EUCALYPTUS. 



SIZE OF EUCALYPTUS SEEDS. 



The proportionate as well as absolute size of the fer- 

 tile and sterile seeds is at an average so different in many 

 Eucalyptus, as to afford often important marks of specific 

 distinctions. The subjoined notes of measurement may 

 thus aid not only in recognizing species scientifically, but 

 also in controlling to some extent the purchase of seeds 

 of particular kinds in the trade. (VON MUELLER.) 



Eucalyptus rostrata: fertile seeds ^ to ^ line long, 

 about 3/s line broad, sterile seeds ^ to ^ line long, about 

 % line broad; E. polyanthema, E. melliodora, E. panicu- 

 lata, E. hemiphloia: fertile seeds ^ to % line long, about 

 YZ line broad, sterile seeds about Y*> ^ ne l on g> % to Y\ 

 line broad; E- goniocalyx, E. cornuta, E. Gunnii, E. 

 Sturtiana, E. tereticornis, E. botryoides, E. siderophloia, 

 E. cinerea, E. L,eucoxylon: fertile seeds ^ to i line long, 

 YV to %; line broad, sterile ^ to ^ line long, about ^ 

 line broad; E. amygdalina: fertile seeds ^ to i line long, 

 YZ to ^i line broad, sterile seeds ^ to ^ line long, fo to 

 YZ line broad; E. haemastoma: fertile seeds ^ to i line 

 long, about ^ line broad, sterile seeds about ^ line long, 

 YZ line broad; E. obliqua, E. macrorrhyncha, E. pauci- 

 flora, E. Sieberiana: fertile seels i to i^ lines long, ^ 

 to i line broad, sterile seeds ^ to i line long, ^ to ^ 

 line broad; E. cosmophylla: fertile seeds ^ to i line 

 long, about ^ line broad, sterile seeds ^ to i^ lines 

 long, Y* ^ ne broad; E. gomphocephala: fertile seeds i to 

 \Yi lines long, % to i line broad, sterile seeds i to i^ 

 lines lon^r, ^i to ^ line broad; E. globulus: fertile seeds 

 i to \Yi lines long, ^ to i line broad, sterile seeds i 

 to \Y* inches long, about Y* ^ ne broad; E. megacarpa; 



