DESCRIPTION. 



CC 'XXXVII. E. calophylla R.Br. 



In Journ. Geog. Soc. i, 1831 (1832), 20; Lindley in Bot. Reg. (1841), PL Misc. 72. 



In the " General view of the botany of Swan Eiver," by Robert Brown {Journ. Roy. 

 Geog. Soc. i, 17-21, 1832), at pp. 19-20, we have :— 



Of Eucalyptus, the only species in the collection (Fraser's) had been first found on Captain Flinders' 

 voyage at King George's Sound, on the shore of which it was the only useful timber tree, though there 

 of very moderate size. I have named it Eucalyptus calophylla. 



Lindley' s description was as follows : — ■ 



Foliis alternis ovato-lanceolatis marginatis parce punctatis nunc acuminatis nunc obtusis cum 

 mucrone; venis priniariis simplicibus pennatim dispositis contiguis subparallelis, umbellis terminalibus 

 et axillaribus 4-5 floris, pedunculatis, operculo minimo hemisphaerico umbonato hinc cupulae c. cardine 

 afExo. 



(Of which the following is a translation : — Leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, marginate, with a 

 few dots, sometimes acuminate, sometimes obtuse, with a mucro. Primary veins simple, pinnate, close 

 together, sub-parallel, umbels terminal and axillary, 4—5 flowered, pedunculate, operculum very small, 

 hemispherical, umbonate, fixed to the calyx-tube by a hinge.) 



Lindley then proceeds in English : — 



The name of E. calophylla is current in gardens for this beautiful plant, but I cannot discover 

 it in books. It is a native of Port Augusta* on the south-west coast of New, Holland, whence its seeds were 

 sint to Capt. Jas. Mangles, R.N., by Mrs. Molloy, a lady enthusiastically fond of flowers, to whom we 

 are indebted for many acquisitions. Its branches are of a rich reddish brown. The leaf-stalks, which 

 are rather more than an inch long, are of the same colour. The leaves are from 4 to 6 inches long, ovate- 

 lanceolate, flat, pale green, with a rich red marginal line, within which, at the distance of a quarter of a 

 line, runs a faint intramarginal vein ; when bruised they have a faint and rather pleasant smell; very few 

 transparent dots are visible ; the veins are delicate lines, almost at light angles to the midrib, from three- 

 fourths to one and a half lines asunder, and running somewhat parallel till they lose themselves in the 

 intramarginal vein; they are held together by fine reticulations. The whole appearance of the foliage 

 is that of a Calophijllum. The flowers are large and white, the cup is obconical, 6 lines long, and as much 

 across the mouth ; the lid, however, is only half that diameter, and hangs to the edge of the cup on one side, 

 by a narrow neck, so that it cannot fall off ; this aiises f iom the cup continuing to enlarge after the separation 

 of the lid. (Lindley, op. tit.) 



It is redescribed by Schauer in Plantx Prsissiznce, i, 131 (1844-5). 



•This is not to be confused with Toit Augusta, in South Australia. The home of the tyje of E. calophylla 

 is now known as Augusta, and is just to the tast of Cape Leeuwiij, 



