Eucalyptus.] 
LI. MYRTACEJE. 
625 
34. 32. pallidifolia (leaves pale), F. v. M. Fragm-. iii. 131 ; Benth. FI. Austr. 
iii. 236. A small tree with an ash-coloured smooth bark (F. v. Mueller). Leaves 
ovate-oblong or lanceolate, very obtuse and rarely 3in. long, thick and smooth, 
the fine parallel very diverging veins scarcely visible, the intramarginal one close 
to the edge. Peduncles axillary or lateral, short, nearly terete, with 4 to 6 nearly 
sessile or shortly pedicellate flowers. Calyx-tube short, about 2 lines diameter. 
Operculum hemispherical or obtusely conical, shorter than the calyx-tube. 
Stamens about 2 lines long, inflected in the bud ; anthers ovate with parallel 
distinct cells. Ovary flat-topped. Fruit obovoid-globose, 3 to 4 lines diameter, 
slightly contracted at the orifice, the rim broad, convex, and prominent, the 
capsule not sunk, the valves protruding and sometimes acuminate by the persis- 
tent split base of the style. 
Hab.: Gulf country. 
Wood yellow near the bark, the rest red ; hard, close-grained, and prettily mottled. — Bailey's 
Cat. Ql. Woods No. 190b. 
35. E. pachyphylla (thick leaf), F. r. M. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 98 and 
Eucalypt. Dec. 1 ; Benth FI. Austr. iii. 237. A tall shrub. Branchlets robust, 
not very angular. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, abruptly acuminate, under 
4in. long, very thick and smooth, the fine diverging parallel veins scarcely con- 
spicuous, intramarginal one distant from the edge. Peduncles very short, bearing 
several sessile or shortly pedicellate flowers. Calyx with 4 to 7 longitudinal 
angles. Operculum semiovate and acuminate, twice the length of the tube. 
Stamens yellow, inflected in the bud. Anthers nearly ovate, slits longitudinal. 
Style elongated, stigma not dilated. Fruiting umbels nearly sessile ; fruits on 
thick terete pedicels, nearly hemispherical, 4-ribbed, very hard and woody, f to 
lin. in diameter, the rim very broad and conically exserted, the capsule depressed 
below the rim, the valves scarcely protruding. Seeds broad and flat, bordered by 
a narrow wing. 
Hab.: Queensland (without locality), F. v. Mueller. 
36. EL dealbata (whitened), A. Cunn. Schau. in IV alp. Hep. ii. 924 ; Benth. 
FI. Austr. iii. 239. A small stunted tree, the foliage often glaucous-white, the 
bark rugose or separating in scales, leaving the inner bark white and smooth (C. 
Stuart). Leaves from ovate to ovate-lanceolate and under 4in. long or sometimes 
lanceolate and longer, obtuse or acute, the veins oblique and irregular, the intra 
marginal one at a distance from the edge, all usually conspicuous. Peduncles 
axillary or lateral, very short and scarcely flattened, bearing each 3 to 6 flowers 
on short pedicels. Calyx-tube very open, about 2 lines diameter and not so long. 
Operculum broad, rather thin, hemispherical or conical, longer than the calyx- 
tube. Stamens about 3 lines long, inflected in the bud ; anthers ovate, with 
parallel distinct cells. Ovary more or less conical in the centre, tapering into the 
style. Fruit almost hemispherical, about 3 lines diameter, the rim flat, the valves 
protruding even before they open. 
Hab.: Stanthorpe; in the interior, Mitchell. 
Wood of a pinkish colour, only fit for being used in the whole log, as it is apt to split and is 
usually full of hollows containing gum. The wood of this and similar Eucalypts is very 
durable when used for underground work. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 191. 
37. £. rostrata (operculum beaked), Schlecht. Linneea, xx. 655 ; Benth. FI. 
Austr. iii. 240; F. r. M. Eucalypt. Dec. 4. “ Yarra,” Moonie River, Sir T. 
Mitchell. A tall tree with a greyish-white bark, smooth and separating in thin 
layers (F. r. Mueller and others) rarely persistent and rough ? (F. r. Mueller). 
Leaves lanceolate, mostly falcate and acuminate, 8 to 6in. long or even more, the 
lower ones sometimes ovate or ovate-lanceolate and straight, not thick, the veins 
rather regular, numerous and oblique, the intramarginal one not close to the 
edge, or in some desert specimens thick with the veins much less conspicuous. 
