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Eucalyptus Smithii R. T. Baker 
_ ^ . Smith's Gum. 
(Family MYRTACE./E.) 
Botanical description. Genus Eucalyptus, see Part II, p. 23. 
Botanical description. Species Smithii R. T. Baker in Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 
xxiv, 292 (1899). 
A tall tree, sometimes attaining a height of 150 feet and a diameter of from 2 to 4 feet. Bark on 
old trees deeply furrowed and dark grey to blackish, standing between a Stringybark and an Ironbark, 
but smooth above 10 or 12 feet from the ground to the brandies. 
Young leaves sessile, lanceolate or rounded at the base, resembling E. viminalis, 5 to 6 inches long, 
not glaucous. 
Mature leaves narrow, lanceolate, acuminate, of an equal colour on both sides, not shining, venation 
not very distinct ; lateral veins fine, numerous ; intramarginal vein close to the edge ; petiole about an 
inch long. 
Oil glands very numerous. 
Peduncles axillary, flattened, about as long as the petiole, with numerous flowers, from three to 
fifteen. 
Galyx turbinate, narrowing into a short petiole, the whole 3 to 4 lines long. 
Operadum hemispherical, shortly acuminate. 
Stamens all fertile. 
Anthers kidney-shaped. 
Ovary flat-topped. 
Fruits inclined to hemispherical, occasionally pyrifomi, 2 to 3 lines in diameter, rim domed, 
sometimes expanding into a flange ; valves exserted, obtuse. 
Botanical Name. Eucalyptus, already explained (see Part II, p. 34) ; Smithii, 
in honour of Henry George Smith, who has made admirable chemical researches chiefly 
in regard to the oils of Eucalypts, and which are recorded in " Researches on the 
Eucalypts/' in co-operation with Mr. R. T. Baker, and in many scientific papers, most 
of them read before the Royal Society of this State. 
