veins oblique, spreading, the distanl ones being more distmct, intramai 

 vein removed from the edge, tnflorescena in axillarj 01 terminal panicles; 

 pedicels about 3 lines Long, slender. < I, 2 lines in diameter, open ulum 



hemispherical, shortly acunnn 



Fruit. Conical; rim thin, contracted, sometimes 

 lacerated, \ ah es deeplj inserl 'I ; about 2 

 lines or slightly more in diameter. 



In general shape they resembl E. I Fktcheri 



and E pol} anthi U are larg 



Habitat. Camboon, Rylstom Hargravi Wellington, New 



Si mth \\ 



REMARKS. Ili variety is placed with / on account oi a n emblai morphological 



characters of the fruits parti] and bu a v thi bark and nature of the timber. The trees of the two 



arequitei field andtimbei confound them rhe constant 



if the leaves and the pyriform fruits a pal features of diffi tween 



it and the type. 



ESSENTIAL OIL. Leaves and terminal branchlets for distillation were 

 obtained from Camboon, N.S.W., in March, [901. The yield of oil was 0-58 

 per cent. The crude oil was oi .1 light amber colour, and had an odour resembling 

 those belonging to the cineol-pinene class of Eucalyptus oils. Pinene and phellan- 

 drene were both present, and also a good quantitj oi cineol. It is unusual for an 

 oil containing so much phellandrene to be so rich in cineol, particularly as the 

 terpene in the richer cineol oils is generally pinene. The higher boiling portion 

 contained the sesquiterpene. The laevo-rotation of the oil was largelj due to the 

 presence of phellandrene; the amount of esters was not large. 



The crude oil had specific gravity at 15 ('. = 0-9083 ; rotation a B - 4-26°; 

 refractive index at 20 = i-4<>>(. and was soluble in 2 volumes 70 per cent, 

 alcohol. The saponification number foi ihe esters and free acid was 3-8. 



On re< cification 1 per cent, distilled below 157 C. (corr.). Between 

 157-188 , 92 per cent, distilled, and between 188-250 , 3 per cent, distilled. 

 These fractions gave the following results : 



First fraction, sp. gr. at 15 C. = 0-9068; rotation a D - 5-9°. 

 Second „ „ „ = 0-9336; „ not taken. 



The cineol, determined by the phosphoric acid method in the large 

 fraction, was 48 per cent. (O.M.), indicating about 45 per cent, in the crude oil. 



The oil from this variety differs from thai of E. ovalifolia itself in con- 

 taining more pinene and much more cineol. 



This sample had been stored in the dark, and in September, 1919, was 

 again analysed. The kevo-rotatiori had diminished, and the cineol increased 

 a little in amount. 90 per cent, distilled below kjo < . Hie crude oil and the 

 rectified portion gave the following results 



Crude oil, -p. gr. at is C. 0-9148; rotation a B 1-4 ; refractive 



index at 20 = i- 1.658. 

 Rectified portion „ „ 0-9099; rotation a B 2-2°; refractive 



indt x a1 20 = 1-4621. 

 Ihe cineol was determined by the resorcinol method in the rectified 

 portion; when calculated lor the crude oil the resull was 07 percent. By the 

 rapid phosphoric ai id method, it was 56 pei cent, when , alt ulated for the crude oil. 



