$2 EUCAL YPTUS. 



California. There are some old ones at Ell wood, some 

 at the Santa Monica Forestry Station and another at the 

 Heights. The timber is valuable and the tree resists 

 drought well. The foliage is quite thick and bunchy. 

 There is another form of this tree that is very ornamental. 

 We have called it Eucalyptus occidentalis just as we have 

 called Eucalyptus Kirtoniana, Eucalyptus robusta, when it 

 was at the least a variety, and Eucalyptus sideroxylon, Euca- 

 lyptus leucoxylon, but this latter confusion is due to our 

 great Australian botanist. The form of Eucalyptus to which 

 I allude is between Eucalyptus occidentalis and obcordata 

 and it might just as well be called a variety of obcordata 

 as of occidentalis, if not given specific rank. 



It varies from Eucalyptus obcordata in having the um- 

 bel stalk less twisted, less broad and the fruit less angular 

 and the border not so contracted; in fact it is less exaggera- 

 ted. The foliage is a darker green and the leaves more 

 irregular in shape, having the mid rib often all on one side, 

 than obcordata. It grows to be a taller tree, for our obcor- 

 data is more of a bush. Eucalyptus obcordata has the 

 calyx sessile to the stalk while our Eucalyptus occidentalis, 

 which for convenience I shall name var. Californica, varies 

 from it in having long stalklets. Var. Californica varies 

 from Eucalyptus occidentalis in having broader stalks and 

 stalklets, angular fruit, not bell-shaped but urn-shaped, and 

 larger; the leaves thicker, greener, oblong or round crenu- 

 lated and irregular and scattered instead of bunched. The 

 leaf color is a Lincoln green. The flowers of Eucalyptus 

 obcordata are of a dull inconspicuous red; those of Euca- 

 lyptus occidentalis white, while those of var. Californica 

 are of a brilliant warm red which against the dark green 

 leaves and with the creamy white stem produce a charming 



