260 XLVIII. MYRTACEÆ. [Eucalyptus. 
133. E. eudesmioides, F. Muell. Frogm. ii. 35. A shrub, attaining 
10 ft., with a smooth bark (Oldfield). Leaves from broad-lanceolate and 4 
to 5 in. long, to narrow-lanceolate and shorter, mostly mucronate-acute and 
short, nearly terete, mostly 3-flowered. Peduncles short. Calyx- ITOW- 
turbinate, 21 to nearlv 3 lines long, with 4 minute teeth, sometimes promi- 
nent, sometimes scarcely conspicuous. Operculum short, m 
very small, nearly globular, with distinct parallel cells. Fruit ovoid or ob- 
long, usually } to nearly $ in. long, in some specimens (perhaps not perfect), ` 
contracted at the orifice, but usually cylindrical, the rim concave, not broad, 
the capsule slightly sunk, usually 3-celled. — - 
W. Australia. Sandy plains and limestone hills, Murchison river, Oldfield, Very 
near Æ. tetragona in characters, but the narrow leaves, small flowers, and narrow fruits, give 
it a very different aspect. 
134. E. odontocarpa, F. Muell. in Journ. Linn, Soc. iii. 98. A shrub of ` 
10 ft., with slender branches (F. Mueller). Leaves opposite or alternate, — 
Sturt’s Creek Desert, F. Mueller. Very much like some specimens of : 
` dat once di — 
N. Australia. 
E. eudesmioides, but the stamens do not appear to be arranged in clusters, an 
tinguished from the following species by the very much smaller flowers. 
tuse teeth, slightly prominent on the bud. Operculum hemispherical si 
globular, smooth. Stamens very numerous, the longest attaining lid ah 
opening longitudinally. Ovary flat-topped. Fruit oblong-oylindrienl 4 t0 È 4 
7 Së 
in. long, 4 to 6 lines diameter, not contracted at the orifice, the rim 
but forming an acutely prominent ring, the capsule sunk, usually 3: cell 
N. Australia, Entrance to Victoria river and elevated sterile districts of 
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