252 XLVIII. MYRTACEA, [ Eucalyptus. 
ginal one at sont distance from the edge, dark above, pale underneath when 
fresh (Oldfield). Peduncles axillary or lateral, terete or scarcely angular, 
each with 3 to 6 rather large flowers, not seen however fully expanded. 
Calyx-tube turbinate when in bud, about 3 lines long, tapering into a pedicel 
nearly or quite as long. Operculum hemispherical or obtusely conical, rather 
shorter than yx-tube. Stamens infleeted in the bud; anthers ovate ` 
with parallel distinct cells ry conical in the centre. Fruit ovoid- — 
truncate, long, 4 to 5 lines diameter, contracted at the o 
almost urceolate, the rim rather thick, the capsule deeply sunk with a conical 
top, yet sagi = much shorter than the border of the fruit. | 
W.A King George's Sound, R. Brown ; on small elevations in swampsnear ` - 
Eia Zong the pes of the water, Blackwood and Hay rivers, Wilson's Inlet and Cen 
rup ranges, “ Blue Gum," Oldfield 
112? E. besiess eba, B EC? A tree from 10 to 30 ft. high, witha — — 
rough ash-grey na bark (Oldfield), 40 to 45 ft., the bark separable E 
layers (Preiss). Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, na rrow and often 4 to 5 im — 
long or the lower ones ipfc and broader, éi rather rigid with very oblique 
rather distant and prominent veins, the intramarginal one distant from the 
edge.  Peduncles axillary or lateral, terete or - lightly flattened, each with a 
dense umbel of 6 to 12 flowers, Calyx-tube obconical, 9 to 23 or : 
nearly 3 lines long, tapering into a short diu Operculum hemispherical 
or obtusely conical, shorter than the calyx-tube. Stamens scarcely exceed- 
ing 2 lines, inflected in the bud, the filaments usually dark-coloured in the 
dry specimens; an nthers small, with duse distinct cells. Fruit narrow- 
3 lines long and 2 lin nes diameter, the rim arrow. the capsule deeply sunk. 
der. amygdalina, Schau. in Pl. Preiss. i. 130 (from the description given), 
not of Labill. ; E. fruticetorum, F. Muell. Fragm. ii. 57 (as to eW. Apt 
Ss 
. Australia. n River and Darling range, Collie ; Drummond, 9nd Coll.n. 854 
Je district, Preiss, n, oe (and 248 ?) ; Murchison river and Champion Bay, “ York Gun,  — 
The “Ya ndee,” a tree of 40 to 45 ft., with a nearly black persistent furrowed bark con- 
kat, the a o like pieces, from the Murchison river, Oldfield, appears to be otherwise pre- 
r. frut A shrub branching from the ground, the leaves rather broader, Zi 
d dl a the peduncles more flattened. —Murchison river, Oldfield ; Salt river, 
3. E. foecunda, Schau. in Pl. Preiss. i, 130. A tall shrub with ? 
eng smooth ge (Oldfield P Se lanceolate, acuminate, gel?" exceeding 
muc vs: ee" geg 
each with a dense umbel of 4 to 8 flowers. Calyx-tu ube boer inate, 2 
to 23 lines long, obtuse at the base or shortly tapering into the short af 
dicel. Operculum hemispherical, much shorter than the calyx-tube. 
meus 2 to 3 lines long, inflected in the bud; anthers ovate with par 
distinct cells. Ovary flat-topped. Fruit ovoid. oblong or almost eat? 
slightly contracted at the orifice, about 2 lines diameter and vary™mg 
