13 



Material ol this species was also from Narrabri, N.S.W., in 



July, tool. rii«' oil was practical!} identical with the above, the onlj noticeable 

 difference being i Less \ ield ; bu1 this is probablj rlu to thi - ollei ted 



in midwinter. II u • secondan odoui had rong resemblanci to thai ol 



linn. uiKiii. Yield of oil 0^07 pei cent. Specifii gravity of crude oil - 0.8873 

 and optical rotation a -+ 8-4°. Cineol could not be detei ted, and phellandn ne 

 was absent. I In- presenc : ol the sesquiterpene \\ is indii a 1 d bj its 1 hara< ti 1 

 colour reactions. 



5. Eucalyptus terminalis. 



(F.v.M., in Jour. Linn. Soc, 111, Sg.) 

 A Bloodwood. 



Systematic- A fair-sized tree, with a brick-red, flaky hark. Leaves 

 lanceolate mostly under | inches long, light yellow in colour, coriaceous; intra- 

 marginal vein close to the edge; lateral veins numerous, line, almosl transverse, 

 parallel. Oil glands appear to be quite absent. Umbels in a broad, terminal 

 1 orymb. Calyx 3 lines long and 3 lines in diameter, bell-shaped, pedicels 3 lines 

 long ; operculum hemispherical, shortly acuminate. 



Fruit. -Urn-shaped; rim countersunk ; under 1 inch 

 long, and up to 8 lines in diameter. 



Care is required, in somi instances, not to confound the 

 fruits with those of E. eximia and E. intermedia 



Habitat. — The Northern interioi oi New South Wales; West 

 Australia; South Australia; Queensland. 



REMARKS. This Eucalyptus trei close] n embli I eximia Schau. and / R.T.B., in 



the shape of the fruits and the nature oi the timbei and bark, bul has paler and smaller leaves Mueller and Bentham 



were in< lined to regard 11 as a variety ol ! rymbosa Sm., bui it differs from that i timber and 



arcit) of oil glands is a distinguishing fe ture in this, a-, in most ol the " Bloodwoods." The 



leaves arc thick and of a yellowish colour, probati j being rich in the dyi myrticolorin. 



ESSENTIAL OIL. \ quantitj i I leaves (60 lb i was received from 

 far interior of New South Wale-., hut as the leaves showed an entire absence ol 

 oil glands, and other indication- for oil were so unsatisfactory, no distillation 

 was made. It is evident that several hundreds of pounds oi material would 

 be necessary in order to obtain sufficienl oil to enable an investigation to be 

 undertaken. 



