188 XLVITI. MYRTACEA. [ Eucalyptus, 
in others, , the e stigma a mere point or more or less dilated, but these differences appear to be — 
almost as ern individual as speci E. 
he number of cells of the ovary is bo very rarely a guide to the spec . They 
generally va Bon? 3 es e - eim : to de. very rarely $5 me eu constantly’ so in ba 
the mica | is berg: 
For similar reason ioned r greal as he differences ` ` 
observed, we have aris act cho means Ze jing v whether de are dividunt or specife. 
The fruiting specimens in our herbaria and m s have generally shed their seeds, 
least the perfect ones. The abortive oi are niil numerous in the ef unimpreg- 
nated and of a hard — éniforti E but enlarged, especially those uear the opd — 
the capsule, and variously shaped ac n'es ba the degree of mutual emm he several ` ' 
seeds of the same specimen often differing more from each other than the mg 
ones of different species. Of perfect seeds there generally ouly ripen eithin 3:08 or 3.0r a ` 
single one in each ceil, and their shape is accordingly modified. They are, a always | 
i he now 
o t dE 
which are large and more or less expanded into a membranous wing; but even that — 
"d 
that the wing, when it exists, ege remarkably in size and shape in different seeds from 
nen 
Im. 
2-lobed or Seege and in the comparative ^ ngt th of the radiche; and thes e c diferens 
are very likely of cte —— but there are but two or three spere in wh 
ew been able to examine the oe from ee specimens, and not many W 
T have had perfect i enough: e spare more thar or even a awe one for dissec 
eng I have therefore Vm o it very uh. P E mé ps of the modifications oben 
or specific distinction 
As some further guide to the — « pen though often a SEN 
have taken v following eg of colonial nam collect tors’ notes. 
“ Blac = E. ma. 1 ai ifolia 
xi Bloodwood "ës E a vii rymbosi 
* Box" = E. amygdalina, hemi wä, Cora idi viminalis. 
** Bastard-Box " = E. polya pili: dm 
“ White Box” = E. albens. 
w Box" = E melliodora, bicolor. 
. Gun 
* Flintwood ” = E pilu jari NW 
“Blue Gum” = E hamastoma, globulus, botryoides, megacarpa, viminalis, tereticoris ` 
diversicolor. 
**Drooping Gum” = E. Risdoni, omg 
“Flooded or Swamp Gum” = E. co a, decipiens, Stee rostrata, rudis. 
“Green Gum” = £. 
stellu 
* Grey Gum ” = E. saligna, resinifera. 
“Lead m = E. stellulata. " CS 
ed = E. amygdalina, melliodora, odorata, rostrata, tereticornis resinif 
Stuartiana, Cer 
“ Risdon 
e E Risdoni. 
iem Gum” = E. eximia 
‘Spotted Gum” = E. hamastoma, € (citriodora ?), maculata. 
- * Turpentine Gun ” = E. Stuartia 
“ Weeping Gum ” = E coriacea, ve DEN 
