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E. antipolitensis n. sp. (Plate XV bis.). 



A tall tree, trunk covered with fissured bark ; branch.es smooth by reason of the falling of the old 

 bark ; young leaves sessile, alternate, opposite, often in threes on the same branch, broad and obtuse at 

 the base of the branch, then oval, glaucescent, with the odour of E. globulus ; adult leaves thick, long- 

 lanceolate, falciform, dark green, dotted with large essential oil dots, umbels axillary, with three flowers 

 on a short peduncle, buds sessile, verrucose, hoary, calyx-tube angular, operculum slightly longer than 

 the calyx-tube, hemispherical, mucronate, fruit from 12 mm. in diameter, with 3-4 valves not erect or 

 very slightly so; fertile seeds black, angular, without appendages. Villa Thuret, Antibes. 



This Eucalyptus was sown by Xaudin very probably as E- viminalis ; he called it var. longifolia. 



At first sight it is distinguished from E. viminalis by its habit, its stem, its foliage, reminding one 

 E. globulus. The buds and the fruits are much larger than those of E. viminalis and strongly resemble 

 those of E. globulus ; the fruits are much smaller than in this species, always in threes ; they are slightly 

 verrucose, and show a slightly different mode of dehiscence. The young leaves resemble those of 

 E. globulus and have the same odour, but they are distinguished from it, however, in not being stem- 

 clasping ; the branches which bear it are angular, but not nearly so quadrialate as in E. globulus. 



E. antipolitensis is a very fine tree, which has not yet been propagated ; it has numerous capsules 

 in which the number of the fertile seeds is restricted, but quite sufficient to insure propagation. 



DESCRIPTION. 



CCXCIV. x E. Bourlieri Trabut 



Reputed parents, E. globulus Labill., and (?). 



E. globulus Labill has given several hybrids easy to recognise by the young leaves, which have 

 preserved more or less the character of globulus, and also the content of Eucalyptol. One of the most 

 interesting is a fine Eucalypt which appeared in a sowing of globulus at my colleague's place (Dr. Bourlier's) 

 at La Reghaia. 



E. Bourlieri Trab. Rev. Hort. Alg., 1903, p. 327, Plate XIV. 

 (Preliminary note op. eit. August, 1901, p. 239). 



A tree of large stature, biform in the juvenile stage, branches pruinose, leaves opposite, sessile, 

 oval, oblong ; stem straight, covered with a network of fine dry bast, which easily comes away ; leaves 

 long, lanceolate, pointed straight or curved, pendent, dark green, petiolate, attaining 15-27 cm. long by 

 22-24 mm. broad ; the angle of divergence of the secondary nerves is about 25 degrees ; the two faces 

 equally have stomata, 175 to the square mm. ; the inflorescence is in an axillary cyme of three flowers borne 

 on a flattened peduncle of 5-6 mm. ; the bud is sessile, 15 mm. long with an angular, verrucose, pruinose, 

 whitish, broad, conical operculum, surmounted by a protuberance ; fruit generally solitary in the axils 

 of the leaves, hemispherical, barely marked with two angles, pruinose, glandular, punctate, attaining 

 barely 10 mm. ; opening by 3-4 slits which let the brown non-appendiculate seeds escape. 



This Eucalypt differs greatly from E. globulus in the capsule, but the young bud and the young 

 leaves recall this species. It is not possible to ascertain the male parent. 



This Eucalypt is not very fertile ; the tree has an exuberant foliage and a very fine appearance. 



