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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT STATION. 



PLATE 47. BRANCH OF EUCALYPTUS OBCORDATA 



They are followed by 

 heavy and pendent 

 clusters of large pods, 

 almost as large as those 

 of E. calophylla, which 

 are well shown in the 

 illustration. The bark 

 is cinnamon -colored 

 and persistent. E. fid- 

 folia is of much slower 

 growth than many of 

 the eucalypts, and nev- 

 er attains a large size, 

 the maximum height 

 being about fifty feet, 

 but as a showy orna- 

 mental of striking 

 beauty and a hand- 

 some avenue tree is not 

 surpassed. 



Eucalyptus obcordata 

 is a curious small tree of 

 some ornamental value. 

 Its dull, red flowers are 

 borne more or less the 

 whole year round. The 

 leaves are small, thick, 

 and of a dull green 



fruits, as photographed 

 at the station. 



Euca lyptus ficifolia, 

 the scarlet-flowered euca- 

 lyptus, is closely related 

 to E. calophylla, but is 

 even a handsomer tree in 

 habit and foliage, not to 

 mention its magnificent 

 blossoms. It makes a 

 symmetrical, pyramidal 

 tree, as shown in plate 46. 

 The leaves are large, oval, 

 and pointed, thick in tex- 

 ture and dark green in 

 color, paler beneath. The 

 flowers, as in E. calophyl- 

 la, are borne in heavy 

 trusses on the ends of the 

 branches, in August and 

 September. They are 

 brilliant red in color, 

 varying on different trees 

 from scarlet to crimson, 

 always very showy. 



PLATE 47. BRANCH OF EUCALYPTUS OBCORDATA. 



