56S 



Peltate, scarcely larger than the style — E. leptophleba. 

 Pointed — E. tnacrocarpa. 

 Capitate — E. melanoxylon, 

 Slightly dilated — E. PiUigaensis, 

 A little knob — E. Spenceriana. 



More or less truncate, slightly hollow, with a microscopic fringe (cilia) round the 

 edge — /:'. terminalis. 



Short, blunt-pointed — E. tetraptera. 



Blunt-pointed, not expanded at tip — E. Watson iana. 



Explanation of Plates 240-243. 



PLATE 240. 



Eucalyptus pruinosa Schauer. 



(See also figs. 5, 6. 8 (not 7), Plate 54, Part XII.) 



la, 16. Juvenile leaves (16 tending to be lanceolate.) lc. Fruits. Armstrong Kivcr, Victoria Paver 

 district, Northern Territory (P. J. Winters for G. F. Hill. Xo. 458). I have never seen the buds 

 o; this species, or any leaves narrower than those of 1/;. They should be searched for near the 

 tojp of the tree. 



Eucalpylus melanopMoia F.v.M. 



(See also tigs. 13-15. Plate 53, and figs. 1 1. Plate 51. l'art XII.) 



2". Juvenile leaves, prominently stem-clasping. 2b. Flower-buds, with subtending leaves. 2c. Four 

 anthers, showing variation (compare fig. 136 of Plate 53). 2il. Fruits which, as compared with 

 ti'_'~. 36 and 46 of Plate 54, arc sessile. Note also tli.it leaves, buds and fruits are all much larger 

 than those t i lt ' i r . - 1 1 in Plates 53 and 51. Croydon, North l^iiei.ji«];tiid ( I!. II. < 'a in ha ■_''■. N". I ,H '>). 



Eucalyptus Gunnii Hook. f. 



3a, 36, 3c. Three juvenile haves in progressive stages of development. 3</. Mature leaf with three 

 flower-buds. 3e. Two views of anther. '■'>/. Fruits, with an end-on view of one (these are as ripe 

 as can be got). 



All from the will-known tree at Whittingehame, near Prestonkirk, Scotland, the seat of the Earl 

 of Balfour, K.G., and sent by Lady Alice Balfour. Sec p. 500. It has been given a special name, but 

 (compare Plates 108 and 109 of Part XXVI) I can see no specific difference between it and E. Gunnii. 



