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Mature leaves with a twisted petiole of about 2 cm., lanceolate, often somewhat falcate, often 

 10-15 cm. long by 2-5 cm. broad, equally green on both sides, coriaceous, venation not prominent, 

 penniveined, margin thickened and intramarginal vein distinctly removed from the edge. 



FlOWerS-- — Inflorescence paniculate. Buds somewhat angular, the opercula bluntly conical, the 

 calyx tapering gradually into a short pedicel, the common peduncle thin and angular. Flowers 5 to 7 in 

 the head. Anthers terminal-pored. 



Fruits. — Sub-cylindrical or conoid, about "75 cm. long, tapering into a short pedicel. Valves 

 well sunk, the rim thin and often cracked. 



Mr. Walter Gill, Conservator of Forests, Adelaide, says that in South 

 Australia, this tree goes under the names of " Scruh Gum,'.' " Hill Gum," " Sand 

 Gum," " Pink Gum," and that he prefers the last name. It is the " White Gum " 

 or "Dwarf White Gum " of Behr and many others. 



SYNONYM. 



E. paniculata, Sni. ; var. fasciculosa, Benth. 



" Flowers rather smaller than E. paniculata, operculum usually short." 

 (B.F1. iii, 212.) 



The following description of a plant from Bethany, South Australia, hy 

 Schlechtendal, referred by him to E. paniculata belongs to E. fasciculosa : — 



180. Eucalyptus jjaniculata, Smith, DC. Prodr., Ill, p. 220, n. 33 (1). Specimen Sieberianum in pi. 

 Nov. Holl. exs. n., 468, sub nomine E. terminalis editum, quod E. paniculatai proximum videtur, a nostra 

 quoque specie haud longe .... p. 659, distat qua? differre videtur : ramulis foliisque gracilioribus, 

 floribus paullo minoribus, alabastro magis globoso, nee angulis 4 elevatis e pedicello orientibus notato, 

 extus magis rugoloso (an exsiccatione ?), operculo depressiore, acutiusculo quidem, staminibus longioribus 

 (in planta Sieberiapa flores pauci jam aperti) calycis tubo deflorato campanulato. Folia variubilia 2-5^ 

 poll. longa, 4—7 lin., lata alia valde elongata angustata, alia lanceolata latiora, longius breviusve petiolata, 

 petiolo ad f poll, interduni longo, utrinque attenuata, margine crassiusculo, venis et nervo marginali ex 

 iis orto leviter prominulis. Inflorescentia ex umbellulis trifloris cymose composita quasi terminalis. 

 Alabastra 3 lin. longa. Stamina 4 lin. longa, stylis iis dimidior brevior stigmate orbiculari depresse 

 convexo. . •• 



Am Gebirge bei Bethanien, November. (Schlechl., in Linnea, xx, 658.) 



RANGE. 



Tbis species appears to be restricted to South Australia and Kangaroo Island. 



South Australia, Lofty, Bugle, and other ranges along St. Vincent's Gulf (F. Mueller). Banks of 

 the Three-Well River [on Kangaroo Island.— J.H.M.] (Waterhouse) ; White Gum (Behr). B.F1. iii, 212. 



The following localities are given by Mueller in the " Eucalyptographia " for 

 E. paniculata, var. fasciculosa. 



On dry, particularly sandy ridges, and also on stony ranges near the Murray River and St. Vincent's 

 Gulf (Mueller), at ^Lacepede Bay (Babbage), and some intermediate places, also in Kangaroo Island 

 (Waterhouse). 



