208 XLVIII. MYRTACEA, [ Eucalyptus, 3 
Var. (9) drachycorys. Operculum short, hemispherical. One of the “ Stringy-barks ” 
ne Twofold Ba 
ar. eugenioides. Leaf-veins rather more regular and divergent. AP editt rather longer, 
m. buds broader. Fruit Ken contra set at the orifice, with a thinn — E. eu, jo -— 
Sieb. Pl. Exs. n. 479, and Fl. Mix 603, and eegent E. ce ra, gto . Cou : 
cording to DC. Prod. iii. AECH $8. Wales, “ Stringy-bark,” Caley, Woolls ; Twofold 
as F. Mi 
The s is sometimes Za E distinguish in the dried state from some forms of E 
obliqua, po on the other hand it approaches Z. pilularis, differing from both of them gene- 
"rally but not Lo as well in ag as Se the bud p opereulum, but more readily in the 
frui : 
E. piperi rita and E pil ularis, var. a cmenioides 
Some specimens of a “ Blue Gum," a tree of 100 ft., from Bathurst plains, Fraser (in 
Herb. R. Brown), -- to us to E. piperita, but are only in flower with the opereulum 
fallen off and no fru 
15. E. pilularis Sm. D a Linn. Soc. iii. 284. A moderate-sized 
or large tree, with a dark coloured rough and somewhat furrowed persistent 
bark. Leaves mostly lanceolate, falcate or nearly straight, acuminate, 
in. long, rather thick and smooth, the veins rather oblique, but much less so 
Ee ier LI ae Ee 
of a terminal ie distinctly flattened in the typical form, bearing each 
about 6 to 12 flowers, the e pedicels often thick and angular, but sometimes 
rather long and more slender. Buds acuminate. Calyx- tube about 2 lines 
long and as much in diameter. Operculum conical or acuminate, longer than 
. the calyx-tube. Stamens 2 to $ lines long, all perfect, inflected i in the bud ; 
anthers reniform or broad, the cells diverging or divaricate, confluent at the 
pee Brisbane aded T E ” F, Mueller 
N.S. Wales, Port Jackson, 2. Sieber, n. 477, and others; northward to 
Hastings river, Beckler; and eg ye Kon Bay, Oldfield.—* Black-butt z 
numerous collectors, quA as “ Black- butt” and “ Manly-Beach ipd vd bark," Be oolls, aud 
as “ Black-butt ” and * Fl int-wood " in M'Arthur's wc collection for the London Exhibi- 
tion, 1862. In some ed designated a: j the = “Great Wack- butted Gum,” the leaves 
are thicker, and the flowers larger, with dark-eoloured st stam 
dire r river, F. Mue 
Var. (?) acmenioides. Teaf-veins ce uem more x peduneles less flattened and 
- often terete or penes $0; podicels more — sometimes 2 to 3 lines lon ng ; operculum 
"ye wu ok tem doc E amuch thinner rim.— E pester Schau. in Walp Rep. 
th e E - Es m Bay, "i ge > Dellehy ; summit of Mount A MUS 
iver itzalan ; astings rive e 
“White Maho ogany,' Woo ? ee ee ee AEN 
I have much doubt whether this m not be adopted as a distinct species, although it 
etimes to pass into = typical E pilularis. Tn bud, the specimens bear eget H. 
semblance to "eh of E. Stuartiana, but the stamens and fruit are different. In the typ 
E. E. pilularis the ed are thickish, resembling those of E. siderophloia bad with it ` 
