DESCRIPTION. 



E. oleosa, F.v.M., var. Flocktoni, Maiden. 



An OTc'ct, ni:uiy-stemiiU'(l slirul) of G-S foct. Branclilcts soiiiewhiit augulai-. .huriiilc leaves 

 unknown. 



Mature leaves coriaceous, thick, equally green on both sides, dull to slightly glossy, petiolate, 

 lanceolate to broadly lanceolate (common dimensions are, petiole 1-2 cm., leaf 10 cm , breadth 2-3 cm.). 



Flowers pendulous, up to 7 in the muliel, with a common peduncle of 1 cm. and pedicels of half 

 that length, calyx subcj lindrical (about I cm. long), operculum tapering, constricted when dry, of slightly 

 greater diameter than the caly.\ at the line of junction (about 6 cm. long). Anthers similar generally to 

 those of the oleosa group, but less broad at the base than that of typical oIi'Omi. Pistil long, as long or 

 longer tlian the stamcn.s, stigma not dilatefl. 



Fruits urceolate, furrowed longitudinally' but irregularly, much consti-icted at the oiilice and 

 tapering gradually to a rather short pedicel, of greatest diameter midway between the oriHce and tlu> 

 pedicel, 1 cm. in length, with a diameter of -75 cm., the valves well sunk within the capsule, or- (lie eiuls 

 of the slender tips of the same nearly approaching the orifice, I'im narrow and furrowefl. 



Its closest affinity appears to be to E. oleosa, F.v.M., and to the var. i/lawti descrilie<l in Part .\ V^, 

 but the fruit rentiers it sufficiently different from any othei' form of Ji. oli-oxo. 



Esperance, W.A., Lindley L. Cowen, January, 1902. Desmond, near Pavenstliorpe, W..\., .J. H. 

 Maiden, November, 1909; appai-ently not abundant. 



I have named this form in honour of Miss Margaret Flockton, the accomplished artist of my " C'ritical 

 Revision of the genus Eucalyptus ' and '' Forest Flora of New South Wales." — Jotn-v. W.A. Nut. Hinl. So'\, 

 Vol. iii, Jan. 1911. 



AFFINITIES. 



Tliis is one of tlu; puzzliiii^ fonns that inako one hesitate wliether to call it a 

 variety of an existing species or a new one. Although I label it a variety, it will 

 be a convenient arrangement to eoin])are it with other forms. 



1. With E. oleosa, F.v.M. 



Tile anthers resemble each other in var. Floak/o//i and in the normal species, 

 bnt they are not absolutely identical. The opcrcula (Fig. 2b, Plate (19) resemble 

 those of most forms of -E. oleosa. The urceolate shape of th(! fruits of var. Flocktoni 

 has resemblances in var. (jloiica (see Figs. 10, 12b, 13b of Flatc; 06, for example). 

 The tips of the valves are, however, not ex.sert, as in E. oleosa, while con-ugation of 

 buds and fruits (sec Ic and Id, Plate 69) is absent in the normal form. 



E. oleosa, from the Murchison River, Western Australia, has been confused 

 with E.Joecunda (seepage 1(5;), Part XV^), and with E. decuvva (see page 193 of the 

 present Part). Some of the fruits are a little constricted and exhibit some 

 resemblance to those of var. Flocktoni. 



