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cel, measuring with the pedicel about i inch long; oper^ 
•c-iilum variable usually narrowly conical averaging about 
1 inch long with the apex pointed, sometimes much 
shorter Avith the apex rather blunt. Stamens about ^ 
inch long, the filaments sometimes a deep pink, anthers 
small Avith parallel cells, each cell opening by a longi- 
tAidinal slit; seed-capsules variable 3 to 4 celled, sub- 
globose 3 to 5 lines diani; the rim about 1 line broad, 
sloping, valves protruding. 
Distribution. — A native of Eastern Australia, from 
Gippsland, In Victoria, to North Queensland. Tt extends 
to Papua. It faA^ours alluvial flats and creek banks, but 
is not confined to such localities, being common on the 
tops of hills and mountains, e.g., Taylor's Range, near 
Brisbane. 
Botanical Name. — Eucalyptus (see under No. 1) ; 
tereticornis from the tAvo Latin A\"ord teres, rounded and 
cornu, a horn, in allusion to the shai)e of the oi>erculum. 
Common Names. — -KnoAvn almost universally in 
Queensland as “Blue Gum." In Ncav South AVales it 
Uiost commonly goes under the name of ‘‘Forest Red 
Gum." 
Timber. — One of the best general hardAAmods of the 
genus; generally used for all building purposes, especi- 
ally for parts exposed to the AA^eather. 
Botanical Reference. — E. tereticornis Smith, in 
ShaAV and Smith’s “Zoology and Botany of NeAV Hol- 
land." A^ol. I, p. 41 (1793.) 
6. Eucalyptus propinqua (Grey Gum.) 
Description. — A large tree, the trunk xisually dull, 
marked Avith large leaden-grey patches or for the most 
])art leaden-grey in colour. Coppice (“sucker") leaves 
2 to 5 inches long, 1 to 2 inches Avide. Ordinary (adult) 
leaves straight or more or less falcate, the upper part 
tapering to a long acute a])ex, j^etiole ^ to 1 inch long, 
blade aA’eraging about 5 inches in length. A^ery variable 
in Avidth (f to nearly 2 inches Avide), midrib distinct; 
main lateral nerves obliciue, indistinct mostly about 2 
lines apart, intramarginal Amin indistinct and Amry close 
to the edge, sometimes not distinctly Ausible even in the 
ffT‘ied s])ecimens, FloAA^ers in 2 to 7 floA\mred umbels in 
the axils of the leaves. Peduncle flattened ^ to i inch 
long; calyx-tube narroAV turbinate, tapering at the base 
into the short flattened pedicel, measuring Avith the 
