Eucalyptus.] 
LI. MYRTACEzE. 
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Wood of a dark-brown colour, except near the bark; close-grained, tough and durable, 
especially that of the northern trees. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 11)7. 
Gum contains 52-3% of tannin. — Lauterer. 
Bark boiled in water; drunk for dysentery. — Both l.c. 
Var. Dallachiana. Veins of the leaves more oblique, the intramarginal one not so close to the 
edge, the cluster of umbels so dense as to be reduced .almost to a sessile head. — Rockhampton, 
Dallachy (F. v. M.) — Wood brownish, tough, and close-grained. Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 198. 
49. H. phcenicea (referring to its fiery crimson flowers), F. r. M. iti Journ. 
Linn. Soc. iii. 91 ; Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 251 ; F. v. M. Fucalypt. Dec. 1. A 
middle-sized or small tree, the bark persistent or tardily falling off from the 
upper branches and readily separable in flakes, the outside of a yellowish or 
greyish-brown, when freshly broken glittering somewhat like mica-schist. 
Leaves lanceolate, 4 to Gin. long, or even more, with fine diverging veins, 
numerous but somewhat reticulate, the intramarginal one close to the edge. 
Peduncles lateral, terete or nearly so, bearing each a dense umbel of numerous 
large flowers remarkable for their long narrow shape. Pedicels 2 to 3 lines long. 
Calyx-tube 5 to 6 lines long, obscurely ribbed, about 3 lines diameter at the 
orifice and tapering downwards. Operculum hemispherical or conical, shorter 
than broad and much shorter than the calyx-tube. Stamens about 6 lines long, 
almost a fiery-crimson or orange-scarlet, much inflected in the bud ; anthers 
ovate, with parallel distinct cells. Ovary in the flower 2-celled. Fruit urceolate- 
oblong, f to lin. long, crowned by a narrow neck of about 2 or 3 lines, with a 
thin rim, the capsule sunk to the base of the neck. 
Hab.: When collecting the wood exhibit for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in 1886, I 
received a log and some fragmentary specimens of a Eucalypt from Gulf country, which I con- 
sidered probably a form of the above species with whitish flowers. The wood was grey for a 
good distance in, but the centre was of a dark-brown, tough and heavy (s ee Bailey's Cat. Ql. 
Woods No 196b). 
50. E. setosa (bristly), Schau. in IV alp. Iiep. ii. 926 ; Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 
254 ; F. v. M. Eucahjpt. Dec. 6. A small or moderate-sized tree, with a smooth 
ash-grey bark ( R . Brown), (stringy according to E. Fitzalan), the branchlets and 
inflorescence more or less hispid with rust-coloured bristles. Leaves opposite, 
sessile, cordate orbicular and obtuse or ovate and almost acute, rarely above 2in. 
long. Umbels shortly pedunculate, several-flowered, forming short, terminal, 
rather loose corymbose panicles. Pedicels often longer than the calyx. Calyx- 
tube obovoid, often slightly 8-ribbed, about 3 lines long, more or less covered with 
bristles. Operculum conical, shorter than the calyx-tube, often bearing a few 
bristles. Anthers ovate, parallel-celled. Ovary flat- topped, the style not dilated. 
Fruit urceolate-globular, much contracted at the top, hard and woody, | to fin. 
diameter, the rim narrow, the capsule sunk. Perfect seeds large, broadly winged. 
— F. v. M. Fragm. iii. 132. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown; Sweers Island, Henne ; Mount Elliott, 
Fitzalan , Dallachy (with fewer setae on the buds). 
Wood of a dark-brownish colour, subject to gum-veins, therefore only fit for using in the whole 
log; hard, strong and durable. — Bailey’s Cat. Ql Woods No. 198a. 
51. E. Torelliana (after L. de Torelli), Ft v. M. Fragm. x. 106. A tall 
tree with smooth bark. Branchlets moderately stout, and as well as the petioles 
hispidulous-scabrous. Leaves from chartaceous tr coriaceous, 2 to 3in. long, 
1£ to 2 in. broad, broad or cordate-ovate, the ur d r side pale, the intramarginal 
vein distant-from the edge ; petioles about |in. long. Panicles terminal, flowers 
numerous, glabrous, branches spreading, pedicels very short. Calyx-tube 
campanulately semiovate. Operculum shining, smooth, scarcely exceeding 2 
lines broad. Stamens indexed in the bud. Anthers oblong, stigma not dilated. 
Ovary 3-celled. 
Hab.: Near Cairns. 
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