204 EUCALYPTUS. 



F. Mueller (Fragni. ii. 70) unites with this.fi'. pulverulenta, of which 

 it may be a variety, but, as far as the specimens go, the differences in the 

 leaf, in the size of the flower, and in the shape of the fruit appear to be 

 constant. It may, however, be an opposite-leaved state of E, dealbata, 

 and possibly, as well as that species, a form of E. viminalis. 



85. E. dealbata, A. Cunn.; Schau. in Walp. Rep. ii. 924. A small 

 stunted tree, the foliage often glaucous -white, the bark rugose or sepa- 

 rating in scales, leaving the inner bark white and smooth (C. Stuart}. 

 Leaves from ovate to ovate -lanceolate and under 4 in. long or sometimes 

 lanceolate and longer, obtuse or acute, the veins oblique and irregular, 

 the intramarginal one at a distance from the edge, all usually conspicu- 

 ous. Peduncles axillary or lateral, very short and scarcely flattened, 

 bearing each 3 to 6 flowers on short pedicels. Calyx-tube very open, 

 about 2 lines diameter and not so long. Operculum broad, rather thin, 

 hemispherical or conical, longer than the calyx-tube. Stamens about 3 

 lines long, inflected in the bud; anthers ovate, with parallel distinct 

 cells. Ovary more or less conical in the centre, tapering into the style. 

 Fruit almost hemispherical, about 3 lines diameter, the rim flat, the valves 

 protruding even before they open. 



Queensland. In the interior, Mitchell. 



N. S. Wales. Rocky situations in the interior, A. Cunningham; 

 New England, C. Stuart, also probably a specimen in young bud of a 

 "Box," Leichhardt; Mudgee, "River Gum," C. Moore. It is possible 

 that this may prove to be the true E. pallens, DC. F. Mueller thinks it 

 may be reducible to a variety of E. viminalis. 



88. ? E. exserta, F. Muell. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 85. A moder- 

 ate-sized or small tree, the bark ash-brown, rough and fissured outside 

 and falling in fragments, somewhat fibrous inside {F. Mueller}, dark 

 iron-grey and roughish (Oldfield}. Leaves lanceolate, mostly falcate and 

 acuminate, 3 to 6 in. long or sometimes much more, the lower ones often 

 ovate, rather thick, the veins rather regular, numerous and oblique, the 

 intramarginal one not close to the edge. Peduncles axillary or lateral, 

 terete or scarcely compressed, bearing each 3 to 8 flowers on distinct 

 often rather long pedicels. Calyx-tube hemispherical, about 2 lines 

 diameter (or sometimes nearly 3 ?). Operculum hemispherical or broadly 

 conical, more or less beaked, acuminate and rather longer than the calyx- 

 tube. Stamens about 2 lines long or rather more, inflected in the bud; 

 anthers ovate with parallel distinct cells. Fruit nearly globular, 3 to 4 lines 

 diameter, the rim broad and very prominent, almost conical, the capsule 

 not sunk, and the valves entirely protruding even before they open. 



Queensland. Burnett river, F. Mueller: 



W. Australia. Murchison river, Oldjield. 



This is probaly the same as E. rostrata, notwithstanding the differ- 

 ences described in the bark. There may be also some confusion in Old- 



