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DESCRIPTION. 



LXXV. E. falcata, Turcz. 



Following- is the original description : — 



Eucalyptus falcata ramis teretibus ; foliis alternis, basi acutis, apice longe acuminatis, lineari- 

 acuminatis, falcatis obscure punetatis glaucis trinerviis ; nervis lateralibus margini approximatis ; umbellis 

 axillaribus 6-8 floris, foliis brevioribus ; pedunculis deflexis petiolos rnulto superantibus, pedicellis clavato- 

 angulatis ; operculo conico acuto cupulam longitudine quadruplo excedente, eaque augustiore. 



Xova Hollandia. Drum. (J. Drummond) coll. n. 70. (Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc, 20, 1847, 

 pt. 1, p. 163.) 



It was afterwards described bv Bentham in B.F1. iii, 248. It is not figured 

 in the " Eucalyptographia." 



Notes supplementary to the Description. 



The type is Drummond's 3rd Coll. No. 70, which I received on loan from 

 the Oxford Herbarium, and caused a careful drawing to be made of it. Bentham 

 (B.E1. iii, 2-18) gives the furrowing of the calyx-tube as a character, and quotes 

 Maxwell's specimens, " plains north and south of the Stirling Range." 



The operculum is in the typical form much narrower in diameter at the 

 junction with the calyx-tube. The fruits also are furrowed (or ribbed). 



The juvenile foliage of this species has not before been described. 



The juvenile leaves are slightly glaucous, equally pale-coloured on both 

 sides, ovate or oval to broadly ovate, with or without a shortly and bluntly pointed 

 apex. Size up to say 3 inches long by 2 inches broad, petiolate, the midrib 

 conspicuous and the lateral veins not inconspicuous, penniveined and arranged at 

 about an angle of 3(T with the midrib, the intramarginal vein distinct, and well 

 removed from the edge. 



The term falcate, which gives the name to the species, originally referred to 

 the mature leaves, but it is not specially appropriate. 



This species exhibits a kink in the filaments of the stamens, a character 

 which is best known in the case of E. uncmata. 



Standing opposite the shrubs at Hopetoun I made the following notes : — 

 " A. Mallee of 10-15 feet, with very slender stems. Of somewhat drooping habit. 

 Reminds one of E. oleosa in size and tint (yellowish) of flowers. Has large 

 stamens. Opercula long and somewhat curved." 



