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Eucalyptus campanulata, sp. nov., " Bastard Stringybark." 



An average forest tree. Bark decidedly stringy, persistent on the main trunk, branches smooth. 



" Sucker" or abnormal leaves broadly lanceolate, oblique not shining, same colour on both sides, 

 often over 9 inches long, venation well marked, lateral veins oblique, distant intramarginal vein well 

 removed from the edge. Petiole over 1 inch long. Normal leaves comparatively small, lanceolate, oblique, 

 subcoriaceous, not shining. Venation not at all well marked on the smaller upper leaves, but distinctly 

 so in the others. Lateral veins very oblique. 



Buds, clavate or club shaped, the operculum domed. 



Fruits. — At the earliest stage of development campanulate on a slender pedicel, a feature not 

 noticed in other species by us. Mature fruits pyriform, rim truncate or slightly countersunk, about 6 mm. 

 diameter at the rim. 



Bark " stringy " as implied in its common name. 



Timber, light coloured or whitish, fissile, but close grained, easy working, in fact, similar in general 

 characteristics to some of the "Ashes" or " Stringybarks," although perhaps a little more inclined to 

 develop gum-veins. 



Arbor (Bastard Stringybark), distincta, nomine altitudinem 60 feet, attinens, rarmilis priniurn 

 compresso-tetragonis mox teretiusculis. 



Cortex partim secedens in trunco persistens ramis levibus. 



Folia abnorme (suckers) obliqua falcato-lanceolata petiolata, alterna concoloria vena peripherica 

 a margine remota; vena laterale obliqua graviter. Folia vulgare, falcato-lanceolata, obliqua, petiolata 

 concoloria, alterna subcoriacea, vena aut prominentes aut obscura obliqua, pleraque 3-6" longer. 



Pedunculi axillare umbellis multifloris; operculo-depresso hemispherica, mucronulatato breviter, 

 calycis tubus circa 1 cm. longus; fructibus truncato-ovatis, 1 cm. longi, 5 mm. lati valvis non exsertis. 



Remarks. — The material of this tree for investigation was collected by Mr. C. F. Laseron, the 

 Museum Collector, at Tenterfield, where it passes as the " Bastard Stringybark." His herbarium material 

 appears to be identical with specimens collected by Mr. A. Rudder in the Upper Williams district. 



The fruits somewhat resemble those of E. virgata Sieb. or E. Sieberiana,hut then the timber, bark, 

 and oil differ from these species. The oil of E. virgata consists almost entirely of eudesmol, as shown in 

 our work on " The Eucalypts and their Essential Oils." Fruits, timber and oil differentiate it from E. obliqua, 

 which species has been collected in almost the same neighbourhood, at Mount McKenzie, Tenterfield. 



There is a distinguishing feature of the species in its very early fruits, which are quite bell shaped 

 and remind one of the shape of the mature fruits of E. Deanei. As they mature, this shape passes gradually 

 away, the calyx gradually tapering into a pedicel, very rarely is the fruit hemispherical. . 



On a cortical classification it would be placed with the " Stringybarks," or between them and the 

 '' Peppermints," but the timber may be classed as one of the " Ashes," such as E. regnans, E.oreades, or 

 E. Delegalensis. 



The large oblique suckers are not at all unlike those of E. obliqua, or even the above three species. 



At Tenterfield it is found growing amongst such " Stringybarks " as E. obliqua and E. Iwvopinea. 



