E Eucalyptus.] XLVIII. MYRTACEX. 231 
` in the more common varieties. Operculum thick, obtusely acuminate or 
. Tostrate, as long as or longer than the calyx-tube. Stamens often 3 in. long, 
= in the bud ; anthers ovate-oblong, with distinct parallel cells. Fruit 
: thick, ovoid-cylindrical, from under 4 in. to nearly 1 in. long, not at all or but 
slightly contracted at the orifice, the rim not very thick when the flowers are 
very broad and flat in some large-flowered forms, the capsule deeply 
. Sunk, but sometimes the valves terminating in long protruding points formed 
by the split base of the style-—DC. Prod. iii. 217. 
.. , W. Australia, Labillardidre, Drummond, 3rd Coll.n. 65 ; scrubby undulating country 
; N. of Stirling Range, Maxwell. 
* Din, but varying much in this respect as well as in the size of the flowers and fruits.— 
angulosa, Schau, in Walp. Rep. ij. 925; E cuspidata, Turez. in Bull. Mosc. 
vy » R. Brown, A. Cunningham, Drummond, n. s 
: ini eastward to Espérance Bay, Phillips Ranges, Moir's Inlet, Cape Le Grand, 
1 vE ie Fragm. ii. 59, is disposed to reduce this variety, and perhaps the whole species, 
am E gompho ot 990, and Mem. Myrt. t. 11. 
A tree, of 40 es cephala, DC. Prod. iii. , an y 
i shining, the fine rather numerous oblique veins scarcely conspicu- 
Si el on old leaves. — Peduncles axillary or lateral, thick and hard, broad 
epee I to 1 in. long, each with 3 flowers, either sessile or on very short 
e 
i 36 “nical in the centre, the open valves protruding.—P. Muell. Fragm. 
Ww. ; 
^ Australia, Géographe Bay, LescAenau!t ; Swan River, Oldfield, Harvey ; Vasse 
