58 THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



3 in the tiinbel, shortly stalked. Operculum shortly hemispheric to nearly 

 conical. Fruit hemispheric to nearly oblong-truncate, 2-3 lines diameter. Rixa 

 rather thin. Capsule sunk. 



Common in west-central districts ; also South and East Australia. 



Occasionally in luxuriant clumps the young trees will maintain opposite 

 connate leaves until after the flowering age, but, at least in all recorded 

 instances, when attaining a height of 15 feet the mature foliage is 

 assumed. This form appears very close to, if distinct from, E. cinerea, 

 F. V. M. Von Mueller once suggested for this form the name E. 

 perriniana. 



13. E. COBDATA, Lab. A small, erect tree, seldom exceeding 20 feet. Bark 

 smooth. Leaves broadly ovate-cordate, opposite, sessile. Flowers 3 in the- 

 umbel. Operculum nearly flat, umbonate. Fruit hemispheric, sometimes, 

 constricted at the orifice, J inch diameter. Rim narrow. Capsule much sunk. 



Huon Road, Recherche, Brown Mt., Campania, Tasman Peninsula, &c. ; also- 

 southern districts of New South Wales. 



14. E. VBKNicoSA, S. Erect shrub, 4-6 feet, rarely 12-20. Bark smooth.. 

 Leaves thick, shining, equal-sided, broadly oblong, stalked, opposite, rarely 

 alternate, f-2 inches long. Flowers solitary or 3 in the umbel. Operculum' 

 conical, half as long as the capsule. Fruit hemispheric to semi-ovate, j-| inch 

 diameter, on very short stalk. Capsule sunk. 



On mountain-tops, from La Perouse to Arrowsmith and to the West Coast. 



15. E. MUELLijBi, T. B. Moore. A very tall, erect tree, though sometimes; 

 flowering when still small. Bark smooth, blotched with red-brown. Leaves 

 oblong-ovate to lanceolate-falcate, thick, shining, stalked, alternate, 1-3 inches 

 long. Flowers 3 in the umbel, nearly sessile in the axils. Operculum nearly 

 flat, umbonate, rough. Fruit turbinate, ^-| inch. Capsule sunk. Valves often 

 protruding. 



Common on mountains in South-West Tasmania at about 2000 feet altitude.. 

 Very probably a lowland form of E. veitiicosa, H. 



16. E. UKNIGEEA, H. Erect, small to rather tall tree. Bark smooth, blotched 

 with red-brown. Leaves alternate, stalked, shining, equal-sided, narrow-ovate to 

 lanceolate, 2-4 inches long. Flowers 3 in the umbe}, on a rather long peduncle,, 

 and also long pedicels. Operculum small, umbonate to flat. Fruit ^-f inch 

 long, urn-shaped, constricted below the end. Rim broad. Capsule very much 

 sunk. ^ 



Common on mountains, especially in the south. 



Var. elongata. A tall, spreading tree. Bark smooth, white. Leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, 4-8 inches long. Peduncle not very long. Operculum 

 conical, umbonate, half as long as the capsule. Fruit pyriform-globose,. 

 slightly constricted, ^ inch long. Capsule much sunk. 



17. E. GLOBULUS, Lab. Tall, erect tree. Bark smooth, peeling ofl^ in long 

 ribands. Leaves broadly lanceolate, falcate, alternate, stalked, 4-12 inches long. 

 Flowers solitary or 3, in an umbel, nearly sessile. Operculum flat, hemispheric,, 

 with a broad umbo much warted. Capsule broadly obconic, ribbed and warted, 

 |-1 inch diameter. Rim broad. Valves level with the rim. Outer operculum 

 present ; shed early. 



Common, except in the west ; also Victoria and New South Wales. 



Order XXXlI.—LrTMMACE^. 



Pistil of 2-5 blended carpels, the ovarian cavities distinct, or in some genera 

 the cavity common to all the carpels, and the placentas parietal. Floral tube- 



