234 XLVIII. MYRTACEX. [ Eucalyptus. 
stralia. S. coast to the east of King George's Sound, R. Brown ; stony hills 
from Bald Island and Stirling range eastward to Cape Arid, Oldfield ; Maxwell ; Preiss, n. 
227; Drummond, 4th Coll. n. 67, in most sets. 
0. E. cornuta, Labill. Voy. i. 403. t. 20. A tall shrub or small tree 
with a smooth bark (Oldfield), or more frequently a moderate-sized or tall 
tree with a bushy head, the bark brown or black, hard, rugged, persistent, 
half-fibrous or fibrous (Ò i in pieces 
flowers, sessile but not immersed in the receptacle. Calyx oblong- 
turbinate, about 3 lines long and rather less in diameter. Opereulum 1 to 1$ 
in. long, more or | 
slightly flexuose in the bud, but not inflected; the outer ones often above 1 
m. Jong; the inner ones much shorter; anthers ‘oblong, parallel-celled. 
convex, the style thickened at the base. Fruit obovoid-truncate or shortly 
cylindrical, about 4 lines long, not contracted at the orifice, the rim narrow 
y ; : 
deeply lobed, almost 2-partite—DC. Prod. iii. 216; Schau. in Pl. Preiss. i. 
127; F. Muell. Fragm. ii. 39 (partly). 
W. Australia, King George's Sound, P Brown, and eastward to Cape Riche, 
Labillardiére ; A. Cunningham ; Drummond, Ind Coll. n. 83, 4th Coll. n. 68 H and 
t2 some sets n. 67; Preiss, n. 238, and others; Vasse river, Gilbert, n. 270; “ Yeit’ V 
the colonists, Ofdfield.—F. Mueller proposes to unite with this the E. Lehmanni as well a 
several of the following species. I have not ventured to do so at present, as amongst 
numerous specimens examined from various sources, I have not yet met with intermediates 
connecting the different forms, especially as to the summit of the ovary and the fruit. 
7l. E. annulata, Benth. A tall shrub with a smooth bark (Mazwell) 
eaves narrow-lanceolate, acuminate, mostly under 4 in. long, thick and 
line broad ; anthers oblong with parallel cells. Ovary conical at the top, 
tapering into the style. Fruit depressed-globose, 4 to 5 lines diameter, the 
. Convex rim protruding into a thick ring, quite distinct from the valves, which 
project much, ga into long erect or connivent points formed by the per 
e. 
W. Australia. Salt River, Mazwell, 
72. E. platypus, Hook. Ic. PI, é, 849. A tree attaining 30 ft., with a 
smooth bark (Maxwell). Leaves very broadly ovate or orbicular, often 
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