569 



PLATE 241. 



Eucalyptus longicornis F.v.M. 



(See also Plate 66, Part XV, as E. oleosa var. longicornis.) 



la. Juvenile leaves. 16. Part of young rachis, almost winged, lc. Mature leaf and flower buds. 

 Id. The same, with a longer, broader peduncle, not springing precisely from the axil of the leaf, 

 le." Anthers. 1/. Fruits. Wagin, Great Southern Eailway Line, W.A. (C. A. Gardner, No. 

 1234). 



2a. Intermediate leaves. 2b. Mature leaves with immature buds. 2c. Fruits, smaller, less globular and 

 with thicker rims than 1/. Westonia, about 200 miles east of Perth, W.A. (Forester J. M, 

 Cusack, No. 2). 



Eucalyptus propinqua Deane and Maiden. 



(See also Plate 121, Part XXIX.) 



var. major, var. nov. 



3. Twig with buds. Norman Creek, near Brisbane, Queensland (C. T. White). Type of the variety. 



4. Fruits. Kandanga, South Queensland (E. H. F. Swain, No. 170, through C. T. White). 



PLATE 242. 



Eucalyptus hcemastoma Sm. 

 (See also figs. 12 and 13, Plate 46, and figs. 11-14, Plate 47.) 



1. Juvenile leaf, thick. Tumbledown Dick, Gordon-Pittwater Road, between Sydney and Broken Bay 



(W. F. Blakely and D. W. C. Shiress). 



2. Juvenile leaf, a stage further advanced, very thick. Near Cowan Railway Station) 20 miles north of 



Sydney (W. F. Blakely and D. W. C. Shiress). 



3a. Mature leaf and buds. 36. Fruits. South side of Spit, Middle Harbour, Port Jackson (J. H. Carnfield). 

 Observe the coarseness of E. hcemastoma as compared with E. micranlha, below. 



Eucalyptus micrantha DC. 

 (See.also figs. 10, 11, 14-17, Plate 46, and figs. 1-10, Plate 47.) 



4. Juvenile leaves. Opposite Railway Camp No. 2, May, 1922, Marrangaroo, N.S.W. (Dr. E. C. Chisholm 



and W. F. Blakely). 



5. Juvenile leaves, 1 mile north-west of Kuring-gai Railway Station, near Sydney (W. F. Blakely and 



D. W. C. Shiress.) This variation in leaves will be discussed when the broader subject of 

 " Intermediate Leaves " is separately discussed. 



6a. Mature leaves and not perfectly ripe flower-buds. 66. Fruits. Gibberagong Creek, Kuring-gai Chase 

 boundary line (W. F. Blakely and D. W. C. Shiress). 



Eucalyptus crucis n. sp. 



7a. Juvenile leaf. lb. Intermediate leaves. (N.B. — Since these were figured I have received juvenile 

 leaves in the earliest stages, which will be figured in an early Part.) lc. Twig showing mature 

 leaves, buds, flowers and early fruits, le. Two fruits. If. The largest fruit I have seen. All 

 from Southern Cross, near Coolgardie, Western Australia. (From Mr. Henry Steednian.) 



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