DESCRIPTION. 



CX VII. E. erythronema Turczaninow. 



In Bull. Phys.-Hath. Acad. Pdlersburgh, 10, 337 (1852). 

 Following is the original description : — 



(Drum. 5, n. 37). 



E. glabra; ramis teretibus ; foliis alternis lineari-lanceolatis utriuque attenuates insequilaterls 

 opacis obscure trinerviis venosisque ; umbellis lateralibus 2-3-, rai'ius 4-iloris ; pedunculis deflcxK 

 teretibus petiolo duplo longioribus, pedicellis petiolum aequantibus versus apicem incrassatis costatis, 

 cupula obconica multisulca plus duplo longioribus ; operculo conico huvi cupulam plus quara duplo 

 excedeute. Folia limbo l|-2 poll, longo, 3 lin. in parte latiore lato, impunctata. Operculum interdum 

 apice subincurvum. Filamenta miniata, cupula duplo longiora. Capsula inclusa, vertice plana, 

 4 loculaiis. 



The type is therefore Drummond's 5th collection, No. 37. 



It was redescribed by Benthamas E. cone-idea Benth.,* in English of course, 

 in B.FL iii, 227, and figured in the " Eucalyptographia." 



It has scarlet filaments, and the flowers are borne in great profusion ; 

 consequently this species is one of the most ornamental for horticultural purposes. 

 It comes from a region of comparatively low rainfall (say 10 inches per annum), 

 but it will accommodate itself, under cultivation, to regions of far higher rainfall. 



SYNONYM. 



E. conoidea Benth. in B.Fl.'iii, 227. 



Varieties. 



1. Var. marginata Benth. 



2. Var. (?) Roei Maiden. 



1. " Border of the calyx expanded into a prominent horizontal or reflexed 

 ring." Drummond, iii, 56 (B.FL iii, 227). 



I have not seen Drummond's No. 56 of the 3rd Collection, but I would 

 suggest that Fig. 3, Plate 93, comes near it, and that the character given does not 

 constitute a useful variety. 



2. Var. (?) Roei Maiden. 



See Eucalyptus erythronema Turcz. var. Roei Maiden in litt. (E. Roei Beck. mss. in herb. Vindobon. 

 ex Maiden). 



Hab. in distr. Coolgardie pi\ Gilmores in fruticefcis apertia lutosia glareoso-lapidoais fr. m. Nov! 

 (D. 5831). (Diels and Pritzel in Englers Bol. Jahrb. 1904, p. 439.) 



*A number cf Turczaninow'a descriptions were overlooked by Bentham, on \ hence found no place in \\\~ Flora 

 Australiensis. 



