NOTES ON EUCALYPTUS. 423 
NOTES ON EUCALYPTUS, (WITH A DESCRIPTION 
OF A NEW SPECIES) No. III. 
By J. H. MAIDEN, F.L.S. 
[Read before the Royal Society of N. 8. Wales, December 2, 1914. ] 
HUCALYPTUS PRACOX, NOV. sp. 
Arbor pumila, ramis dependentibus. Cortex levis, maculata, 
secedens. Lignum pallidum et fragile. Folia juvena lato-ovata 
et crassa. Folia matura petiolata, lanceolata ad lato-lanceolata, 
ad fere ovata, dilute virentia. Alabastra in umbellis glaucis, 
ovoidea in juventute. Operculum conicum et acuminatum, calycis 
tubo leniter breviore. Florit in state lato-foliata vel juvenile. 
Fructus fere hemispherici, circiter ‘6 cm. diametro, margine lato - 
et rotundato valvarum spicibus distincte exsertis. 
A dwarf tree of drooping habit. Bark smooth, blotched 
and also ribbony. 
Timber pale-coloured and brittle, showing a tinge of 
reddish-brown, and possessing kino veins. 
Juvenile leaves broadly ovate, thick, coarse, venation very 
prominent, lateral veins at about an angle of 45° to the 
midrib, intramarginal vein far removed from the edge. 
Mature leaves petiolate, from lanceolate to broadly 
lanceolate and nearly ovate, pale green, and the same 
colour on both sides, midrib prominent, lateral veins dis- 
tinct but not prominent, intramarginal vein well removed 
from the edge. 
Buds in glaucous umbels, ovoid when young, when riper 
operculum conical and pointed, a little shorter than the 
calyx-tube, which tapers gradually into a short, thickish 
pedicel, the whole on a peduncle of about °7 cm. 
