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78. Eucalyptus pumila. 



(R.H.C., Proc. Roy. Soc., N.S.W., 1918, 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. 



