DESCRIPTION. 



LXXIII. E. oleosa, F.v.M. 



Following is the original description : — 



10. Eucalyptus oleosa, F. Mull. E. perforata, Behr, Herb, ex parte. Eucalypto striclae, Sieb. 

 affinis. Marble Range (Wilbelmi) ; Murray Scrub (Dr. Behr). 



Frutex, ramulis angulatis, foliis anguste lanceolatis vel sublinearibus in acumen uncinatum tenue 

 vulgo sphacelatum excurrentibus, basi attenuatis, ut plurimum inaequi-lateralis, coriaceis crebro pellucido- 

 glandulosis, venis subobtectis erecto-patulis, umbellis axillaribus, 4-10-floris pedunculo angulato sustentis, 

 tioribus breviter pedicellatis vel subsessilibus, operculo conico-hemisphaerico obtusiusculo tuburn obconico- 

 turbinatum subaequante. 



" Frutex hominem altus, coma laetissime viridi nitente " (Behi - ). Ramuli angulati albido-pallidi 

 vel juniores saturate fusculi. Petioh' 3-4 lin. longi in sicco luteoli. Folia 1J-2-J, vulgo circiter 2 poll, 

 longa, 2-3 lin. lata, recta vel obliqua. Pedunculi 2 lin. vix aequantes. Calyx 1J lin. aequans, haud 

 raro operculo sublongior, pallidus. Filamenta pallida. (Miq. in Ned. Eruidk. Arch, iv, 128 [1856].) 



The localities given are South Australian. The description given is not 

 satisfactory, since it refers to mixed material. It was subsequently more fully 

 described, in Latin, by Mueller, in Fragmeiita ii, 56, but again with mixed material. 

 It was clearly defined by Bentham in B.F1. iii, 248, and by Mueller in the 

 Euca lyptogrup hia . 



Bentham quotes Fragm. ii, 58 (partly) as the original description, while 

 Mueller himself, at that place, quotes " F.M. in Miq. Stirp. Nov. Soil. 31," which 

 is the same reference as Ned. Kruidk. Arch, iv, 128, already quoted by me. 



Notes Supplementary to the Description. 



It is a Mallee, and it may attain the dignity of a small or medium-sized tree. 

 Its trunk has roughish bark at the butt, but the upper portion and the branches are 

 smooth. 



The colour of the timber is of a reddish brown, with the reddish colour 

 predominating more or less. 



Normally the juvenile leaves are broad or broadish, but they vary in width, 

 so that in some exceptional instances they may be narrower. 



The operculum is usually pointed-tapering, but sometimes rounded and even 

 almost hemispherical. 



Occasionally the buds almost assume the "egg-in-egg-cup " shape, reminding 

 one of E. salubris and a few other species in this respect. 



A common character is the subulate tips of the valves, which are well exsert 

 as a rule. 



