Angophora.] 
LI. MYRTACEJL 
605 
Leaves mostly or all sessile and cordate at the base. Bark rough and per- 
sistent. Flowers small and numerous. Calyx-tube about 2 lines long . . 1. .1. subvelutina. 
Leaves petiolate, lanceolate, not cordate. 
Bark rough and persistent. Flowers small and numerous. Calyx-tube 
about 2 lines long 2. A. intermedia . 
Bark smooth and deciduous. Flowers rather large, not very numerous. 
Calyx-tube about 3 lines long 3. A. lanceolata. 
1. A. subvelutina (somewhat velvety), F. v. M. Fragm. i. 31 ; Benth. FI. 
Austr. iii. 184. A tree attaining a considerable size with a rough persistent bark 
as in A. intermedia. Foliage and young shoots glaucous or minutely pubescent, 
with often a few bristles on the flowering branches and inflorescence. Leaves 
sessile or nearly so, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, mostly acute, all (excepting rarely 
the upper ones) cordate at the base with rounded auricles, 2 to 4in. long, the 
veins numerous but not usually so much so nor so fine as in A. intermedia. 
Flowers small, in loose corymbs, precisely as in A. intermedia. Fruiting calyxes 
B to 4 lines diameter. — A. relutina, F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 170. 
Hab.: Brisbane, Burnett, and Boyd Rivers, F. v. Mueller. 
Wood pinkish-grey, close-grained, and tough. — Bailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods A T o. 174. 
2. A. intermedia (intermediate), DC. Prod. iii. 222 ; Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 
184. Apple-tree. “ Bu-poo,” Brisbane, T. Petrie ; “ Nankoor,” Nanango, Shirley. 
A tree attaining a considerable size with a rough persistent fibrous bark, 
quite glabrous or slightly pubescent, or rarely with a few bristles on the inflores- 
cence. Leaves distinctly petiolate, lanceolate or sometimes ovate-lanceolate, 
acutely acuminate, 2 to 4in. long, or even more in some specimens. Flowers 
rather small, in loose corymbs or trichotomous panicles. Calyx usually about 2 
lines long and 3 lines diameter at the top, but sometimes rather larger, the 5 ribs 
very prominent and the secondary ones also conspicuous ; the teeth shortly 
subulate, rarely half as long as the tube. Fruiting calyx 3 to 4 lines diameter at 
the top and about as long. — Metrosidcros Moribund a, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 
267 (not of Ventenat). 
Hab.: In the interior, Mitchell; common in many southern and western localities. 
Wood of a grey colour, close-grained, and easily worked. — Bailey’s Cat. Ql. J foods No. 175. 
Var. Woodsiana. A. Woodsiana, Bail. Syn. Ql. FI. 172 and Cat. Ql. Woods. Differing from 
the typical form principally in the larger foliage and fruit, and in the larger amount of dark-red 
liquid gum which is frequently found in the hollows of the timber. Hab.: Eight-mile Plains, 
near Brisbane. — Wood of a pinkish colour, hard and heavy. Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 17oa. 
3. A. lanceolata (lance-shaped leaves), Car. Lc. iv. 22 t. 339; Benth. FI. 
Austr. iii. 184. Rusty Gum. A tree of considerable size, the bark deciduous in 
large smooth flakes ; branches and foliage glabrous and scarcely glaucous, or 
rarely a few bristles on the inflorescence. Leaves distinctly petiolate, lanceolate, 
acuminate, mostly 3 to 5in. long, coriaceous, with numerous fine parallel pinnate 
veins. Flowers in rather dense terminal corymbs or short panicles, larger and 
more dense than in A. intermedia. Calyx usually about 3 lines long and 4 lines 
broad at the top, the teeth very minute or at any rate shorter and thicker than in 
A. intermedia, and the secondary ribs often very short or quite inconspicuous. 
Fruiting calyx usually thick and very smooth. — DC. Prod. iii. 222 ; Metrosideros 
costata, Gsertn. Fruct. i. 171 t. 34 f. 2 ; M. lanceolata, Pers. Syn. PI. ii. 25 (not 
the sp. with the same name l.c. 26); M. ajmct/nifolia, Salisb. Prod. 351. 
Hab.: Burnett River, /•'. v. Mueller: Boyd River, Herb. F. r. Mueller: Moveton Bay, (’. 
Stuart ; abundant in southern localities. 
Wood of a pinkish colour, hard anti hea\y. None of the species produce a durable timber. — 
Bailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods No. 170. 
