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Mahogany, its wood being red, hard and heavy, in some degree answering the purposes of the West Indian 

 Mahogany. Its leaves are broader than in any other species that has come to my knowledge, and the 

 flowers larger, except only those of E. corymbosa. 



It is described in B.F1. iii, 228, but the reference to "White Mahogany" is a 

 slip on somebody's part, since that is the name usually applied to E. acmenioides 

 Scbauer, and never to E. robusta Sm. 



E. robusta is figured and described in Mueller's " Eucalyptographia." 



The juvenile leaves are broadly ovate, nearly orbicular, and acuminate, and 

 it sometimes has more or less urceolate fruits. 



The bark is brownish, sub-fibrous, scaly. 



SYNONYMS. 



1. E. rostratus Cav. 



2. E. multiflora Poiret. 



3. Var. of E. persicifolia Lodd. (See also Don's Dichlamydcous Plants, ii, 818) 

 = E. multi-flora Poir., which is, according to specimens in Herb. Berlin, examined 

 by me, E. robusta Sm. 



1 . E. rostratus Cav. E. rostratus, Tab. 3±2. 



374. Eucalyptus foliis ovato-lanceolatis, valde acuminatis, nitidis : calyptra rostrala. 



Caulis arboreus 15-20 pedes altus ramis alternis. 



Folia alterna ovato-lanceolata, 4-12 pollices longa, duos lata, valde acuminata, nitida, coriacea, 

 ncrvis innumeris ad unicum longitudinalem parum obliquis, sustenta petiolo pollicari subalato. 



Flores unibellati, umbellis axillaribus solitariis. 



Calix longior quam in praecedentibus, cujus calyptra rostrata rostro compresso. 



<Jermen ovato-tetragonum in fundo calicis, hujusquc parieti eonglutinatutn : stylus subulatus. 



Ileliqua ut in praecedentibus. 



Fructum mm vidi, qui ex germine videtur quadrilocularis. 



Habitat cum praecedentibus : lloretque Aprili. Ex eodein herbario. 



Explic. tal). a. Flos cujus calyptra dehiscifc, et stamina evolvuntur. /). Idem absque calyptra. 

 c. Calicis sectio ut appareat germen. d. Germinis aucti sectio. 



Oh.-i [Yai'tci i ta qiecins alias vidi in laud itn herbario, nnn ita [icrt'ecte conservatas ut icollibus cas 

 sistain quaa nihilominiis in digital) > I nw i <\ •< i iptione. (Cav. Ic. Vol. iv, p. 23 [1797 ]). 



A portion of the figure has been reproduced at fig. 2, Plate 97. 



2. E. multiflora, Poir. 



Kucdyptiis a llei rs nombreusea. Eucalyptus multiflora. 



Eucalyptus operculo conico, bngitudino calicis; umbellis lateralibua, multifloris; pedunculo 

 'p, pc'diccllisqiie angulo is; foliis ovato-oblongis, acutis, (N.) 



laiii'-.-mx suit cylindriquea, d'un verb-pfile & cendre, tors, aplatis it anguleux a lour partie 

 sujierieurc ; lea feuille alterae . p£tiol6i . 6pai8ses, coriacea, d'un vert pale, ovalea, alongees, aigucs, 

 tn-i-cntiurc!,, longues da cinq a six pouces, a nervure br< i-fiae3, presque parallelea, roti-ovics, a peine 

 obliques a leur base; lea petioles longs d'un pouce; le pedoucule lateral, comprimd, d'argi, anguleux, 



