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DESCRIPTION. 



CX IV. E. pyriformis, Turczaninow. 



Following is the original description : — 



Eucalyptus pyriformis, Turczaninow, in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc, xxii, Pt. 2, p. 22 (1849). Caule 

 rarnoso glabro, ramisque teretibus cortice fusco laevi obductis ; ramulis compressis foliisque alternis 

 petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis marginatis, acumihatis basique attenuatis opacis glaucis ; pedunculis 

 recurvato reflexis tetragonis crassis unifl oris pedicel! urn obconico-tetragonum paulo superantibus ; alabastris 

 a basi ad operculi apicem bialatis, costis crassis hasi interdum fere alaeformibus percursis ; operculo conico 

 acuto cupula aequali et fere conformi : staminibus numero is, longe exsertis. Alabastra l 1 pollicaria, 

 operculo dejeeto cum staminibus fere bi-pollicaria. Stamina fusco-aurantiaca. Drum. 4, n. 69. 



This may be translated as follows : — 



Stems and branches glabrous and terete, and covered with light brown bark. Branchlets com- 

 pressed, leaves alternate and petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, marginate, acuminate and attenuate at the base, 

 glaucous, opaque. Recurved-reflexed thick tetragonous one-flowered peduncles a little longer than the 

 obconical-tetragonous pedicel ; buds two-winged at the base and at the point of the operculum, with thick 

 ribs, sometimes nearly winged at the base ; operculum conical, acute, nearly equal to the calyx-tube. 

 Stamens numerous, well exserted. ' Bud 1| inches long, after the operculum has been thrown off, with 

 stamens nearly 2 inches long. Stamens brownish orange-coloured. 



It was later described by Bentham at B.F1. iii, 226 ; figured and described by 

 Mueller in his " Forest Resources of Western Australia " and again in his 

 " Eucalyptographia " ; figured (coloured) and described by J. E. Brown in Part 8 of 

 his " Forest Flora of South Australia," 



Notes supplementary to the description. 



I have not seen strictly juvenile leaves. 



Diels and Pritzel say : " Folia glaucescentia ramorum juvenilium latiora late 

 elliptica interdum suborbicularia." 



I can find no two-winged buds, nor were fruits on the type specimen. 



The colour of the filaments varies a good deal. Diels and Pritzel speak of 

 them as crimson, rose-coloured and sulphur-coloured admixed on the same group of 

 plants. I have seen them crimson and yellow, and there seems to be absolutely no 

 botanical difference in the forms. 



It is one of the handsomest of the genus, because of the large size and 

 showiness of the flowers, and the large size and ornamental character or at least 

 grotesqueness of the fruits. 

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