Myrtacea.] flora or Tasmania. L33 
2. Eucalyptus Risdoni (Hook. ill. Lcmd. Journ. Bot vi. 476) ; foliis oppositis conn,- 
cordatis triangulari-ovatisve acutis, pediuiculis tcietilms 3-s-iWis, ilorihus parvis pcdicellatis, ralyce sub- 
elongato, operculo brevi depresso, capsula parva obovato-oboonioa, on deptCSW margine lato, valvis parvis 
immersis. (<?»»», 1072.) 
Hab. Banks of the Derwent below Risdon, Gunn.— (Fl. Nov.) («. ».) 
A small, glaucous, bushy tree, 8-12 feet high, branching from tin- base, of whirl. Mr. (Junn and 1 found a 
single clump on the flanks of a valley close to the Derwent, a few miles above Hobarton, but on th< 
of the river ; its locality was circumscribed to a very few acres. It is allied to the E. pulverulent,' 
Wales.— Berk smooth. Branches terete, slender. Leaves opposite, free or connate at the base, when free cordate, 
ovate or triangular-ovate, very acute. Flowers three to eight, pedicelled, on a slender peduncle \ inch long, small. 
Operculum depressed, shorter than the obovate or obconic capsule.— Plate XXIV. Fig. 1, calyx with the oper- 
culum and stamens removed, magnified. 
§ 2. Leaves alternate in old trees, 
a. Calyx and fruit distinctly angled, or n 
3. Eucalyptus Globulus (Lab. Voy. i. 153, t. 13); ramulis j 
basi rotundata v. cuneata sensim elongato-lanceolatis acuminatis, tlonbus sihtarns termsve s.ssil 
breve pedunculitis, calyce obconico crasso 4-gono tuberculato, opercolo tabercalato oaljee RBquuon 
latiore tuberculato apice mamilla crassa, capsula ore latissimo piano infra <>s \alde cuiistncto, val\ 
mersis parvis.— Lab. Nov. Holl. ii. 121 ; Be Cand. ProJr. iii. -2H). <hin„, L070. 
Hab. Hinders' Island, in Bass' Straits ; southern part- rtj DUkf nofth 
barton to the extreme south, abundant, La&iUard&re, etc. — 1 L Nor., Dec) (». P.) (Hluc Ouin.) 
Distkib. South-east extremity of Australia, fr 
(Cultivated in England.) 
A verv fine tree, conspicuous for its large leaves and llowers, rapid growth, and powerful, almost oi 
odour, when crushed. Gunn remarks that though abundant in South-east Australia, and even in Flinders' 
it is nowhere found in Tasmania except to the southward of sixty miles south of Le- 
high. Young plan's with very glaucous, opposite, broadly cordate, sessile h.v. - 
Leaves petioled, a span or more long, and 1 inch broad at the base, falcate, gradual!) 
point. Flowers sessile in the axils of the leaves, solitary or two or three together, shorl Ij 
in size, rugose. Calyx four-angled, obconic. Capsule very woody, \ inch broad, obcoim 
the top, with a very broad, flat, smooth mouth, and four or riv 
from Gipps' Land with very small, smooth flowers and I (Hb. Hook.). 
4. Eucalyptus coccifera (Hook. fil. Loud. Journ. Bot vi 17 7; ; rami's ramuliaqne terebbui 
bus, foliis alternis (parvis) uniformibus elliptic " 
mucrone uncinato, pediuiculis brevibus 3-8-floris, c 
breviore et latiore rugoso centro depress 
liculato, valvis 4 immerab.— Eoch. Bot. 
Hab. Tops of all the mountains, elev. S-4C 
(Cultivated in England.) 
A small tree, 5-15 feet high, generally 
eUiptic, elliptic-lanceolate, or ?exy narrow-Ian 
three- to ei-ht-flowered. Calyx obconic, shortly pedicelled, rugose. Operculum very much depressed, broa 
than the calyx, rugose. Capsule four-angled, angle* sometimes indistinct, or with two distinct ridges that « 
v. anguste lanceolatis 1 
ris, calycibus rugosisai 
ula crassa late obconic 
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