DESCRIPTION. 



CX XVI. E. botryoides Smith. 



In Trans. Linn. Soc. iii, 286 (1797). 



Following is the original : — 



Oporculo hemisphaerico submutico, capitulis lateralibus solituiis, psduncalis cunoitis eomprossis, 

 frue',u turbinate 



This, like tho two preceding (capiteUala and sali/na), bears its flowers in solitary capitula, but is 

 distinguished from them by its broad hemispherical opsrcula, with scarcely any point at its summit, which, 

 from the clustering together of the flowers, look like bunches of some kind of bsrries. The common flower- 

 stalks are flat and very broad, especially at the top. The leaves lanceolate, oblique. 



It is a beautifully umbrageous tree, the juvenile foliage being thin, and with 

 pale undersides. 



It varies as to the extent of persistency of the rough bark, the amount of 

 fibre of the same, and whether it extends to the ultimate branch lets or not. 



The buds of the type had " broad hemispherical opercula, with scarcely any 

 point at its summit." (Sec fig. 4a, Plate 99.) Some buds from Kurncll have pointed 

 opercula {e.g., fig. 5a and 10). Specimens from Green Point near Gosford (A. 

 Murphy), stated by him to have " rough bark to the limbs but not Bangalay," have 

 buds with very pointed opercula, and in my view can only be referred to 

 E. botryoides, so that we have a remarkable amount of variation in the bud. 



Looking down on the top of a ripe fruit the tops of the valves take on the 

 appearance of a Maltese Cross. The same appearance is seen in E. saligna, though 

 it is not as obvious as in typical E. botryoides. 



SYNONYM. 



E. platypodos Cav. Icones iv, 23, t. 311 (1793 ?). 



Eucalyptus platypodos. Tab. 341. 



373. Eucalyptus foliis alternis laneeolato-acutis subfalcatis : umbellia florum solitariis, pedunculo 

 communi piano. 



An Metroaideroa salicifolia Gaerlneri vol. 1, tab. 34, fi<j 3a? 



Caulis aborcsceas minis alternis. 



Folia, ut in praecedenti, attamen longiora et duriora. 



Flores nmbellati, umbellU solitariis axillaribus, quorum pedunculus communis brevis compressus, 

 llorcj sustinens 3-C scssilea. 



Caliz, caJyptra el ^"-nitalia ut in praecedenti, at diaphragma infandibnliforme. 



Qaprala corticata calice, tunc fere cylindrico, qundrilocularis, quadrivalvia, loculis polyspermia. 

 Sernina parva angulata (errnginea, 



Habitat Botetqne cum praeccdentc. Kx «odcm herbarioi 



