22 EUCALYPTUS TREES. 
form, 13-4 inches long, 3-2 inches broad, above shining and 
dark-green, with fine spreading veins and a marginal nerve slightly 
Si 
Fie, X.— (Eugenia Smithii).—1, expanded flower ; 
2, longitudinal section of an unexpanded flower ; 3, petal ; 
4, front- and back-view of a stamen; 5, pollen-grain ; 
6, transverse section of young fruit; 7, matured fruit ; 
8, embryo; all variously enlarged but 5, magnified 300 
times ; the main-figures of natural size, 
distant from the 
edge. Flowers 
in terminal am- 
ple _ panicles ; 
flowerstalks op- 
posite ; stalklets 
often _ ternate. 
Calyx depressed 
at the summit, 
attenuated — to- 
wards the base, 
2 of an inch or 
less long when 
flowering, with 
four very short 
or almost oblite- 
rated lobes. Pe- 
tals four, round- 
ish, very small, 
denticulated, of- 
ten coherent. 
Stamens nume- 
rous, disconnec- 
ted, exceedingly 
short. Anthers 
almost kidney- 
shaped,  trans- 
versely slit 
along the sum- 
mit. Style very 
short. Berries 
globular, white 
or purplish, one- 
seeded, measur- 
ing about half 
