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itself. Ordinary (secondary or adult) leaves straight or 
falcate, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate • apex shortly 
acute; petiole or leaf -stalk — 1 inch long; blade 3 — 5 
inches long, i to nearly 1 inch broad ; lateral nerves and 
intermediate veins more or less clearly discernible on 
both faces, lateral nerves 1 — 2 lines apart, arising from 
the midrib at an angle of 45 to 60 degrees; intramarginal 
vein in the broadest leaves up to 1 line from the edge, 
in the narrower leaves so close as to form a slightly 
thickened margin to the leaf itself. Flowers in umbels, 
the umbels often arranged in small terminal panicles; 
individual umbels 3 — 7 flowered ; peduncle angular, from 
slender to moderately stout, mostly about \ inch long; 
calyx tube angular, 1 line long on a distinct, rather 
slender, pedicel up to 2 lines long, less frequently gradu- 
ally merging into a stouter, shorter pedicel; operculum 
conical, 1 line or slightly less in height. Stamens in 
several series (all fertile?), outermost filaments 2 lines 
long, innermost ones only about half this length; anthers 
very small, dehiscing by pores but the pores developing 
into wide open slits. Seed capsules obovoid, truncate or 
less frequently turbinate, 1| to nearly 3 lines in dia- 
meter, 4 — 5 celled, valves sunk or slightly exserted when 
open. 
Distribution, — Eastern Australia from the Port 
Jackson District and Blue Mountains (New South Wales) 
to North Queensland. It is essentially a dry country 
species, and on the coast favours dry, siliceous ridges. In 
Queensland it finds its greatest development in a com- 
paratively narrow strip 50 — 150 miles inland. 
Common Name. — Narrow-leaved Ironbark is the 
generally accepted local name of the species. 
Botanical Name. — Eucalyptus (see under No. 1) ; 
crebra , Latin meaning thick, crowded together or full of, 
referring to numerous flowers. 
Timber. — One of the most extensively used of 
Queensland hardwoods. Like E . paniculata it is in 
especial demand where great strength and durability are 
required. 
B.otanical Reference. — Eucalyptus crebra Ferdinand 
von Mueller in Journal of the Linnean Society, of Lon- 
don, Vol. Ill, page 87, 1850. 
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