THE FLORA OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. £03 



5. T. suaveolens, Sm. — Victoria River and Sea Range, P. v. Mueller ; 

 GuK of Carpentaria, R. Brown. Swamp Mahogany. A splendid wood for 

 piles and underground work ; resembles Spanish mahogany. 



6. T. umbrosa, A. Gunn. — Hunter's River, York Sound, N.W. Coast, A. 

 Cunningham. 



T. loTigivalvis, F. v. M. (in Nat. Herb. Census) ; and T. Brownii, Sp. leM. 

 (in Journ. Bot., vol. 40, p. 25, 1902) ; recorded from North Austraha. 



7. EUCALYPTUS, L'Her. 



Series I. Jlelerostemones. — Outer stamens antherloss or with small 

 abortive anthers ; anthers of the perfect ones small, globular, or truncate, the 

 cells contiguous, opening in pores or in oblong slits, sometimes at length con- 

 fluent. — 3. E. bicolor. 



Series II. Porantherce. — Stamens all perfect (except rarely in E. bicolor), 

 in E. polyanthemo) ; anthers small and globular, or broader than long, the 

 cells distinct, opening in small circular pores, sometimes extending at length into 

 oblong shts. 



Ijeaves sessile, opposite, cordate or ovate. Flowers in termuial corymbose 

 panicles. — 24. E. pruinosa. 



Leaves orbicular or ovate, obtuse, alternate on long petioles. 



Elowers rather large, in a terminal corymbose panicle. Calyx 



about 3 lines diameter. — 16. E. oligantha. 

 Flowers small, mostly in short dense axillary or terminal panicles. 

 Calyx not above 2 lines diameter. — ^23. E. polyanthemos. 

 Leaves oblong or lanceolate, rather thin. — 3. E. bicolor. 



Series III. Micrantherce.- — Anthers very small, globular, or broader than 

 long, with globular distinct cells opening in lateral shts. 

 Leaves usually long and narrow. 



Fruit subglobose, truncate, about 3 lines diameter, scarcely contracted 



at the orifice.^ — 10. E. drepanophyUa. 

 Fruit from nearly globose to narrow-ovoid, contracted at the orifice, 



not above 2 Unes diameter. — 8. E. crebra. 

 Fruit hemispherical, very open, not above 2 lines diameter, the 

 valves protruding. — 5. E. brachypoda. 

 Leaves ovate or oblong, very obtuse. Fruit scarcely above 1 line diameter. 

 4. E. brachyandra. 



Series IV. Normales. — Stamens all perfect ; anthers oblong-ovate or 

 nearly globose, the cells perfectly distinct, parallel (either contiguous with the 

 comiective-gland behind them), and opening longitudinally. 



Sub-series I. Bobustce. — Peduncles axiUary or lateral, or very rarely 

 the upper ones in a terminal corymb, usually flattened, each with several 

 (rarely only 1) large or moderate-size flowers, sessUe or tapering into thick 

 pedicels. Leaves usually thick and alternate. Rim of the fruit concave, 

 with a sunk capsule. — 14. E. miniata. 



Sub-series II. Exsertos. — Peduncles axillary or lateral, or rarely also the 

 upper ones in a short terminal cor3rmb, terete or scarcely flattened, each with 

 several, often many flowers, usuallj' pedunculate. Fruit globose or depressed, 

 usually more or less contracted at the orifice, the rim convex or prominent, 

 rarely flat, the capsule valves protrudiag beyond it. 



