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DESCRIPTION. 



CXXXVIL E. alba Reinwardt. 



Following is the original description, for which I am indebted to the kindness of the 

 Director of the Botanic Garden at Buitenzorg, Java : — 



E. operculo conico acutiusculo calicem aequante, umbellis paucifloris lateralibus, foliis longiter 

 petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis basi oblique attenuates coriaceis margine subincrassatis (arbor trunco albido; 

 aff. E. marginatce et E. m/ultiflorw). 



Crescit in insula Timor a CI. Eeinwardt detecta. 



Floret toto anno (Herb. Ewdt. (Blume Rydz. [Fl. N.J.]) 1101 [1826]). 



There is no plate with the description. Another form of quotation is Bijdragen 



(Flora Ned. Indie), 1101. 



Then we have :— 



Eucalyptus alba.—~E. foliis ovato-lanceolatis attenuates basi subinaequilateralibus rotundatis 

 coriaceis utrinque glaucescentibus longiuscule petiolatis ; operculo conoideo calycem cupuliformem aequante. 



Eucalyptus alba Blum. Bijdr. p. 1101. 



Rami teretes subfusci laeves, ramulis herbaceis glaucescentibus. Folia alterna rarissinie opposita, 

 2i— 4 poll, longa, 1-2 lata, ovato-lanceolata attenuata (foliis E. obliquw latiora), integerrima, basi rotundata, 

 inaequilatera v. subacuminata, concoloria, glaucescentia, coriacea, penninervia, glanduloso-punctulata, 

 punctis creberrimis vix conspicuis resinosis, fuscis, petiolata petiolo supra piano semitereti, poll, Ii longo. 

 Flores cymosi, cymis paucifloris axillaribus, petiolo brevioribus pedunculis semipollicaribus angulatis. 

 Operculum conicum acutiusculum calycem aequans (ex Blum. I.e.). Calyx cupulaeformis laevis glaber, 

 basi subangulato-quadrinervosus, margine obtuso. Capsula quadri- vel rarius 3-locularis, valvis erectis 

 calycem vix superantibus, acuminatis. Semina baud vidi. (Decaisne in Nouv. Ann. Mus. Par., Vol. 3, 

 183-1, p. 454.) 



Warpers' description is : — 



Operculo conico, acutiusculo calycem aequante ; umbellis paucifloris lateralib. ; foil, longiter petio- 

 latis ovato-lanceolatis, basi oblique attenuatis coriaceis, margine subincrassatis. — Affinis E. marginatce 

 et multijlorce.— In insula Timor. (Warp. Repert. ii, Suppl. i, 927 [1843.]) 



Another version is : — 



206. Eucalyptus alba, Rwdt., ramulis angulatis; foliis sparsis (plerumque alternis) longe petiolatis 

 ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis v. acutis obtusisve basi aequalibus v. parum inaequalibus coriaceis 

 glabris obsolete penninerviis ; umbellis 3-7-floris; operculo conico calycis tubum basi in stipitem trique- 

 trum attenuatum adaequante. Bl. Bijdr. p. 1101. Decaisne in Nouv. Ann. Mus. d'hist. Nat. Ill, p. 454. 

 iSpanoghe in Linn, xv, p. 203. n. 349. Walp. Repert Bot. ii, Suppl. 1, p. 927, 21. — Kaju puii Malaice. — 

 In Timor. (Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bot., Vol. i, 1849, p. 83.) 



The type of E. alba came from Timor, and figures 3 and 4 of Plate 105 received 

 from that island, through the Director of the Botanic Gardens at Buitenzorg, Java , 

 probably represent average specimens of the species. The long lanceolate leaf 

 (Fig. No. 3, Plate 105) is not as frequently represented in our collections as the broader 

 ones, but we have it in Plate 105, Fig. 1 (E. Leucadendron) and 3b of Plate 106 

 (Stannary Hills, North Queensland). 



