E ucalyptus .] 
LI. MYRTACEiE. 
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obovoid, 8 to 4 lines diameter, not at all or scarcely contracted as the orifice, the 
rim slightly prominent, the capsule not much or sometimes scarcely sunk, the 
valves, 4 or sometimes 5, often protruding. — E. persicifolia, DC. Prod. iii. 217, 
and F. v. M. Fragm. ii. 61 (in part only), not of Lodd. 
Hab.: Common in the southern portions of the colony. 
Gum contains 42-4% of arabin and 28 # 5% of tannic acid. — Lauterer. 
Wood of a grey colour, close-grained, hard, heavy and very durable; useful for the large 
beams in buildings, railway sleepers, and other work where strength and durability are required. 
— Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 185. 
Var. rostrata , FI. Austr. iii. 220. Large-leaved Ironbark. A large tree, the bark black and 
thick, deeply furrowed, but still separable into layers. Leaves very large, often from 2 to 6 
inches wide on young trees. Operculum exceeding iin. in length. Capsule valves very promi- 
nent. Hab.: About Taylor’s Kange, near Brisbane. — Wood red, close in grain, considered the 
best of all the Ironbarks for building purposes ; it is very hard and heavy, or otherwise might do 
for cabinet work. Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 185a. 
This species is evidently allied to E. crebra and other Ironbarks. When the operculum is 
short, specimens in bud only are much like those of the Blackbutt, E. pilularis, with which they 
appear to have been confounded both by De Candolle and F. v. Mueller, although distinguished 
by all collectors ; when the flowers are open the anthers give a ready character, -and the venation 
of the leaves is somewhat different. The rostrate variety, when in young bud, resembles E. 
resinifera , and even E. tereticornis , but the venation, and still more the anthers, distinguish 
it. — Benth. 
E. fibrosa, F. v. M. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 87, from the Brisbane, is only known from speci- 
mens in young bud, in which state I am unable to distinguish them from the var. rostrata of E. 
siderophloia. F. v. Mueller, however, designates it as a Stringybark. It may therefore prove to 
be distinct. —Bentli. 
F. v. M., Eucalypt. Dec. 4, states his E. fibrosa to be only the variety rostrata. 
24. E. melanophloia (black bark), F. V. M. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 98 ; 
Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 220. “ Oombah,” St. George, Wedcl; “ Gaygar,” Nanango, 
Shirley. A small often crookecl-stemmed spreading-headed tree, with a blackish 
persistent deeply furrowed bark, the foliage more or less glaucous or mealy-white. 
Leaves sessile, opposite, from cordate-ovate or orbicular to ovate-lanceolate, 
obtuse or acute. Peduncles short, terete or nearly so, 3 to 6-flowered, axillary or 
several in a short terminal corymb. Buds tapering into a pedicel shorter than 
the calyx-tube or almost sessile. Calyx-tube slightly angular, about 2 lines long 
or rather more, and as much in diameter. Operculum obtusely conical, shorter 
than the calyx-tube. Stamens 2 to 3 lines long, inflected in the bud ; anthers 
very small and globular, but the cells parallel and distinct. Fruit pear-shaped 
or globular-truncate, 2 to nearly 3 lines diameter, more or less contracted at the 
orifice, the rim thin, the capsule nearly on a level with it, and the valves slightly 
protruding, or more sunk with the valves included. 
Hab.: Dawson, Gilbert and Burnett Rivers, F. v. Mueller; Moreton Bay, “Silver-leaved 
Ironbark,” C. Moore ; summit of the Leichhardt Range, Bowman. 
Wood towards the outside greyish, the centre red ; close in grain, and hard. — Bailey's Cat. 
QL Woods No. 186. 
25. 32. drepanophylla (sickle-shaped leaves), F. r. M.: Benth. FI. Austr. 
iii. 221. A tree, usually low and stunted, the bark dark-grey and ribbed 
(Dallachy). Leaves long-lanceolate, often exceeding 6in. and usually falcate, 
acuminate, with numerous fine parallel and very diverging veins, often scarcely 
conspicuous, the intramarginal one close to or very near the edge. Umbels 3 to 
6-fiowered, usually 3 or 4 together in short axillary or terminal panicles or the 
lower ones solitary, the peduncles short and terete or nearly so. Calyx-tube 
obconical, nearly 2 lines long, tapering into a short thick pedicel. Operculum 
conical or obtuse, usually about as long as the calyx-tube. Stamens about 2 lines 
long, inflected in the bud; anthers very small, nearly globular, with distinct 
