206 EUCALYPTUS. 



lanceolate, 4 to 6 in. long in the specimens, but probably often larger, 

 rigid, with rather fine diverging veins, the intramarginal one remote 

 from the edge. Flowers rather large, on pedicels of l / 2 to #" in., 3 to 10 

 together, rather clustered than umbellate on a very short lateral peduncle, 

 reduced sometimes to a tubercle (probably the inflorescence consists of 

 several umbels reduced to i or 2 flowers each). Calyx-tube very short, 

 broad, and open, 4 to nearly 5 lines diameter. Operculum convex or 

 almost hemispherical, obtuse or umbonate, much shorter than the calyx- 

 tube. Stamens 4 to 5 lines long or rather more, inflected in the bud; an- 

 ther oblong, with parallel distinct cells. Ovary flat topped. Fruit un- 

 known. 



N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown (Hetb. 

 R. Brown}. 



112 ? E. loxophleba, Benth. A tree from 10 to 30 ft. high, with a 

 rough ash-grey fibrous bark (Oldfield}, 40 to 45 ft., the bark separable in 

 layers (Preiss}. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, narrow and often 4 to 5 

 in. long or the lower one shorter and broader, all rather rigid with very 

 oblique rather distant and prominent veins, the intramarginal one distant 

 from the edge. Peduncles axillary or lateral, terete or slightly flattened, 

 each with a dense umbel of 6 to 12 flowers. Calyx-tube obconical, 2 to 

 2^ or rarely nearly 3 lines long, tapering into a short pedicel. Opercu- 

 lum hemispherical or obtusely conical, shorter than the calyx-tube. Sta- 

 mens scarcely exceeding 2 lines, inflected in the bud, the filaments usually 

 dark-coloured in the dry specimens; anthers small, with parallel distinct 

 cells. Fruit narrow-obovoid, truncate, straight or slightly contracted at 

 the orifice, rarely above 3 lines long and 2 lines diameter, the rim narrow, 

 the capsule deeply sunk. E. amygdalina, Schau. in PI. Preiss. i. 130 

 (from the description given), not of Labill.; E. fruticetorum, F. Muell. 

 Fragm. ii. 57 fas to the W. Australian specimens). 



W.Australia. Swan River and Darling range, Collie; Drummond, 

 2nd Coll. n- 82; York district, Preiss. n. 246 (and 248?); Murchison river 

 and Champion Bay, " York Gum," Oldfield. 



The " Yandee," a tree of 40 to 45 ft., with a nearly black persistent 

 furrowed bark consisting of strap-like pieces, from the Murchison river, 

 Oldfield, appears to be otherwise precisely the same. 



Var. fruficosa. A shrub branching from the ground, the leaves 

 rather broader, the flowers rather larger, the peduncles more flattened. 

 Murchison river, Oldfield; Salt river, Maxwell. 



115. E. perfoliata, R. Brown, Herb. A large shrub of 10 ft. or 

 more (A. Cunningham}. Leaves opposite, connate, 6 to 8 in. long and 

 3 to 4 in. broad, very obtuse, glaucous with numerous parallel transverse 

 veins. Flowers large, sessile in heads of 4 to 6, on terete peduncles form- 

 ing a corymbose terminal panicle. Calyx-tube thick, broadly turbinate, 

 smooth or nearly so, 7 to 8 lines long and as much in diameter. Oper- 



