LT. MYRTACEjE. 
[Eucalyptus. 
GIG 
11. 22. paniculata (flowers in panicles), Sin. in Trans. I. inn. Sac. iii. 287; 
Bentli. FI. Austr. iii. 211; F. r. M. Fucalypt. Dec. 5. A large shrub or 
small or moderate-sized tree with a rough bark. Leaves lanceolate, falcate, 
acuminate, usually rather broad, 8 to 5in. long, coriaceous and smooth with 
numerous fine but oblique veins usually concealed in the thick texture. Peduncles 
short, angular, usually in a short terminal corymbose panicle or a few solitary in 
the upper axils, each with about 8 to 6 or sometimes more flowers. Calyx-tube 
broadly turbinate, 2 to 3 lines diameter, often angular, tapering into a short 
pedicel. Operculum from obtuse and short to conical and as long as the calyx- 
tube. Stamens 2 to 8 lines long or sometimes more, inflected in the bud, the 
outer ones anantherous, anthers of the perfect ones small, at first truncate, the 
cells opening in terminal pores or at length spreading out, divaricate and 
confluent. Stigma dilated. Ovary short, flat-topped. Fruit 3 to 4 rarely 
5-celled, from subglobose to obovoid-oblong, truncate, and often slightly con- 
tracted at the orifice, varying from 2 to 4 lines diameter, the rim narrow, the 
capsule more or less sunk. Valves not exserted. Testa of seeds reticulate. — 
DC. Prod. iii. 220; F. tcrminalis, Sieb. PI. Exs. 
Hab.: In southern inland localities. 
When large, the flowers almost assume the aspect of the smaller forms of E. corymbosa . — 
Bentli. 
12. E. hnemastoma (orifice of fruit red), Sw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 285 ; 
Bentli. FI. Austr. iii. 212 ; F. v. M . Fucalypt. Dec. 2. Scribbly Gum. 
“ Curgura,” Brisbane, Pettigrew. A large timber tree with a smooth deciduous 
bark, leaving a spotted or variegated trunk < F. v. Mueller) or the bark sometimes 
smooth and sometimes half-barked, like Blackbutt (Woolls). Leaves usually 
oblique or falcate, lanceolate, about 4 to Gin. long, thickly coriaceous, the veins 
very oblique not close and often anastomosing, the lower ones sometimes broader 
and more reticulate. Peduncles more or less angular or compressed, axillary, 
lateral or a few in a short terminal oblong panicle, each with about 4 to 8 
flowers. Buds clavate. Calyx short and broad, scarcely 2 lines diameter, 
shortly tapering into a rather long, thick or rather slender pedicel. Operculum 
very short, hemispherical, obtuse. Stamens 2 to 3 lines long, inflected, the outer 
ones longer and anantherous ; anthers of the perfect ones small, the cells opening 
in short oblong divergent at length confluent slits. Fruit globular-truncate or 
pear-shaped, 3 to 4 lines diameter, the rim broad, flat or nearly so, usually deeply 
coloured ; the capsule slightly depressed, the valves often protruding when open 
but very soon falling away. — DC. Prod. iii. 219 ; F. v. M. Fragm. ii. 51 ; F. 
signata, F. v. M. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 85 ; F. falcifolia, n. 22 and 23, from 
N. S. Wales, Miq. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. iv. 137. 
Hab.: Wide Bay, C. Moore; Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller; common in 
southern localities on poor, damp soil. 
Gum contains 66 3% of tannic acid. — Lauterer. 
Wood of a grey or reddish colour ; not durable if exposed .—Bailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods No 181. 
Yield of oil from fresh foliage, 33|oz. per cwt. — Staiger. 
Yar. micrantha. Leaves often 6 to 8in. long or even more, the veins less conspicuous. 
Flowers and fruit much smaller, but not otherwise different. — E. micrantha, DC. Prod. iii. 217, 
and Mem. Myrt. t. 5. 
13. E. microcorys (small operculum), F. v. M. Frayin', ii. 50 ; Benth. FI. 
Austr. iii. 212 ; F. v. M. Fucalypt. Dec. 2. Tallow-wood. “Tee,” Maroocliie. 
A tall tree with a reddish persistent furrowed fibrous bark. Leaves mostly 
ovate- lanceolate or broad-lanceolate, acuminate, straight or very unequal 
at the base, about 3 to 4in. long, not very thick, the veins very divergent and fine 
but prominent and not close. Oil-dots copious. Peduncles axillary or in short 
terminal corymbs, terete or somewhat angular, compressed, \ to lin. long, each 
with about 4 to 8 flowers. Buds clavate, short but tapering into thick pedicels 
of 2 to 3 lines. Calyx-tube short, with the free part much dilated, about 2 lines 
