- DESCRIPTION. 



CX VI I. E. erythronema Turczaninow. 



In Bull. Phys.-Malh. Acad. PelersburgJi, 10, 337 (1352). 

 Following is the original description : — 



(Drum. 5, n. 37). 



E. glabra; rarais teretibus; foliis alternis lirieari-lanceolafcis utrinque attenuates inrequilateris 

 opacis obscure trinerviis venosisque ; umbellis lateralibus 2—3-, rarius 4-floris ; pedunculis deflexi.s 

 teretibus petiolo duplo longioribus, pedicellis petiolum aequantibus versus apiceoi incrassatis costatis, 

 cupula obconiea multisulea plus duplo longioribus; opercul) conico lsevi cupulam plus quam dup'.o 

 excadente. Folia limbo 1^—2 poll, longo, 3 lin. in parte latiore lato, impunctata. Operculum intei'dum 

 apice subincurvum. Filamenta miniata, cupula duplo longiora. Capsula inclusa, vertice plana, 

 4 locularis. 



The type is therefore Druumiond's 5th collection, No. 37. 



It was reclescrihed by Benthamas E. conoidea Benth.,* in English of course, 

 in B.FL iii, 227, and figured in the " Eucalyptographia." 



It has scarlet filaments, and the flowers arc borne in great profusion ; 

 consequently this species is one of the most ornamental for horticultural purposes. 

 It comes from a region of comparatively low rainfall (say 10 inches per annum), 

 but it will accommodate itself, under cultivation, to regions of far higher rainfall. 



SYNONYM. 



E.' conoidea Benth. in B.Fl.'iii, 227. 

 Varieties. 



* 



1. Var. marginata Benth. 



2. Var. (?) Roei Maiden. 



1. " Border cf the calyx expanded into a prominent horizontal or reflexed 

 ring." Drummond, iii, 56 (B.FL iii, 227). 



I have not seen Drummond's No. 56 of the 3rd Collection, but I would 

 suggest that Fig. 3, Plate 93, comes near it, and that the character given does not 

 constitute a useful variety. 



2. Var. (?) Roei Maiden. 



See Eucalyptus erythronema Turcz. var. Roei Maiden in litt. (E, Roei Beck. mss. in herb. Vindobon. 

 ex Maiden). 



Hab. in distr. Coolgardie pr. Gilmores in fruticetis apertis lutosis glareoso-lapidosis fr. m. Nov. 

 (D. 5831). (Diels and Piitzel in Englers Z'ot. Jahrb. 1904, p. 439.) 



*A number cf Turczanino'.v'g descriptions were overlooked by Bentham, an 1 lier.ee found no place in ih' Flora 

 A uMrulieiwis. 



