Myrtacea.] flora of Tasmania LSti 
IIab. Abundant ill alpine distr . often forming until forests in ■ 
etc., Gvnu, He,— (FL Not.) [v. >:) (Cider-tree.) 
Distiiib. Alps of South-western Australia, 
A very common but singularly variable small tr.v, '21!-:; irregularly branched, with 
smooth bark and glaucous foliage, becoming shining in (.1.! plants. Sometimes however solitary trees may be found 
of much greater size, ami so like A". rhnimiH* thai without fruit ii is difficult to •li^tin^iiish it from nn alpine form 
of that species. — Leu res seldom above 2 inches long, of all >hapes. from oblong ,,r almost orbicular to narrow- 
lanceolate, petioled, very coriaceous. Peduncles about as long as the peti 
sile or shortly pedicelled, sometimes obscun 1 \ constricted above tin middle, and approaching /-"■ urnigera in form. 
Operculum almost as long as the calyx, broader than it. conical, -harp. Cap* ah- size of a pea, o! 
obovate-obconic, terete, with a narrow, not thickened mouth, and valves sunk below its rim.— This well-known 
tree yields the cider of Tasmania, which lions in sprimr from incisions in the trim- 
flowering branch ; 2, calyx, magnified. 
8. Eucalyptus Acervula (Sicbcr, PI. Fxsiec. ll'>9) ; arbor data, ramulis robust is pcndulis, foliis 
ovato- v. elliptico-lanceolatis acuininatis coriai-cis subnilidis reetis !'aleati-ve nervis divergeiitibus, pedunciilis 
elongatis petiolis brevioribus 4-8-flori.s, calycibus obconicis crnsse pediccllatis, operculo com'eo calyce requi- 
1297, 1081, 1088, 1093.) 
Hab. Abundant in many parts of the ( oL "11, Laun- 
ceston, etc.— (Fl. Oct.) (v. v.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia. 
capsule, and I .but the peduncles arc always more than three-flowered, and 
the capsule is different.— Tn mi erect, often lofty; bark nnooth or rough, pale or brown 
pendulous Leave* 2-4 inches long, ovate-lanceolate or elliptical-lanceolate. Peduncle* itout / 
9. Eucalyptus vemicosa (Hook. Bl. Loud. Jc 
nitida, ramis ramulisque. erectis robustis, foliis parvis 
tunrlatisve apiculatis eras: l ne con c pe lu c 1 c 
oblongo operculum conico-hemisphgericura subrostellatu 
piano v. depresso. {Gunn, 1113.) 
Hab. Summit of Mo 
rle, generally many-flowered. Operculum consh 
10. Eucalyptus amygdalina (Lab. 
petiolatis angnste liiK 
