Eucalyptus.'] 
LI. MYRTACEiE. 
629 
Peduncles axillary or lateral, more or less flattened, each Avith about 6 to 8 or 
sometimes more floAvers on pedicels usually short but sometimes longer than the 
calyx-tube. Calyx-tube broadly turbinate, 2J to 8 or rarely 4 lines diameter. 
Operculum conical or acuminate, much longer than the calyx-tube and often 
broader at the base as in 77. tereticornis. Stamens 4 to 6 lines long, raised above 
the calyx-border by the disk, inflected in the bud ; anthers small, ovate, Avith 
parallel distinct cells. Ovary not much shorter than the calyx, conical in the 
centre. Fruit obconical, subglobose-truncate or almost hemispherical, not con- 
tracted at the orifice, the rim not broad, convex or prominent, the capsule some- 
Avhat sunk or nearly level Avith it, the valves protruding. --DC. Prod. iii. 216. 
Hab.: Rockingham Bay, J. Dallachy ; Daintree River, E. Fitzalan ; valleys of the Upper 
Brisbane (with a very long operculum), F. v. Mueller ; head of the Cape, Bowman; many parts 
of southern Queensland, particularly along the North Coast Railway about Maroochie. 
This species is allied in the fruit and foliage to E. saligna, differing chiefly in the pedicellate 
flowers and large operculum, and in the fruit to E. Stuartiana, from which it is readily 
distinguished by the venation of the leaves as well as by the operculum. When the operculum 
is long, the buds resemble those of E. siderophloia, var. rostrata, and of E. tereticornis, but the 
venation of the foliage and other characters are quite different. It varies much in the size of 
the flowers, the length of the pedicel, and in the operculum from under tAvice to four times the 
length of the calyx-tube. Smith’s specimen is a garden one, Avith the operculum about tAvice 
the calyx-tube, but a native one in the Banksian herbarium, probably seen by Smith, has it 
three times the calyx-tube. Geertner’s figure and description of the fruit of Metrosideros 
gummifera, quoted by Smith as belonging to E. resinifera, and Avhieh has thus prevented the 
recognising the species, Avas taken from a specimen in the Banksian herbarium of E. corymbosa. — 
Benth. 
Gum contains 48-4% of arabin and 26% of tannic acid. — Lauterer. 
Bark used for basket-troughs, &c., and for poisoning Avater for fish.— Roth, l.c. 
Wood of a rich red colour, from Avhieh it has been called Mahogany ; strong and durable. 
Most useful for piles, fencing-posts, and the large beams in buildings. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. If 'oods 
No. 196. 
Var. grandiflora. Buds ovoid, about 4 lines diameter, the operculum broad and thick at the 
base, Avith a rather long beak or gradually tapering. Fruit about 4 to 6 lines diameter, Avith a 
raised rim and exserted valves. — Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 400 ; E. hemilampra, F. v. M. Herb, 
45. E. pellita (skin-bearing), F. v. M. Fraym. iv. 159 ; Bentli. FI. Austr. 
iii. 246. A tree of 40 to 50ft., Avith a rough dark-grey bark (Dallachy). 
Leat'es ovate-lanceolate or almost ovate, acuminate, nearly straight, 5 to 6in. long 
or more, rigid, with numerous parallel almost trans\ T erse veins, the intramarginal 
one near the edge. Peduncles axillary or lateral, stout and much flattened, often 
lin. long, each Avith about 4 to 8 rather large flowers on thick angular pedicels 
often as long as the calyx-tube. Calyx-tube much broader and shorter than in F. 
botryoides, 5 to nearly 6 lines diameter and more or less angular. Operculum 
thick, hemispherical, broader than the calyx-tube, Avith a short obtuse beak. 
Stamens about Jin. long, somewhat raised above the calyx-border by the disk, 
infected in the bud ; anthers ovate-oblong, with parallel distinct cells. 0\'ary 
very conical in the centre. Fruit subglobose-truncate or nearly hemispherical, 6 
to 8 lines diameter, not contracted at the orifice, the rim raised above the calyx- 
border, slightly convex and rather broad, the capsule scarcely sunk, the valves 
much projecting. — 77. speetabilis, F. v. M. Fragm. v. 45. 
Hab.: Rockingham Bay, Dallachy. 
The species, as observed by F. v. Mueller, resembles E. botryoides, but differs in the larger 
especially broader floAvers, in the conical ovary, and in the shape of the fruit. It is, hoAvever, 
very closely allied to E. snligna ami E. resinifera, differing chiefly in the size of its leaves, 
floAvers, and fruit, and should perhaps include the var. grandiflora, Avhieh I have referred to the 
latter. — Benth. 
In the Eucalyptographia, Dec. 1, F. v. M. merges this species into E. resinifera ; but if this is 
done it would have to be given as a variety, therefore it may as Avell be left as given in the 
FI. Austr. l.c. 
46. E. grandifolia (large-leaved), R. Br. Herb.; Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 250. 
A small tree, with the outer bark brown and deciduous, the inner whitish and 
very smooth (7?. Brown). Leaves opposite or nearly so, petiolate, from ovate to 
