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length of the Leaf, other lateral veins mo i Buds in clusters on 



axil! li \ peduncles ,; lini i ,il\ \ tub ■ almosl s,-sMio, 2 lin :s long ; operculum 



shorth conical. 



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Fruit. Hemispherical, capitular, pedicel up in j 

 lines lmi- , rim domed : \ ah es scai cely or 

 aol exsi rted : .; lines broad and 3 lin< i 



Thesi ng resemb ■ those of I <li\ 1 - 



in being shiny, yellow in colour, but the rim is slightly 

 more Joined, or a small form [>i"l illustrated] of 

 I 1 ipitellata, but pedicellate. 



Habitat. Black Mountain, Vrmidale, Barber's Creek, New 

 South Wales. 



REMARKS. \ tree "t rati i only ku<>. Eai Erom two tocalitii 



rhe buds and leaves closely resemble those ol /.. stellulala but the bark i> stringy. Th mgs to 



the sa:i ill /■'. stellulala nr E. phi 



ESSENTIAL OIL. Material for distillation was received from Black 

 Mountain, New England District, N.S.W., in August, [907. The yield of oil 

 was 0-37 per rent. The crude oil was dark-coloured and had a terpene-like odour. 

 The constituents present were Isevo-rotatory pinene, phellandrene, cineol, esters, 

 and the sesquiterpene. 



The crude oil had specific gravity at 15 C. = 0-9095; rotation a a -- 8-i°; 

 refractive index at 20° = 1-4790, and was soluble in 6 volumes So per cent, alcohol. 

 The saponification number for the esters and free acid was 13-4. 



On rectification, 2 per cent, distilled below 157 C. (corr.). Between 

 157-175 , 54 per cent, distilled; between 175-225 , 7 per cent, came over, and 

 between 225-270°, 32 per cent, distilled, the greater portion above 260 . These 

 fractions gave the following results : — 



First fraction, sp. gr. at 15 C. = 0-8705; rotation a D - ■ i$-(f ; refractive 



index at 20° = 1-4653. 

 Second ,, .. ,, = 0-9006; rotation a, - 13-6°; refractive 



index at 20 : = 1-471.;. 

 Third „ ,, ,, = 0-9428; rotation too dark; refractive 



index at 20 c = 1-4958. 

 The first fraction was again distilled, when 36 per cent, came over below 

 157 C, and 38 per cent, between 157-160°. tliese two fractions gave the 

 following results : — 



First fraction, sp. gr. at 15° C. = 0-8665; rotation a B 19-3 ; refractive 



index at 20 = 1-4640. 

 Second ,, ,, ,, = 0-8693; rotation a D 17-4 ; refractive 



index at 20° = 1-4647. 

 The nitrosochloride was easily prepared with the first fraction, and this 

 melted at 104° C. It is thus evident that the principal constituent is pinene. 

 ( Lneol was present, but not more than 5 to 8 per cent. Phellandrene occurs only 

 in small quanth \ 



The above characters distinguish the oil of this species from that of E. 

 stellulala. 



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