Eucalyptus.] 
LI. MYRTACEiE. 
615 
than the calyx-tube. Buds ovoid, acuminate. Calyx-tube turbinate, usually 
about 3 lines long and as much in diameter, but sometimes longer. Operculum 
conical or acuminate, about as long as the calyx-tube. Stamens usually very 
unequal, red or white, the outer ones often fin. long or more, and usually 
anantherous, the inner much shorter ; filaments pale yellow, rarely pink, rather 
thick and somewhat glandular ; anthers very small, truncate, with contiguous 
cells opening in terminal pores or short oblong slits, sometimes at length con- 
fluent. Ovary flat-topped. Fruit 4 to 7-celled, obovoid or subglobular, truncate, 
not contracted at the orifice, 3 or sometimes 4 lines diameter, the rim thick, flat, 
or slightly convex, the capsule slightly depressed. — Miq. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. iv. 
126 ; E. sideroxylon, A. Cunn. in Mitch. Trop. Aust. 339 (name only). 
Hab.; Inland southern localities. 
9. E. melliodora (honey-scented), A. Cunn. Herb.; Sch.au. in Walp. I!ep. 
ii. 924; Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 210; F. v. M. Eucalypt. Dec. 2. A moderate-sized 
tree of irregular growth, with a smooth bark of a pale lead colour (A. Cunniny- 
ham), scaling off in flakes in the upper part of the tree (C. Moore J, furrowed and 
persistent (F. v. Mueller). Leaves lanceolate, usually narrow, acuminate and 
often falcate, mostly 3 to 4in. long, rather thick, with very fine and rather 
numerous but oblique veins, the intramarginal one at a distance from the edge. 
Peduncles axillary or lateral, somewhat angular but not thick, usually short, each 
with an umbel of 4 to 8 rather small flowers on pedicels of 1 to 2 lines. Calyx- 
tube campanulate, about 2 lines long and diameter. Operculum hemispherical or 
shortly conical, with a small point, varying from a little shorter to rather longer 
than the calyx-tube. Stamens about 2 lines long, the outer ones rather longer 
and anantherous, anthers of the others small, with contiguous cells opening in 
terminal pores, sometimes at length confluent. Ovary short, flat- topped ; stigma 
dilated. Capsule subglobose, truncate, not contracted at the orifice, or rarely 
ovoid and somewhat contracted; the rim rather broad, flat or nearly so, the 
capsule more or less depressed, but the valves sometimes prominent when open. — 
F. patentiflora, Miq. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. iv. 125. 
Hab.: South-western inland localities. 
10. H. gracilis (slender), F. v. M in Tram. Viet. Inst. i. 35, and Fraym. ii. 
55 ; Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 211 ; F. v. M. Eucalypt. Bee. 3, and Brown's Forest FI. 
of S.A. A tall shrub or small tree, with a silvery-grey smooth bark ( Beckler ). 
Leaves narrow-lanceolate or oblong-linear, mostly mucronate, and under 3in. 
long, thick and densely dotted, the numerous very oblique veins scarcely visible. 
Peduncles short, axillary or the upper ones in a short terminal panicle, terete or 
slightly angular, each with about 4 to 8 rather small flowers. Calyx-tube 
obconical, usually rather narrow and prominently 4-angled, about 2 lines long, 
tapering into a very short pedicel, or almost sessile. Operculum shorter than the 
calyx-tube, hemispherical conical or shortly acuminate. Stamens inflected and 
flexuose, the outer ones anantherous and nearly 3 lines long, the perfect ones 
shorter ; anthers small, globular, the cells distinct, opening in circular or oblong 
pores. Ovary short. Fruit oblong or narrow-urceolate, about 3 lines long, the 
rim narrow, the capsule deeply sunk. — Miq. in Ned. Kruidk. Ai-ch. iv. 124 ; 
E. fruticetorum, F. v. M. Fragm. ii. 57 (partly). — Benth. 
Hab.: Southern inland localities. 
Wood hard, heavy, and close in the grain, of a yellowish-grey colour, tough and durable. — 
Bailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods No. 180a. 
Var. Thozetii. This differs from the normal form in its longer leaves, narrow-ellipsoid flower- 
buds, smaller less angular calyxes, and smaller narrower fruit, and forms a tree of 00ft, 
Hab.: Expedition Range. K. Bowman and B. (Diliancsy (F. v. M. Eucalyptog.) 
Paht II. II 
