not typical of the species, at least in 

 New South Wales, but we have an example of this form from 

 Port Macquarie. 



Timber. — Tlie timber of this species is good for l)uilding 

 purposes, l)eing strong and durable and not particularly liable to 



