EUCALYPTUS EEDUNCA. 



J. C. Schauer in Lehmaun's plants Preissianaj i. 127 (1844); Bentham, flora Aiistraliensis iii. 253; F. v. M., Report on 

 the Forest-Resources of Western Australia 7, pi. 6 ; Fragmenta phytographifB Australije xi. 15 ; E. xanthonema, 

 Turozaninow in Bulletin de la Sooi^t^ imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou xx. 163 (1847) ; Walpers, Annales 

 botanices systematicEe i. 309. 



Finally tal l ; leaves scattered, lanceolar, sometimes verging into an almost ovate or linear 

 or somewhat falcate form, of an equal and generally dull green on both sides ; the lateral veins 

 subtle, much spreading, the circumferential vein somewhat distant from the edge of the leaf ; oil- 

 dots mostly concealed ; umbels axillary, solitary, seldom paniculated, with usually from 5 to 14 

 flowers on a more or less compressed stalk of moderate length ; tube of the calyx semiovate or 

 hemiellipsoid, not angular, attenuated into a very short stalklet, half or less than half as long as 

 the conical acute slightly curved smooth lid; stamens all fertile and except the outermost inflexed 

 before expansion ; anthers oblong, opening by parallel slits ; style considerably elongated ; stigma 

 not broader than the summit of the style ; fruits semielliptical or truncate-ovate, three- to four- 

 celled ; its rim narrow ; valves reaching the summit of the fruit-tube or extending slightly 

 beyond it, short-pointed ; fertile seeds broader but hardly longer than the sterile seeds. 



From the vicinity of Cape Riche and King G-eorge's Sound fully to the Murchison-River, 

 the prevailing tree on the eastern tiers of the ranges and on the adjoining flats. 



The " "Wandoo " or principal " White Grum-tree " of West- Australia. 



In rich and deep soil attaining a height of 120 feet, as ascertained by the author, but in poor 

 ground sometimes over not inconsiderable stretches of country remaining of shrubby growth, 

 though flowering copiously ; estimated by the Lands Department of Western Australia to occupy 

 naturally about 10,000 square-miles, being thus next to E. marginata the most widely distributed 

 Eucalyptus in the south-western portion of our Continent, even the leading other timber-species 

 there occupying very much less extent of country, though the less gregarious E. calophylla has 

 also a wide range there. E. redunca is bounding east and west an extensive longitudinal belt of 

 E. leptophleba, as shown in an excellent map, issued recently with an important document by the 

 W. A. Forest-Board. Bark smooth and whitish, remarkable for the white coloration, which it 

 gives off from its surface on friction ; thus this species in the cortical system belongs to the 

 Leiophloiae. Leaves never much elongated, of firm texture, occasionally in the shrubby variety 

 narrowed to \ inch width, seldom shining and only exceptionally veined prominently. Leaves of 

 young plants or of offshoots from roots of older trees scattered, greyish, almost cordate, 

 conspicuously stalked. Umbel-stalks usually dilated upwards considerably, bearing occasionally 

 from 2-4 flowers only. Flowerbuds remarkably slender. Lids in rare instances really hooked, 

 though the specific name would lead to suppose, that this was an ordinary characteristic. 

 Filaments on exsiccation assuming a pale orange-color. On the summit of Mount Bakewell the 

 author obtained what appears to be a large-flowered variety with blunt and proportionately 

 short lid. 



The Wandoo is for its growth content with cold flats of comparatively poor soil, even where 

 humidity stagnates in the wet season. It furnishes a pale, hard, particularly tough, heavy and 

 durable timber, prized for building purposes, various implements and especially for wheelwrights' 

 work, supplying thus the best of shafts, cogs, naves, spokes and felloes in Western Australia. 

 The seasoned wood weighs about 70 lbs. per cubic foot. Large dimensions of timber are available 

 from this tree, as stems do occasionally occur to a diametric breadth of 1 7 feet towards the base^ 

 as observed by Corporal Oliver Jones. 



