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DESCRIPTION. 



XXXIX. Eucalyptus Behriana, F.v.M. 



Following is the original desci'iption of the species : — 



Fruticose ; leaves alternate, coriaceous, somewhat shining, lanceolate or ovate, acute, slightly 

 oblique, thinly veined, dotted ; umbels pedunculate, panicled, few-flowered ; flowers small, nearly sessile ; 

 lid hemispherical, blunt or minutely apiculate ; tube of the calyx obconical, bell-shaped, nearly twice as 

 long as the lid ; fruit half-ovate, sessile, not contracted at the top, valves of the capsule enclosed ; seeds 

 brown, streaked. 



In arid plains and on stony hills near the Avoca, Murray, and Gawler Rivers, and in Bacchus 

 Marsh.— T'raws. Vic. Inst., i (18.55), .34. 



At about the same time Mueller sent specimens to Miquel, who Avas then 

 engaged on his " Stirpes Novo-UoUandas." The latter independently described the 

 species, and as his description is published in Ned. Kruidk., Arch, iv, 140 (1856,* 

 not 1859, as mentioned in B.Fl.), an excessively rare work, I quote it here : — 



39. Eucalyphis Behriana, Ferd. Miill. F. pruinosa, Behr. Herb, non Sohauer. Fruticosa, ramulis 

 .teretiusculis summo apice compresso-angulatis foliisque subtu.s pruinosis, his ovato-lanceolatis injequilateria 

 acuminatis, basi in petiolum contractis, coriaceis, penniveniis, umbellis capitatis paucifloris (1-7 floris), in 

 panieulis axillaribus lateralibus et terminalibus confertis, pedunculis umbellarum teretiusculis, calycis tubo 

 parvo obconico turbinato, operoulo hemisphserico mutico vel apiculato quara tubus duplo breviore. 



In Nova Hollandia australi legit cl. Dr. Behr., autumno. Teste CI. Miiller prope E. polyanthemos 

 inserenda. Frutex 6-12 pedalis. Folia ad 3 poll, longa h lata. 



It is figured in the " Eucalyptographia," but the figure is not a very good one. 



Notes supplementary to the deseription. 



E Behriana is always a jNlallee. It grows in scrubs, and usually is 5 to 

 10 feet high, though it sometimes forms small trees, which have rarely a diameter of 

 as much as 9 inches. The bark is alwavs smooth, and commonly of a dirty-white 

 colour, or, according to one observer, of "a dark oily-looking green." The timber 

 is red. The flowers and fruit are small, with a panicled inflorescence, the opercula 

 being blunt, and the fruit shiny and dark coloured. It bears seed abundantly. The 

 leaves are comparatively broad, and are thick and shiny. 



Notes on valuations in tliis species will be found in the description under 

 Plate 48. 



SYNONYM. 



E. pruinosa, Behr, non Schauer. See above. I have seen a specimen. 



• 1856 is tlie date of the gieeii paper- covered paper Part mainly occupied Ijy Micjuel's paper. 



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