i Eucalyptus. | XLVIII. MYRTACER. 247 
| diameter, the rim rather thin and scarcely protruding, the capsule more or 
. less sunk, the points of the valves sometimes slightly protruding. —Z. ligus- 
trina, Miq. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. iv. 134, but probably not of DC. . 
Victoria. Summit of the Baw-Baw mountains, F. Mueller. 
L3 a. Abundant in Alpine districts at an elevation of 3 to 4000 ft., often form- 
. Ing small forests, ** Cider-tree,” J. D. Hooker. i 
In some old small fruits the valves are more exserted, but the shape is always different 
from that of E. Stwartiana, and in well-formed fruits the capsule is distinctly sunk. In other 
respects the species is as nearly allied to E. viminalis as to E. Stuartiana. 
9 tens, Benth. A tree attaining a great height, with a rough, 
half-fibrous, persistent bark (Oldfield), or a shrub of 6 to 10 ft., with a 
smooth b Leaves mostly falcate, from ovate-lanceolate and 
. tant from the edge. Peduncles axillary or lateral or forming short panicles, 
. Short, terete or slightly angular, each with 3 to 6 flowers on short pedicel 
_ Üilyx-tube turbinate at the base, very broad and open above the ovary, about 
a, flat-topped before opening, the valves not protruding. 
E Ad : Australia. Harvey river, “ Black-butt,” Oldfield ; Tone river and granite rocks 
EA De Arid, Mazwell ; also Drummond, 4th Coll. n. 72; Gilbert; J. 3. Roe ; and in 
` ss collection in fruit distributed with the flowering specimens of E. rudis, but appa- 
3 rently not seen by Schauer, 
Ameles short, axillary, broad and flat but thick, each with a head of 6 to 12 
More sessile flowers. Calyx-tube turbinate, thick and often angled, 
; about 3 lines long. Op 
3 d longer than the calyx-tube. Stamens inflected ; anthers globular, 
dins » but not so small as in Æ. decipiens, with distinct cells 
wa or convex in the centre. Fruit globose-truncate, abon 
mia contracted at the orifice, the rim broad, flat or slightly convex, the 
ax sunk, but the points of the valves usually protruding. 
‘Veena alia. Doubtful-Island Bay and shady ravines, Point Irwin, Oldfield ; near 
à & Preiss, n, 225; also Drummond, 4th Coll. n. 717. 
