DESCRIPTION. 



CXIII. E. cinerea F.v.M. 



Iii Bentham's Flora Austi'aliemis iii, 239 (I860). 



Following is the original description : — 



A moderate-sized tree, with ;i whitish-brown persistent hark, somewhat fibrous, the foliage more or 

 less glaucous or mealy white. 



Loaves opposite, sessile, cordate ovate or ovate-laneeolati, obtuse or acute, mostly 2 to 4- inches Ions 

 (or narrow lanceolate, which are alternate anil much longer. — J.H.M.). 



Peduncles axillary or in short terminal corymbs, terete or nearly so, each with three to seven 

 (or more. — J.H.M.) pedicellate flowers. 



Clllj'X broadly turbinate, about 2 lines diameter or rather more. 



Operculum conical, shorter than the calyx-tube. 



Stamens 2 to 3 lines long, inflected in the bud ; anthers small but ovate, with distinct parallel 

 cells. 



Ovary convex in the centre. 



Fruit seruiglobose or subglobose-truncate, about 3 lines diameter, often slightly contracted at the 

 orifice, the r - im thin, the capsule very slightly sunk but the valves protruding. (B.Fl. iii, 239.) 



Normal form. — The normal form was long believed to be, as far as leaves 

 are concjrned, as defined by Bjntham, as figured by Mueller in Eucalyptographia 

 as E. pulverulent a Sims, and best known to New South Wales botanists as the 

 " Argyle Apple." Many years ago I found narrow lanceolate leaves on the Argylc 

 Apple, thus giving the foliage a distinctly dimorphic shape it was not previously 

 believed to possess. To summarise, it has bark, fibrous ; timber, reddish, of inferior 

 value for economic purposes as a rule, but it would appear that the timber of variety 

 nova-anfflica is the most durable of that of any of the forms. Further data are 

 required as to the durability of the timber of all the forms. 



a. Flowers in threes. 



b. Leaves mostly broad. 



c. Yet lanceolate also in flowering branchlets. 



Varieties. 



1. multi/lora, var. nov. (See p. 7.) 



2. nova-anglica, var. nov. (See p. 9.) 



SYNONYMS. 



1. E. pulverulenta F.v.M., non Sims. (See p. 3.) 



2. E. Stuartiana secunda of F.v.M. (Sec p. d.) 



3. E. pulverulenta F.v.M. var. lanceolata Howitt. (See p. d.) 



4. E. Stuartiana F.v.M., var. cordata Baker and Smith. (See p. 5.) 



