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DESCRIPTION. 



C XXX VII. E. alba Reinwardt. 



Following is the original description, for which I am indebted to the kindness of the 

 Director of the Botanic Garden at Buitenzorg, Java : — 



E. operculo conico acutiusculo calicem aequante, umbellis paucifloris lateralibus, foliis longiter 

 petiolatis ovato-laneeolatis basi oblique attenuatis coriaceis margine subincrassatis (arbor trunco albido; 

 al'f. /:'. marginatcB et E. rce). 



Crescit in insula Timor a 01. Reinwardt detecta. 



Floret toto anno (Herb. Ewdt. (Blume Rydz. [F!. X.J.]) 1101 [1826]). 



There is no plate with the description. Another form of quotation is Bijdragen 

 {Flora Ned. Indie), 1101. 



Then we have : — 



Eucalyptus alba. — E. foliis ovato-lanceolatis attenuatis basi subinaequilateralibus rotundatis 

 coriaceis utrinque glaucescentibus longiuscule petiolatis ; operculo conoideo calycem cupuliformem aequante. 



Eucalyptus alba Blum. Bijdr. p. 1101. 



Rami teretes subfusci laeves, ramulis lierbaceis glaucescentibus. Folia alterna rarissime opposita, 

 2J-4 poll, longa, 1-2 lata, ovato-lanceolata attenuate (foliis E. dbUquai Iatiora), integerrima, basi rotundata, 

 inaequilatera v. subacuminata. concoloria, glaucescentia, coriacea, penninervia, glanduloso-punctulata, 

 punctis crebemniis vix conspicuis resinosis, fuscis, petiolata petiolo supra piano seniitcreti, poll, H longo. 

 Flores cymosi. cymis paucifloris axillaribus, petiolo brevioribus pedunculis semipollicaribus angulatis. 

 m conicum acutiusculum calycem aequaus (ex Blum. I.e.). Calyx cupulaeformis laevis glaber, 

 basi subanguUto-quadrinervosus, margine obtuso. Capsula quadri- vel rarius 3-locularis, valvis erectis 

 calycem vix superantibus, acuminatis. Semima Laud vidi. (Dccaisnc in Now. Ann. Mus. Par., Vol. 3, 

 183-1, p. 454.) 



V\ alpers' description is : — 



culo conico, acutiusculo calycem aequante; umbellis paucifloris lateralib. ; foil, longiter petio- 



1 ovato-lan i i oblique attenuatis coriaceii margine bu! ira atis. LfBnis E. margiiiatm 



et muUiflora.— In insula Timor. (Walp. Repert. ii. Suppl. i. 927 [1843.]) 



Another version is : — 



K Rwdt., ramulis angulatis; foli alternis) longe petiolatis 



ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatis acum v. parum inaequalibus cori; 



Uis3-7-flori8; operculo conico calycis tubum basi in stipitem trique- 

 trum attenuatum adaequanfe i L101. Dei Nouv. Ann. Mus. d'hist. Nat. Ill, p. 454. 



xv, p. 203, q. 349. Walp. R p ! v l. I. p. 927, 21. Kaju puli Malaice.— 



In Timor. (Blume .1/ ■ jd. Bot., \ I 19, p. 83.) 



/;. alba c ime Erom Timor, and figures 3 and 4 of Plate 105 received 

 from that island, through bot of Die Botanic Gardens at Buitenzorg, Java , 



probably represent average specimens of the Bpecies. The long lanceolate leaf 

 (F\<i. No. ::. Kate 105) is not as frequently represented in our collections as the broader 

 ones, but we have it in Plate 105, Fig. I [E. Leucadendron) and 3b of Plate 106 

 (Stannary Hills, North Queensland). 



