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J. H. MAIDEN. 



irregulare paralleliter aperientibus, filamentis brevibus; fructibus 

 eonoideo-globosis, ca. 12 mm. diametro, margine latissimo, truncato, 

 conoideo; capsula non depressa, valvis leniter exsertis. 



Many-stemmed, 10-15 or 20 feet high. Somewhat 

 Mallee-like in habit. The stems three inches in diameter 

 and the timber tough and pale. The bark is peculiar, fall- 

 ing off in narrow, longitudinal pieces, giving it a striped 

 appearance, which, if not unique, is certainly rare in 

 Eucalyptus. Wood hard, the centre deep reddish-brown: 



Juvenile leaves (described from Kunnunoppin No. 146) 

 with petiole of 1 cm., broadly ovate-lanceolate to nearly 

 orbicular, 7 cm. broad by 10 cm. long, very thick, venation 

 spreading. 



Mature leaves lanceolate, 5-7*5 cm., say two to three 

 inches long, and 1*5 -2*25 cm., say three-quarters to one 

 inch broad, with a petiole of half to three-quarters of an 

 inch (say 1 -1*5 cm*) long. Dull yellowish-green on both 

 sides, thick, venation spreading, the secondary veins not 

 very prominent and meeting the midrib at about an angle 

 of 45°; the intramarginal vein distinctly removed from the 

 edge. 



Peduncles terete, long (say 2 cm.), each supporting an 

 umbel of 2-7 flowers on short but distinct terete pedicels. 



Buds clavate, very yellow, with hemispherical operculum r 

 about 8 mm. in diameter, and no mucro. The operculum 

 less in diameter than the calyx-tube, and affording an 

 excellent example of "egg-in-egg-cup," i.e. showing the 

 place at the commisural rim of a deciduous additional 

 operculum. 



Anthers most irregular in shape and opening in parallel 

 slits. The gland sometimes seen on the top and sometimes 

 at the base. The filament attached nearly half-way up at 

 the back of the anther. It is included in the Macrantherae. 

 Filaments very short, the stigmas not dilated. 



