272 ON SOME N S.W. TAN-SUBSTANCES. 



Collected 7th April, 1887. Analysed 24th October to 28th 

 November, 1887. 



Leaves lanceolar sickle-shaped, shining and equally dark-greeri 

 on both sides, copiously dotted, but the oil-glands often partly 

 concealed ; lateral veins very thin, considerably spreading, but 

 neither crowded nor almost transverse, the circumferential vein 

 distinctly removed from the edge. ^Eucalyptographia.) 



Leaves from broadly ovate-lanceolate to narrow lanceolate, 

 mostly 3 to 6 inches long, much narrowed at the base, usually 

 equal or nearly so, but sometimes oblique, thick, the nerves rather 

 regular and diverging, but scarcely conspicuous. (B. Fl.) 



Average length 158*2 mm., average breadth 22 mm. Colour 

 of powdered leaves light Brunswick green. 



Extract. — They yield 42*74 per cent, to water at 100° C. Colour 

 of extract very pale lemon, almost as pale as E. polyanthemaS) 

 of moist residue dirty yellowish brown. 



Kino-tannic acid — 10*158 per cent. 



75. Eucalyptus Gunnii, Hook.,fil., var., N.O. Myrtacea?, B. Fl., 



iii., 246. Figured in Brown's " Forest Flora of S.A.," Part 

 1, Dec. 4, " Eucalyptographia." 

 Found in South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and New 



South Wales. 

 Vernacular Name — " Red Gum." 

 Locality whence these particular specimens were obtained — 



Bombala. 

 Geological Formation — Granite. 

 Part of the Tree Examined — Leaves. 

 Particulars of the trees whence they were obtained — Height 



80 to 100 feet, diameter 3 to 4 feet. 

 Collected 6th January, 1887. Analysed 24th October to 



28th November, 1887. 



Leaves oval, or oblong, or elongate-lanceolar, or almost oval, 

 acute at the base and apex, not very inequilateral, rigid, shining, 

 and of equal and saturated green on both sides, their oil-dots 

 concealed or hardly developed, their lateral veins slightly 

 prominent, somewhat distant and moderately spreading, the 

 circumferential vein distinctly removed from the edge of the 

 leaf. (Eucalyptographia). 



Leaves from ovate-lanceolate or elliptical and obtuse to 

 lanceolate-acute, under 3 inches long, usually much narrowed at 

 the base and rarely oblique, thick, with the veins not numerous 

 and scarcely conspicuous. (B. Fl.) 



