EUCALYPTUS PYEIFOEMIS. 



Turczaninow, in Bulletin de la sooi^t^ imperiale des naturalistes de Moscouxxii. part. ii. 23 (1849); Walpers, Annales 

 botanices systematica ii. 620 ; Bentham, flora Australiensis iii. 226 ; P. r. M., Eeport on the forest-resources 

 of "Western Australia 15, pi. 17 ; E. pruinosa, Turczaninow, in Bulletin de la society imperiale des naturalistes 

 de Moscou xxii. part. ii. 23 ; Walpers, Annales botanices systematica ii. 620 ; E. macrocalyx, Turczaninow, in 

 Mflanges biologiques de I'AcadSmie de St. Petersbourg 1852, p. 418 ; E. erythrocalyx, Oldfield, in F. v. M.., 

 fragmenta phytographise Australiae ii. 32 ; E. Youngiana, F. v. M., fragmenta phytographiK Australise x. 5. 



Shmbby or scar cely arborescent ; branchlets stout ; leaves scattered or rarely opposite, 

 conspicuously stalked, from lanceolar-ovate to narrow-lanceolar, of equal green on both pages and 

 of firm consistence ; veins subtle, moderately spreading, the circumferential vein distinctly 

 removed from the edge of the leaf ; oil-dots concealed ; powers very large, usually three or 

 sometimes two together on conspicuous mostly cylindrical and deflexed stalks, rarely solitary ; 

 stalklets robust, fully as long as the calyx-tube or variously shorter or undeveloped ; calyces 

 marked by longitudinal lines or ridges, the tube obconic- or depressed-hemispherical, about as 

 long as the hard semiglobular conically attenuated or suddenly short-pointed lid or not so long ; 

 stamens all fertile, the inner much inflexed before expansion, the outer only incurved at the apex ; 

 ^laments crimson or y ellow ; anthers almost oval, opening with marginal slits ; stigma not broader 

 than the summit of the style ; fruit very large, its calycine almost hemispherical portion traversed 

 by longitudinal ridges, the discal portion very broad, much ascending and upwards contracted; 

 valves 4-5 rarely 6, nearly deltoid, their upper part exserted or almost quite enclosed ; fertile 

 seeds much larger than the partly very narrow sterile seeds and edged by a broadish marginal 

 membrane. 



In sandy scrub-regions between Port Gregory and the Murchison-River (Drummond, Old- 

 field) ; in the eastern interior of West-Australia (Eev. J. S. Price) ; near the Victoria-Spring 

 (Tietkens) ; at Oldea, north of Fowler's Bay (Young) ; near WUgerra-Hill (Giles) and near the 

 North-side of Lake Gairdner (Mosley). 



A tall shrub, flo wering already at a height of 4 feet, but as a small tree attaining a height 

 of 20 feet ; stem slender, but often crooked ; bark smooth. Branchlets nearly cylindrical. 

 Leaves light-green, not shining, usually straight and equilateral, but occasionally somewhat 

 sickleshaped, or some almost ovate and then attaining a width of two inches, the narrowest leaves 

 contrarily merely ^ inch broad, any of them only abnormally devoid of stalks. Oil-glands 

 crowded and large, but concealed by the cuticle of the leaves. Flowerstalks thick, occasionally 

 somewhat compressed and biangular, at an average about one inch long, sometimes crowded on 

 portions of the branchlets, so as to give the inflorescence an appearance as if compound. Flowers 

 often bent downward. Calyces remarkably variable in form, more so than indicated in Mr. Todt's 

 excellent plate, either gradually attenuated into a conspicuous stalklet, which may attain a length 

 of fully 1| inches, or suddenly contracted at the base, the very short stalklet then forming almost 

 the basal portion of the calyx ; the lid either only faintly and irregularly streaked or traversed 

 by numerous remarkably prominent longitudinal ridges, which are however not continuous with 

 the many still more developed longitudinal prominences of the tube of the calyx, thus a folded 

 appearance, more striking than in the calyx of any other congener, being produced. Sutural 

 contraction between the tube and the lid of the calyx considerable. Outer stamens attaining 

 .one inch in length. Filaments all angular ; anthers yellow, fixed above the base, assuming 

 occasionally a roundish-cordate form, the dorsal gland never very promiuent ; the two cells 

 contiguous, not separated by any conspicuous connective, but widely bivalvular. Style slender, 



