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LI. MYRTACE.E. 
[Eucalyptus . 
ovate-lanceolate, 4 to 6in. long in the specimens, but probably often larger, rigid, 
with rather fine diverging veins, the intramarginal one remote from the edge. 
Flowers rather large, on pedicels of 4 to fin., 3 to 10 together, rather clustered 
than umbellate on a very short lateral peduncle, reduced sometimes to a tubercle 
(probably the inflorescence consists of several umbels reduced to 1 or 2 flowers 
each). Calyx-tube very short, broad, and open, 4 to nearly 5 lines diameter. 
Operculum convex or almost hemispherical, obtuse or umbonate, much shorter 
than the calyx-tube. Stamens 4 to 5 lines long or rather more, inflected in the 
bud ; anthers oblong, with parallel distinct cells. Ovary flat-topped. Fruit 
unknown. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, It. Brown (Herb. 11. Brown). — Benth. 
47. E. clavigera (buds club-shaped), A. Cunn. in Walp. Hep. ii. 926 ; 
Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 250 ; F. v. M. Eucalypt. Dec 4. A large shrub or small 
tree (/?. Brown) with an ash-coloured bark. Leaves from opposite, sessile 
or nearly so, and broadly ovate-cordate or almost orbicular, to alternate 
and broadly ovate or ovate-lanceolate, rarely above 4in. long, rather rigid, 
the veins prominent, diverging or almost transverse, but not close. Peduncles 
short, two or more together on a short leafless branch forming lateral 
clusters or very short panicles, each peduncle bearing an umbel of several 
rather small flowers on slender pedicels often £in. long. Calyx-tube 
turbinate, about 2 lines long and as much in diameter. Operculum very flat or 
convex, rarely almost hemispherical but much shorter than the calyx-tube. 
Stamens about 3 lines long, inflected in the bud ; anthers ovate or oblong, with 
parallel distinct cells. Ovary flat-topped. Fruit from nearly globular to ovoid- 
oblong, 4 to 5 lines long, more or less contracted at the orifice, the rim thin, the 
capsule deeply suuk. — E. polysciadia, F. v. M. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 98. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, It. Brown. 
Wood of a dark-brown colour, close in grain, hard and durable. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. I Foods 
No. 196a. 
48. E. tesselaris (the lower bark of stem broken into small squares), 
F. r. M. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 88 ; Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 251 ; F. v. M. 
Eucalypt. Dec. 9. “ Carbeen,” and “ Ori,” St. George, Wedd; “ Woonara,” 
Nanango, Shirley; “ Urrgula,” Palmer River, Roth; “ Tchunba,” Bundaberg, 
Keys ; “ Wonkara,” Port Curtis ; “ Algoori,” Mackay, Nugent. A middle- 
sized or large tree, the bark dark-brown, smooth and deciduous, the 
inner whitish and very smooth (R. Brown), the bark persistent on the 
trunk, dull ash-coloured, marked with longitudinal and transverse furrows 
forming separable pieces (F. v. Mueller), casts its bark in small angular pieces 
(Mitchell). Leaves lanceolate to almost linear, straight or falcate, 3 to Gin. long, 
with numerous fine parallel diverging or almost transverse veins and more or less 
reticulate, the intramarginal vein close to the edge. Peduncles very short, usually 
several together in lateral clusters or very short panicles, often so reduced as to 
appear like a single compact irregular umbel, each peduncle with 3 to 6 (or when 
the inflorescence is compact 1 of 2) flowers on short or slender pedicels. Calyx- 
tube short, much widened above the ovary, 2 to 24 or rarely nearly 3 lines 
diameter. Operculum very short and only slightly convex. Stamens 2 to 3 lines 
long, inflected in the bud ; anthers ovate-oblong, with parallel distinct cells. 
Ovary flat-topped. Fruit ovoid or oblong, 3 to 4 lines long, slightly contracted at 
the orifice, the rim thin, the capsule deeply sunk. — F. viminalis, Hook, in Mitch. 
Trop. Austr. 157, not of Labill.; E. Hookeri, F. v. M. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
iii. 90. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, B. Brown : Brisbane River and many other southern 
localities; Fitzroy Downs, Mitchell; Port Denison, FiUalan. 
