EUCALYPTUS 



the cool season, best under a cloudy sky, and the seed- 

 lings ought not to get dried up in any way during the 

 process of removal, regular daily watering for some 

 time afterwards being requisite. Eucalyptus seedlings 

 for shipment to places only a few days' distance may be 

 simply packed in closed cases without much soil ; for 

 transmittal to longer distances, they must be well es- 

 tablished in pots or bamboo pieces. In this respect 

 Eucalypts should be treated like most pines and other 

 coniferous trees, and, like them, cannot be transplanted 

 when they have attained any size, even when provided 

 with a good ball of earth. But their distribution by 

 means of seeds is the easiest method, on account of the 

 durability and small size of the latter. (F. v. Mueller: 

 adapted). 



EUCALYPTUS 



551 



J). Fruit at least % in. in diameter, more or less 

 iireenlate: fls. and fruits pedicellate. 



1. macalata. Hook. Spotted Gum. Handsome tree, 

 150 ft high 1 irk smooth whitish or reddish grav mot 

 tied w th 1 I ish white or blown reddish pots Ivs Ian 

 ceolate veins feather\ sprea ling anther'^ oj en ng 1 

 parallel longitudm il lits ) 1 loul le F \ Al E cil 

 3:4 Hook Icon 019 -Timber \alual le for hip lull lei 

 wheelwright's and coopers and for blocks for btreet 

 pa% ing 



Var citrioddra Bailey (J7 c t oddia Hook ) Lemon 

 SCENTED Ci I H 1 t t ! lenler laik 



smooth white til 111 



Ivs very long I 1 I 



scented fls c 



mental tree of ] 111 



fomia subject t 1 I 1 t j le in 1 



gilders volatile oil ise I i jeit ueiy tie >omg 

 plants useful for wmdo v or cool gieenhouse culture 



DD Finite 





elj< 



Red Box teee Well 

 less to 150 ft high 1 ark 

 t roighi h hs fiom 

 V1X 1 leen on b th 



gra^ ler i 

 orl lOuHr to ovate d ill 

 sides lid depressed i i 111 j 1 en 1 in 1 



faintly pointed fls sn 11 1 I j -in 1 le 



scribed as resembling 1 1 t u i uette 



outer stamens sterile f 1 1 u ate 1 open 



in" by terminal pores F v ]\I F c 1 ^ 9 Hook Icon 

 87 1 —Fairly lapid gro vei Timl er extremely haid anl 

 durable, unsurpassed for fuel, and much used m Aus 



tralia for ties and wheelwrights' work. Very useful for 

 bees, flowering iu Jan. and Feb. 



3. hemiphldia, P. v. M. Australian Bos-tkee. Tree, 

 90 ft. or less high; bark of trunk persistent, solid, gray- 

 ish and somewhat wrinkled; of br;inches deciduous, in 

 flakes or long strips : Ivs. from lanceolate-falcate to 

 ovHti Iiiiir, ,,I:,|, . iliick and rigid, often ashy gray; 

 bit. I ' ' ruing at a very acute angle: lid 



c-i.iii v.ry minute, globular, opening by 



hitri,„. j,.i,.,,,., apertures. F. v. M. Eucal. 5:5.— 

 Tiuil.i I liiuU aail tuugh, valued in Australia for rail- 

 road tiLS. telegraph poles, shafts, spokes, etc.; also 

 makes excellent fuel. 



Var. 41bens, Moore {E. dlbens, Miq.). White Box- 

 tree. Bark dull green, persistent: Ivs. glaucous or 

 mealy white: fls. chalk-white. 



cc. IJvs. paler beneath than above: branchlets glabrous. 



d. Fruit urceolate [urn-shaped] over Vi in. long: lid 

 of calyx not broader than the tube, tearing off 

 along an irregular suture: anthers distinctly 

 longer than broad, opening by almost parallel 

 longitudinal slits. 



e. Si2e of fruit under 1 in. in diameter. 



and pedicels long, ^'. i I, ' -' ■ , !!. i i -, Ma- 

 grant: lid depress, cl ir. 



large, oval-urn-shaj.. .:. ,,,^ I' i, , I .,..:,:.:. -J. 



— Timber very hard \\li._n '.h;. . iIui.lI.Iu uiaUi' ;^'ruiiiRl, 

 and much used in Australia for feuce posts, rails, rail- 

 road ties, and rough building purposes: b,ark yields 

 about 28 per cent tannic acid; dried Ivs. about 18 per 



ee. Size of fruit exceeding 1 in. in diameter: Ivs. turn' 

 ing the surface more than the edge, to the zenith; 

 veins feathery-spreading . 



5. ealophylla. R Br. iM—linm-sized, iimbrnerpous tree: 

 bark persisfciii, .lark, .l..|.h i iiri-.i\v..l : h >. broad- or 

 lanceolate -..\ , : ,,,.;,,, ly stalked: 



fls. large, «li . . .-: lid thin, 



patellar: fr. L.tl-.. - ih. .,\ ,ii. urn -li,.i...l. border 



compressed; seeds very large, black, not winged. July- 

 Oct. B.M. 4036 (as E. splachnicarpa). F. v. M. Eucal. 

 10:2. G.C. III. 20:661.— Ornamental tree, but of rather 

 slow growth and subject to frost. Fruits polished and 

 sold for pipe 1 owls good shade tree for avenues valu 



1 le f r 1 ee flowering late into the 

 fill 1 irk conta ns tannin 



b ficiSdlia F 'M ( 1 \ Fi. w j iji 

 eked El 1 



Han 1 on 

 tall shii 1 



mder groun i valuable for railroa 1 ties fencing and 

 building purposes. 



