i < >7 205 , 53 per cent, came over ; the residue thus represented [9 per cent. As 

 the amounl ol oil was small, less than hall the usual quantitj was available foi 

 distillation. These fractions gave the following results: 



Firsl fraction, sp. gr. .it 15° C. 0-8718; rotation a + 20-9 ; refractive 



index al 20 = [-4670. 

 Second ,. ., ,. = 0-8816; rotation a, + ii-i : refractive 



index at 20 = 1-4738. 

 Residue . .. ,, =0-9548 : rotation not taken; refractive 



index a1 20 = 1-5007. 

 The cineol was determined by the resorcinol method in the rectified por- 

 tion; when calculated for the crude oil the result was 20 percent. The oil of 

 this species has a strong resemblance to those distilled from E. microcorys and 

 E. maculata. The chief terpene was dextro-rotatory pinene. The species has 

 little value as an oil-producing Eucalypt. 



The results obtained with the oil ol' this species were published by us in 

 the Trans. Roy. Soc, South Australia, r.916 



30. Eucalyptus fasciculosa, 



(F.v.M., in Trans. Vic. Inst., 34, 1855.) 

 White Gum. 



Systematic- A small tree, seldom more than 30 feet in height, with a smooth 

 bark. Abnormal leaves broad, nearly ovate. Normal leaves lanceolate, thick, 

 or coriaceous, about 5 inches long and 1 inch broad; intramarginal vein removed 

 from the edge, venation obscure, but inclined at about 45 to the mid-rib. Oil 

 glands not apparent. Flowers in paniculate umbels of about three to five flowers. 

 Calyx tube tapering, short pedicel; operculum blunt, conical, much shorter than 

 the calyx tube. 



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Fruit. Conoidal, wrinkled, shining; rim thin, hori- 

 zontal, often with transverse cracks; valves 

 inserted, about 4 lines long and 2 lines 

 broad. In one form the fruit is inclined 

 to he semi-ovate; rim double, the inner 

 being deciduous. 



These fruits so resemble those of E. pani< ulata tlml on 

 morphological grounds it was long confounded with 

 that species. They also are not unlike E. polyanthemos 

 and E. I' lit. heri, in stances. 



Habitat. Vii toria and Smith Australia. 



REMARKS. Muellei described this trei in dans. Vic. Inst., vol. 34, but Bentham, i860 Flora 



diensis," vol. iii, i>. 212, synonymises n undei ! culata Muellei in his Eucalyptographia 



concurs in such a cla ification bul Maiden in rrans. Roy. So, . s. \u- 1908 p. j s " hows that these two are 



I and as this is not an ".Ironbarl the; tiould b eparated. It-is another instance proving that something 



[uired in tin specifii determination ..i Eucalypts than .1 morphological com pari "" "i thi [eavi fruits, 



Ac. J. E. Brown figures and describes H in his Forest Flora "i South Australia," p. c> under the name <>t 



miculata. 1 be no doubt that the nowei li fruits there figured much resembl B. paniculata, 



and thi istry of the oils of thi two 1 but the timbers bark, and habitat 



well indii ati ific differ 



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