136 flora of Tasmania. [Myrtacea. 
longioribus aequilongisve 3-S-floris, floribus pedicellatis, calyce elongato, operculo brevissimo, capsulis par- 
vis subglobosis ore contracto piano v. depresso, valvis immersis. — Be Cand. Prodr. iii. 219; Bot. Mag. 
t. 3260. {Gunn, 25, 1079.) 
Hab. Abundant throughout the Island. "Peppermint Gum/' — (El. Oct.-Dec.) {v. v.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia. (Cultivated in England.) 
Usually a small tree, but sometimes al ;ht; the wood is used for splitting and sawing, but 
will hardly burn at all. — Bark not deciduous, a character remarked by Gunn as accompanying that of throwing 
out shoots from the old stumps when cut down. Branches very slender. Leaves on slender petioles, 2-1 inches 
long, very narrow-lanceolate or absolutely linear, acuminate, one-nerved, not polished. Peduncle* slender, many- 
flowered; pedicels also slender. Calyx elongated; operculum very flat. Capsule as large as a small pea, pedi- 
celled, nearly globose, the mouth generally with a narrow border, but sometimes broad and flat ; valves sunk. 
11. Eucalyptus coriacea (A. Cunn. MSS., Schauer in Walp. Rep. ii. 9£5) ; arbor elata, ramulis 
pendulis, foliis coriaceis vernicosis valide petiolatis anguste lanceolatis acuminatis falcatis inultinerviis, 
nervis subparallelis, pedunculis lignosis crassis (rarius gracilibus) 10-40-floris, floribus subcapitals 
valide pedicellatis, calyce obconico, operculo hemisphaerico v. subrostrato, capsulis magnis lignosis brevis- 
sime crasse pedicellatis hetnispheericis subglobosisve ore piano subcontract, valvis vix immersis. — E. pauci- 
flora, Sieb. PI. Exsicc. p. 470. E. piperita, var. pauciflora, Be Cand. Prodr. iii. 219. {Gunn, 684, 1107, 
1108.) 
Variat insigniter longitudine pedunculorum et pedicellorum, floribus crassis gracilibusve, calyce inter- 
dum compresso, et capsularum numero forma et magnitudine. 
Hab. Abundant in most parts of the Colony, especially on the banks of the Derwent, from Hobarton 
to New Norfolk, at Formosa, Norfolk Plains, etc.— (Fl. Oct., Nov.) {v. v.) " Weeping Cum." 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia. 
A very common and variable tree, 40-50 feet big! ding limbs, end weeping brandies and 
branchlets, that hang down 10-12 feet. I have satisfied myself by specimens from the same individual, that little 
dependence can be placed upon any characters taken from the flowers and I'rnit: young, Btrong Bhoots bear vast 
numbers of stout, many-flowered, short peduncles, with numerous, crowded, thick-pedicelled, glaucous flowers; 
whilst more slender, older branches bear slender peduncles, with many long, slender flowers, not glaucous, and 
which apparently never come to perfection. The fruit varies extremely in size, from \-± inch long, is generally 
very woody, nearly globular, on a stout pedicel, with a narrow or broad flat margin at the month, and somewhat 
sunk valves. The leaves afford the best character, being always lanceolate, falcate, very coriaceous, varnished, and 
have many parallel veins ; they are 4-6 inches long, and have long, stout petioles. Gunn remarks of northern 
specimens that the bark is white or grey, and the wood very brittle. 
12. Eucalyptus gigantea (Hook. fil. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 479) ; arbor gigantea, ramulis gracili- 
bus pendulis, foliis amplis gracile petiolatis e basi ovata lanceolatis sensim acuminatis opacis basi valde 
inaeiuiilateris costa distincta nervis divergentibus, pedicellis elongatis multifloris, calycibus subclavatis 
pedicellatis, operculo breviter hemisphserico obtuso v. subacuto, capsula majuscula pedicellata turbinata 
obconica hemisphzerica v. subglobosa lignosa ore subcontracto intus piano v. abrupte depresso, valvis in- 
ches {Gunn, 1095, 1104, 1106, 1965, 1966.) (Tab. XXVIII.) 
Hab. Abundant in most parts of the Island, forming a great proportion of the hill-forests, ascending 
to 4000 feet.— (PL Oct.-Dec.) {v. v.) "Stringy-bark Gum." 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia. 
This forms a gigantic tree, specimens having been felled in the valleys at the base of Mount Wellington, 300 
feet high and 100 feet in girth, of which a full account is given in the ' Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tas- 
