242 XLVIII. MYRTACEJE. { Eucalyptus. 3 
one rather distant from the edge. Peduncles axillary or lateral, not very : 
short, terete or angular, the upper ones sometimes forming a short panicle, — 
small, ovate, with parallel distinct cells. Ovary nea 
tube and convex or — in the centre. Fruit obovoid or almost gà 
3 to 4 lines diameter, the rim broad and very p the 
sunk, the valves protruding beyond the rim.—DC. Prod. 1 . 216 ie 
in Journ. Linn. Soe. iii. 83, and Fragm. ii. 65 ; P Reger umbellatum, 1 
Geertn. Fruct. i. Yi. e: 35; E. subulata, A. Conn; "Schau, in Walp. Rep. ii 11.924. : 
Queensland. Bay of lulets, Banks and Solander; Broad Sound, Shoalwater, and 
Keppel Bay, R. Brown; Percy is isla nd, A. Cunni ngham ; Brisbane river, Moi a 3 
A. Cunningham ; P^ Denison, Fitzalan, Dallachy ; Rockingham Bay, G 
yy Za Gum," Dallac 
N. S. Wales. ra ge Woolls, e others ; ppro river, Wilcoz ; Macleay A 
and ai rivers, Beckler ; Richmond river, C. Moore; “ Bastard Box, i GH lis, 
Victoria. Snowy River, ] Mitchell codem pit Gadder ponds, F. Muel 
latifolia. KA Sow to lanceolate. Flowers with a strong cimicine — 
Coen passage, R. B 
Var. drachye es ont Operum. more obtuse, 8 to 4 lines long.—With the other speci- 
mens fro Bris Hastings rivers, from Paramatta, and from the De ` 
Mountains. To thie ve. bii ode the Mitchell river qanm which, however 
the buds are not full grow DC. Prod. iii. 217, founded on a Sieber’ spe 
mens, n. E hich I have’ ae Se pecie om Ms ei Ñ vi from the 
Myrt. t. 4, to be the same variety with a short oper reulum, also described 
g bud. exposed 
_ Var. brevifolia. Leaves mostly ovate or oblong, obtuse.—New England, in very 
situations in the mountains, C. Stuart. 
Meme orm with a long operculum, Muf in very young b bud, r 
in distinguishing it from the rostrate ee of E. siderophloia and E Wee? - 
venation of the leaf is then the best guid 
SuBsERIES VI. Susexsert#.—Peduncles pma or later deo ti 
more or less paniculate, terete or flattened, eer" tee 
Calyx-t e broad at the orifice. Fruit turbinate, d rifice not con e 
the apei level or slightly sunk, the valves often uem when ope — 
90. E. platyphylla, F. Muell. in Journ. Lin 
prominent, diverging, and anastomosing.  Peduneles axillary or 
short and rather thick, each with 3 to 6 or rarely more flowers 
Stamens 3 to 4 lines long, all perfeet, inflected in the bud; anthers d 
with parallel distinct cells. Ovary flat-topped. Fruit obconical, 4 to Š 
