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78. Eucalyptus pumila. 



(R.H.C, Proc. Roy. Soc, N.S.W., 191S, p. 453.) 



Systematic. — A tall shrub, " Mallee " like, reaching 15 to 20 feet in height. 

 Branchlets angular at extremities. Abnormal leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate. 

 Normal leaves lanceolate, falcate, to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; venation 

 fairly prominent, intramarginal vein close to the edge of the leaf, lateral veins 

 inclined at about 40 to the mid-rib. Flowers about six in umbel, the common 

 peduncle axillary or lateral, about 5 lines long. Buds almost sessile; calyx tube 

 conoidal, 2 lines long, and half as long as the blunt pointed conical operculum. 



Fruit. -Hemispherical to turbinate, rough, some- 

 what shining ; rim thick, convex ; valves 

 thick, usually four, well exserted ; 3 lines 

 long and 3 to 4 lines in diameter. 



Amongst other species the nearest in shape to these are 

 E. dealbata and E. tereticornis. 



Habitat. — Near Pokolbin, New South Wales. 



Plate XXXVIII. 



EUCALYPTUS PUMILA, R H.C. 



