` 258 + XLVIII. MYRTACEÆ, [Eucalyptus. $ 
distinct neck, the rim thin, the capsule sunk. Seeds apparently winged, but ` 
e -— eh ec | 
stralia. ol Bay, Gregory’s Expedition ; Upper Mar oe = and Dept ` 
Geck, E: M ueller, Sa with rather smaller flowers, Depuech Island, B 
129. E. maculata, Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 619. A lofty tree eg a smooth ` 
bark falling off in pat tches so as to give the ene a spotted appearance. ` 
6 in. long or even more, with numerous ; parallel but rather oblique veins, ` 
not so close as in the preceding species, and rather coarse, the intraman l 
one close to the edge. Umbels 3- flowered, usually several together, on short - 
leafless branches, forming a panicle or corymb. — Peduncles and pedicels short ` 
and thick, scarcely angular. Calyx-tube, in the young bud shortly cylindrical, : 
Sg open. broadly turbinate, 3 to 4 lines diameter. Operculum hemisphe- — 
cal, much shorter than the calyx-tube, the outer one much thicker and more 
me than in most species where it has. been observed, and usually um- ` 
onate or shortly acuminate, the inner one Aon responding to the single one ` 
of most species) thin, obtuse, smooth, and shining. Stamens attaining 4 or ` 
5 lines; anthers ovate with parallel distinct cells opening longitudinally ; 
Ovary flat-topped. Fruit ovoid-urceolate, usually about i in. long am ` 
nearly as much in diameter, the rim narrow, the capsule i ra oe 
Muell. Fragm. ii. 47; E. variegata, F. Muell. in Journ. Linn. Soc 
ue 
Spotted Gum " of Maitland, Backhouse; common in the Liverpool ` 
a" Coin «ria [Arctos vg p ayley. 3 
ia, Schau. in oe Rep. ii. 925. A large tree. Leaves 
130. E. eximia ; 
Blot egen acuminate, mostly 4 to 6 in. long, with numerous vein ` 
iaceous texture. 
le, as ; 
inner one not readily separable in the dried specimens till the we = 
to open. Stamens 3 to 4 lines long; anthers ovate-oblong, the ce 
opening longitudinally. Ova short, flat- -topped. Fruit areola $ | 
in. long, the rim thin; the capsule deeply sunk. ege? 
N. S. Wales. Banks of the river Grose, R. Brown; “ Bloodwood” Vi ` 
Mountains, Miss Atkinson, Woolls. This is evidently a very distinct species, no e. 
allied to Z. v erg than to the Port Jackson “ Blood-wood " (Æ. corymbosa), bu Le 1 
rent fus both. I have not been able quite to satisfy — of the structure of the [ 
lum, which ed require the examination of living specimen 
SUBSERIES IX. EuDEsMIE.— Leaves most) ite or nearly ec) 
CEN y opposi e 3 
,duneles usually 3-flowered. Calyx with 4 teeth, more or less off tine i 
‘below the globular beach or flattened petita. Stamens SÉ 
ex Ge united in 4 clusters, alternating with the calyx-teeth. + | 
E. erythrocorys, P Muell. Fragm. ii. 33. A RECH | 
nd or a tree of 20 to 30 ft. (Drummond). Leaves mostly a 
