160 

 Following is the original description of the species :— 



Eucalyptus operculo liemisphwrk-o, mutico ; capitulis lateralibus terminalibusque, solitariis ; foliis 

 lineari-lanceolatis. 



Arbor niediocris altitudiiie, ramulis subteretibus. Folia lineari-lanceolata, utrimjue acuta, subpetio- 

 lata, alterna, plurima acuminata, palniaria et amplius, juniora glauca. Flores vix pedicellati, capitulorum 

 peduneulo communi subtereti. Stylus vix calycem superans ; stigmate obtuso. Capsula subglobosa, iiiclusa, 

 quadrilocularis. Alias ut supra. 



Habitat. — In capite Van Diemen. 



Obs. — Haec est fortasse Metroisideros snUcifoJia, cujus figuram descriptionenique fructus tantummodo 

 invenies in Gaertn., Sem. \,p. 171, fiih. M,Jiff. ^.— (Labill., Nov. Holl., PI. ii, 14, f. 154.) 



The original specimen described by Labillardi^re therefore came from 

 Tasmania (see Fig. 1, pi. 29). The following is Don's translation of the species 

 description as given in DC. Prod, iii, 219 : — 



Lid hemispherical, nearly mutic, shorter than the cup ; peduncles axillary and lateral, nearly terete, 

 length of the petioles ; umbels 6 — 8 flowered, nearly capitate ; leaves linear lanceolate, attenuated at 

 the base, and acuminately mucronate at the apex. Leaves 3 inches long and 3 lines broad ; some unequal 

 at the base, and some equal. Petioles and peduncles, 3 lines long. Fruit globose, size of a grain of 

 pepper. 



The following particulars in regard to the oil of this species, and of allied 

 forms, are quoted from Messrs. Baker and Smith's Research on the Eucalypts : — 



Species. 



1 

 Whence Specific 

 collected Gravity at 

 for oil, j 150° C. 



Specific 

 Rotation 



la) 



Saponifica- 

 tion 

 Number. 



Solubility 



in 

 Alcohol. 



Constituents found. 



amygdali'iui 



Moss Vale 

 and Monga, 



N.S.W. 



0-9012 



to 

 0-905 



^11-37° 



to 

 - 13-53" 



3-76 



U vol. 70% 



to 

 2 vols. 70% 



Euealyptol, pinene, 

 phellandrene, pep- 

 permint ketone, 

 eudesmol, methyl, 

 ethyl, isobutyl, and 

 amyl alcohols. 



radiata (non rhdiata 

 Sieb., but var. nu- 

 vierona, sp. or var. 

 nov.).* 



Wingello 

 and Monga, 



N.S.W. 



0-8695 



to 

 0-8747 



- 74-48° 



to 

 -89-4° 



2-8 to 4-37 



Insoluble 



Phellandrene, 

 pinene, euealyptol, 

 peppermint ketone. 



vibrea, a suggested 

 hybrid, amygdalina 

 X coriacea.*^ 



Crookwell, 



N.S.W. 



0-886 



- 33-92° 



5-4 



1 vol. 80% 



Phellandrene, euea- 

 lyptol, peppermint 

 ketone. 



I am responsible for the notes in this column. — J. H. M. 



