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DESCRIPTION. 



CXIV. E. pyriformis, Turczaninow 



Following is the oi-ii^innl dL'scription : — 



Eiic.iilyptwf pyriformis. Turcztaninow, in Bull. Soc. Nat. Alone., xxii, Pt. 2, p. 22 (1849). Caule 

 ramoso glabro, ramisque teretibus cortice fusco laevi obductis ; raniulis compressis foliisque alternis 

 petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis marginatis, acuminatis basique attenuatis opacis glaucis ; pedunculis 

 recurvato reflexis tetragonis erassis uniflorispedicelluin obconico-tetragonum paulo superantibus ; alabastris 

 a basi ad operculi apicem bialatis, costis crassis hasi interdum fere alaeEormibus percursis ; operculo conico 

 acuto cupula aequali et fere conformi ; staminibus iiuinero is, longe exseitis. Alabastra 1.'; pollicaria, 

 operculo dejecto cum staminibus fere bi-pollicaria. Stamina fusco-aurantiaca. Drum. -4, n. G9. 



This may be translated as follows : — 



Stems ami branches glabrous and terete, and corered with light brown bark. Uranchlcts com- 

 pressed, leaves alternate and petiolate, oblong-linceolate, marginate, acuminate and attenuate at the base, 

 glaucous, opaque. RecuI•^'ed-refiexed thick tetragonous one-flowered peduncles a little longer than the 

 obconical-tetragonous pedicel ; buds two-winged at the base and at the point of the operculum, with thick 

 ribs, sometimes neai-ly winged at the base ; operculum cunical, acute, iiearly equal to the calyx-tube. 

 Stamens numerous, well exserted. Bud H inches long, after the operculum has been thmwu off, with 

 stamens nearly 2 inches long. Stamens brownish oi-ange-coloured. 



It was later described by Bentliain at B.l'l. iii, 226; figured and described by 

 Mueller in his " Forest Resources of Western Australia " and again in his 

 " Eucalyptographia " ; figured (coloured) and described by J. E. Brown in Pai't 8 of 

 bis " Forest Flora of South Australia." 



Notes supplementary to the description. 



I have not seen strictly juvenile leaves. 



Diels and Pritzel say: " Folia glauceseenLia ramorum juveniliuin Jatior.i l;ife 

 elliptiCa interdum sul)orbicularia." 



I can find no two-winged l)uds, noi- wovr fruits on the type specimen. 



The colour ol" the filaments varies a good deal. Diels and Pritzel speak of 

 th(^m as crimson, rose-coloured and sulpluir-coloured admi.xed on the sam(> group oC 

 plants. I have seen them crimson and yellow, and there seems to be absolutely lU) 

 botanical dilTerence in the forms. 



It is one of the handsomest of the genus, because of the large size and 

 showiiH^ss of the flowers, and the large size and ornanuMital character or at least 

 grotes(i[ueness of the fruits. 

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