Fossil Plants Attributed to Eucalyptus. 



B.— NON-AUSTRALASIAN. 



Following are descriptions of fossil plants found in New Zealand, Europe, North 

 America (indeed, various countries out of Australasia). Although I have not seen the 

 fossils themselves, with such figures and other evidence as I have been able to obtain 

 I have satisfied myself that the majority of them are not Eucalypts. I have, therefore, 

 not given the reputed species serial numbers in the present work. 



We may begin with " Die Tertiare Flora von Haring in Tirol," von Constantin 

 v. Ettingshausen (Abhandl. der K. K. Geologischen Reichsanstalt, ii Band, 3 Abtheilung, 

 Nr. 2; Wien, 1853). 



This work deals with two species, E. oceanica and E. hceringiana, which are 

 contrasted as follows : — 



Mediannerven lanzettlich oder lineal-lanzettlich, fast sichelformig, am 

 Rande oft wellig, in einen Stiel verschmalert ; Secundarnerven sehr fein, unter 

 spitzen Winkeln entspringend. Eucalyptus oceanica Ung. (Taf. 28, fig. 1). 



Mediannerven lanzettlich oder lineal-lanzettlich, oft fast sichelformig, 

 gestielt, an der Basis meist spitz; Secundarnerven fein, ziemlich genahert, unter 

 spitzen Winkeln entspringend. Eucalyptus hceringiana Ettingsh. (Taf. 28, 

 fig. 2-13, 25.) 



DESCRIPTION. 



A. — E. oceanica Unger. 



Following is the description, as given by Ettingshausen, op. cit. p. 84, Taf. xxviii, 

 fig. 1. 



" Unger, Fossile Flora v. Sotzka, Denkschriften der Jcais. Akademie der Wissen- 

 chaften, II Band, p. 182, Taf. 57, fig. 1-13 (Vienna)." (See also Heer's Fl. Tert 

 Helvet. iii, Taf. cliv, 14, which is not available to me.) 



E. foliis 2-5 pollicaribus, lanceolatis, vel lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, subfalcatis, in.petiolum 

 attenuatis, coriaceis, mtegerrimis, petiolis semipollicaribus, saepius basi contortia ; nervatione dictyodroma, 

 nervo primario distincto, nervis secundariis tenuissimis, sub angula acuto orieritibus. 



In scbisto margaceo formationis eocenicae ad Sotzka inferioris, ad Sagor Carnioliae, ad niontem 

 Promina Dalmatiae, nee non in calcareo bituminoso ad Haering. Diese in den Eocen-Schiehten von 

 Sotzka, Sagor nnd Monte Promina besonders haufige Art fand sich bier nur in wenigen Blatt-Exemplaren. 



