EUCAL YPTUS. /97 



Elliot, Fitzalan. in flower, only differs from E. Bowmani in the upper 

 umbels almost paniculate, in the^more distinct pedicels and in the oper- 

 culum rather shorter and broader. 



44. E. brachypoda, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1849, ii. 21. A tall shrub, 

 or small or moderate sized tree, the bark varying from smooth and 

 whitish to dark and rugged, persistent or shed in large patches (Oldfield] 

 dark and rough on the trunk, smooth whitish and deciduous on the 

 branches (F. Mueller). Leaves from ovate obtuse and under 2 in. to 

 long-lanceolate obtuse acute or acuminate and attaining 6 to 8 in., more 

 or less pale or glaucous, with numerous very fine parallel almost trans- 

 verse veins, scarcely conspicuous when the leaf is thick, the marginal 

 one near or close to the edge. Peduncles short terete or nearly so, each 

 with about 3 to 6 or sometimes more small flowers; umbels usually 3 or 4 

 together in short panicles either terminal or in the upper axils, or rarely 

 the lower ones solitary and axillary. Calyx short, broad and open, I to 

 \]^ lines diameter. Operculum conical or obtuse, not longer than the 

 calyx-tube. Stamens I to 2 lines long, inflected in the bud; anthers very 

 small, globular, with distinct parallel cells. Ovary convex in the centre. 

 Fruit almost hemispherical, rarely 2 lines diameter, the orifice open or 

 almost dilated, the rim narrow, the capsule slightly sunk, but very con- 

 vex in the centre, the valves protruding when open. E. brevifolia, F. 

 Muell. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 84; E. microtheca, F. Muell. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. iii. 87. 



N. Australia. JJ. W. coast, A. Cunningham; table land of the 

 upper Victoria river, " Box-tree," also in the scrub between Flinders and 

 Albert rivers, Gulf of Carpentaria, F. Mueller. Macdonnell Ranges, 

 M'Douall Stuart's Expedition. 



N. S. Wales. Between the Darling river and Barrier Range, Victo- 

 rian Expedition. 



S. Australia. Cooper's Creek, HowiWs Expedition. 



W. Australia, Dnimmond, 4th Coll. n. 73. Wet places near the 

 Murchison river, among flooded gums, called "Colaille," Oldfield, who 

 remarks on the variability of the bark, but there appears to be some con- 

 fusion in his notes. 



With the habit and inflorescence of E. crebra, this species differs 

 from all others of the group in the very open fruit with exserted valves. 



45. E. brachjandra, F. Muell. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 97. A tall 

 shrub or small tree. Leaves ovate or oblong, on long petioles, very ob- 

 tuse, 2 to 4 in. long, thick with numerous parallel very diverging veins, 

 fine but not very close. Flowers not seen. Umbels several together in 

 a short panicle. Calyx after flowering very small, ovoid-globose, with a 

 few very short stamens with minute globose anthers remaining about the 

 orifice. Fruit urceolate-globose, scarcely more than i line long, the rim 

 thin, the capsule sunk. 



