DESCRIPTION. 



E. oleosa, F.v.M., var. Floektoni, Maiden. 



An erect, many-stemmed shrub of 6-8 feet. Branchlefcs somewhat Angular. Juvenile leaves 

 unknown. 



Mature leaves coriaceous, thick, equally green on both sides, dull to slightly glossy, petiolate, 

 lanceolate to broadly lanceolate (common dimensions are, petiole 1-2 cm., leaf 10 cm , breadth 2-3 cm.). 



Flowers pendulous, up to 7 in the umbel, with a common peduncle of 1 cm. and pedicels of half 

 that length, calyx subeylindrical (about 4 cm. long), operculum tapering, constricted when dry, of slightly 

 greater diameter than the calyx at the line of junction (about 6 cm. long). Anthers similar generally to 

 those of the oleosa group, but less broad at the base than that of typical oleosa. Pistil long, as long or 

 longer than the stamens, stigma not dilated. 



Fruits urceolate, furrowed longitudinally but irregularly, much constricted at the orifice and 

 tapering gradually to a rather short pedicel, of greatest diameter midway between the orifice and the 

 pedicel, 1 cm. in length, with a diameter of '75 em., the valves well sunk within the capsule, or the ends 

 of the slender tips of the same nearly approaching the orifice, rim narrow and furrowed. 



Its closest affinity appears to be to E. oleosa, F.v.M., and to the var. glauca, described in Part XV, 

 but the fruit renders it sufficiently different from any other form of E. oleosa. 



Esperance, W.A., Lindley L. Cowen, January, 1902. Desmond, near Ravensthorpe, W.A., J. H. 

 Maiden, November, 1909 ; apparently not abundant. 



I have named this form in honour of Miss Margaret Flockton, the accomplished artist of my " Critical 

 Revision of the genus Eucalyptus " and " Forest Flora of New South Wales." — Journ. W.A. Nat. Hist. Soc, 

 Vol. iii, Jan. 1911. 



AFFINITIES. 



This is one of the puzzling forms that make one hesitate whether to call it a 

 variety of an existing species or a new one. Although I label it a variety, it will 

 be a convenient arrangement to compare it with other forms. 



1. With E. oleosa, F.v.M. 



The anthers resemble each other in var. Floektoni and in the normal species, 

 but they are not absolutely identical. The opercula (Fig. 2b, Plate 69) resemble 

 those of most forms of E. oleosa. The urceolate shape of the fruits of var. Floektoni 

 has resemblances in var. glauca (see Figs. 10, 12b, 13b of Plate 66, for example). 

 The tips of the valves are, however, not exsert, as in E. oleosa, while corrugation of 

 buds and fruits (see lc and Id, Plate 69) is abseut in the normal form. 



E. oleosa, from the Murchison River, Western Australia, has been confused 

 with E.fcecunda (seepage 169, Part XV), and with E. decurva (see page 193 of the 

 present Part). Some of the fruits are a little constricted and exhibit some 

 resemblance to those of var. Floektoni. 



