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albo, guinnii venis; foliis fragrantibus, foliis junioribus orbicu- 

 laribus ad cordatis, venis secondariis patentibus vel sursum cur- 

 vatis; foliis maturis lanceolatis, crassis, yenis secondariis basi 

 patentibus postquam longitudinalibus; alabastris angularibus fere 

 alatis, operculo conoideo calycis tubo ca. dimidio sequilongo; fruc- 

 tibus polygonalibus, angularibus, piriformibus vel subglobosis, 

 capsula depressa, sessile vel brevissime pedunculata. 



A tree of medium or large size, up to 60 feet high, a 

 "White Gum," more or less glaucous, the young branchlets 

 glandular. Bark smooth, but with usually more or less 

 rough-flaky bark at the butt. Where the rough bark is 

 present it usually ascends the trunk about five to six feet; 

 the deciduous or smooth portion in long strips, not ribbons, 

 some of the pieces being thirty feet long. Timber pale- 

 coloured, almost white, with gum (kino) veins, with a 

 general resemblance to that of E. coriaeea. Foliage 

 fragrant. 



Juvenile leaves almost orbicular to cordate, thin, shortly 

 petiolate, secondary veins spreading or curved upwards, no 

 distinct intramarginal vein. Some leaves measured are 

 9 cm. long by 7 cm. broad. 



Mature leaves lanceolate, slightly falcate, with a short 

 blunt point, thick, slightly shining, the secondary veins 

 spreading at the base, thence longitudinal and parallel to 

 the midrib. An average leaf is about 13 cm. long and about 

 4 cm. in greatest width. There are leaves intermediate 

 in shape, thickness and venation between the juvenile and 

 mature leaves. 



Buds remarkably angular by compression, the angles 

 almost winged, peduncles about 1 cm. long, convex to 

 flattened, expanded, especially at the top, pedicels absent 

 or very short, the conoid operculum about half the length 

 of the calyx-tube. Filaments cream-coloured, anthers 

 renantherous. 



