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STYLE AND STIGMA. 



a. Style. 



Bentham, 1866. — Following appear to be Bentham's few references to the 



style : — 



" Style subulate or rarely almost elavate, with a small truncate capitate or rarely peltate stigma." 

 (B. Fl. Ill, 185.) 



" The style is omitted in the specific descriptions, because I have been unable to ascertain the 

 constancy of the few differences observed. It is certainly longer in some species, thicker in others, the 

 stigma a mere point or more or less dilated, but these differences appear to be almost as frequently 

 individual as specific." (ib. p. 187.) 



Under species, the following appear to be all the references : — 

 Ovary tapering into the style — E. dealbata, E. goniocalyx. 

 Thickened at the base — E. cornuta. 

 Slightly thickened at the base — E. spatlmlata. 

 Short, thick — E. orbifolia, E. setosa. 



The valves often acuminate by the split base of the style, and then the subulate 

 tips protruding— E. uncinate/, (and practically the same under E. oleosa and E. pallidi- 

 f cilia). 



Mueller, 1879-84 (" Eucalyptographia ") takes cognisance of more species :— 



Very short, thin — E. microcorys. 



Very short — E. bicolor. E. corynocalyx (cladoealyx) , 



E. haemastoma. also E. populifolia, yet he 



E. Stuartiana. shows them in the figures 



E. trachyphloia. going to the top of the 



operculum. 



Short— E. cinerea (as pulverulenta), E. setosa, E, pruinosa, E. tetragona. 

 Comparatively long — E. leucoxylon. 



Half included within the calyx, exceeded by the stamens — E. Abergiana. 

 Shorter than the stamens — E. diversicolor. 

 ' Exceeded in length by the stamens — E. tetraptera. 

 Longer than the stamens, thickened at the summit, very short, E. gamophylla. 

 Nearly as long as the stamens — E. miniata. 

 About as long as the "Stamens — E. obcordata, E. occidentalis. 

 Elongated — E. marginata, E. pachyphylla, E. sepulcmlis. 

 Considerably elongated — E. redunca. 

 Comparative 1 }^ long — E. Raveretiana. 

 Rather long — E. Planchoniana, E. Preissiana. 



