" Strliiguhark" EacaLijptn. 183 



Vr'nnar]! and suh-priin^irij veins spreading and distinct. 



Muture Leaves. — Alternate, petiolate, narrow to broad lanceolate, 

 t<trui(jht or falcate, oblique and acuminate, firm in texture, with a 

 hardrncj recurred jxunt. 



Varying in lentrtli t'litin "_' to 11 inches, and from ,', to 2.', inclics in 

 width ; in ft, liori:t)nt(il or droopiiuj. Colour e(jually green on both 

 sides, dull or shiny, blue-green or a bright sap-green. 



Veins strongly marked, and spreading; intraniarginal vein, often 

 loiiped. and not far riinond from the edye. 



Oil -dots numerous. 



Buds. — Kumerons or few. ilavate, with or without pointed 

 opercula. (Some SoutJicrn forms are more " niacrorlii/ncha ''-like 

 in the !/oun(/ state than- the Eastern would ajjjjear to be). 



The pointed opercula less conspicuous when matured; youny buds 

 are provided with cal y ptra-l ike bracts. 



Flowers. — Inflorescence paniculafed or a ciliary: panicles some- 

 times leafless. Stamens: White, uniform in length. Anthers reni- 

 form. 



Flowers honey scented. 



Fruits. — Very variable in size and shape; (three forms some- 

 times occurri/iy in one umbel): pedunculate, pedicellate, or sessile, 

 pedicels varying from 1 line to half-inch in length. Pyriforni, 

 pillular, conical or hemispherical. 



Rim usually reddish, smooth, broad, flat or slightly domed. 



Valves, one to five sunken; the small deltoid points sometimes 

 slightly exserted. Und)els, solitary or paniculated, containing from 

 1 to 8 fruits, \ to I inch in diameter. 



Peduncles, slightly angular or flattened. Calyx tube tapering or 

 suddenly contracted into the pedicel. 



Timber. — Wood, pale-coloured, with kino rings, remarkably like 

 that of the common Sydney Peppermint {E. piperita) or of the 

 ■ Yellow Stringybark " {E. Muelleriana). A durable timber, in 

 demand for fencing, u-hen growing in dry country. 



Oil from leaves.— 6>e67>'f gravity, 0.87 to 0.91; optical rotation 

 --lo^ to — J6>0; refractive inder, l.^TO to l.JfSO. It is usually. 



