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LI. MYRTACEiE. 
[Eucalyptus. 
52. E. peltata (lamina attached to the petiole within the margin), Benth. 
FI. Austr. iii. 254; F. v. M. Eucalypt. Per. 6. A tree with a dark shining brittle 
and flaky but persistent bark of a somewhat weeping habit. Leaves from nearly 
orbicular to oblong-ovate, obtuse, rather large, peltately inserted on the petiole 
above their base, rusty-scabrous or glabrous and somewhat glaucous, with 
diverging but not close veins. Flowers rather large, nearly sessile in the umbels, 
which are arranged in oblong (or corymbose ?) terminal panicles, but not seen 
expanded. Calyx-tube obconical in the bud, about 8 lines long, smooth and 
shining. Operculum much shorter, obtusely conical or hemispherical. Anthers 
ovate-oblong, with parallel cells. Fruit urceolate-globose, about 4 lines diameter, 
contracted above the deeply sunk capsule, the rim tlnn. Seeds smooth and not 
winged according to F. v. Mueller, but not seen in a ripe state. — E. melissiodora, 
F. v. M. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 95, not of Lindl. 
Hab.: Burdekin, Lynd, and Gilbert Rivers; Charters Towers, Ravenswood. 
Wood valued by artisans for various purposes. — F. r. M. 1 r. 
58. E. latifolia (leaves broad), F. r. M. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 94 ; Benth. 
FI. Austr. iii. 254. A small or middle-sized tree, with a smooth ash-grey bark, 
tardily separating from the inner brownish bark also smooth ( F . v. Mueller). 
Leaves alternate or here and there almost opposite, petiolate, ovate, obtuse, with 
transverse parallel veins, rather more prominent and not so close as in the allied 
narrow-leaved species. Flowers rather large, 4 to 6 in each umbel, in a large 
terminal corymbose panicle. Peduncles terete ; pedicels terete, shorter than the 
calyx-tube. Calyx-tube broadly turbinate, 4 to 5 lines diameter, rather thick. 
Operculum very short, slightly convex. Anthers ovate-oblong, with parallel 
distinct cells. Fruits globose-truncate or urceolate-globose with a very short 
neck, smooth and not ribbed, 3 to 4 lines diameter, the rim thin ; the capsule 
deeply sunk. Seeds. winged. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria. 
54. E. Albergiana (after Ernest Alberg), F. r. M. Fragm. xi. 43 ami 
Eucalypt. Dec. 1. A lofty tree with persistent bark and very spreading branches, 
the branchlets sometimes slender and somewhat angular, at other times thick and 
cylindrical. Leaves oval or elongate-lanceolate, 24 to 4in. long, 1 to 2in. broad. 
Petioles about lin. long. Panicles thick, terminal, almost corymbose, the 
ultimate branches bearing 2 to 6 sessile flowers ; flower-buds oval. Operculum 
hemispherical. Stamens all or nearly all fertile, indexed in the bud, the longer 
filaments from 4 to 6 lines long ; anthers oval, scarcely \ line long. Style half 
included within the calyx, shorter than the stamens. Fruit lin. long, urceolate, 
smooth, valves 4, seeds winged, with the wing 4 lines long. 
Hab.: Near Rockingham Bay, J. Dallacliy. 
The heartwopd very hard, reddish. — F. v. M. l.c. 
55. E. corymbosa (flowers in corymbs), Sm . Bot. Nov . Floll. 43, and in 
Trans. Linn. Joe. iii. 287 ; Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 256 ; F. v. M. Eucalypt. Dec. 5. 
Bloodwood. “Ambool,” St. George, Wedd: “Gooden,” Nanango, Shirley, 
“ Boona,” Brisbane, T. Petrie, Stradbroke Island, Watkins; “ Jinjil,” Cooktown, 
Both. Usually a small or middle-sized tree, but sometimes attaining a great 
height, with a persistent furrowed bark. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, 
acuminate, about 3 to Gin. long, with numerous fine transverse parallel veins, 
often scarcely visible. Umbels loose, several-flowered, mostly in a' terminal 
corymbose panicle, the peduncles slightly compressed or angular. Flowers rather 
large, on pedicels of 2 to 4 lines. Calyx-tube when open broadly turbinate, 3 to 4 
lines diameter, often dilated at the margin. Operculum short, hemispherical, 
umbonate or shortly acuminate. Stamens attaining 5 or 6 lines ; anthers very 
small but ovate, with distinct parallel cells opening longitudinally. Ovary short, 
