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No. 33. 
Eucalyptus melliodora, a. Cunn. 
The Yellow Box. 
(Natural Order MYRTACEAE.) 
Botanical description.— Genus, Eucalyptus, L’Heritier (see Part II, page 33). 
Botanical description. —Species, E. melliodora, A. Cunn. 
Following is the original description :— 
A. Cunn Herb. No. 57.—Schauer Mss.—Arborea glaucescens: ramulis pendulis teretib. ; foil, 
coriaceis anguste lanceolatis subfalcatis in petiolum attenuatis acuminatis, margine incrassatis impunctatis 
concolorib. opacis; pedunculis axillarib; 3-5 floris petiolo duplo breviorib., pedicellisq. compressis, his cupula 
paullo longiorib: operculo coriaceo subhemisphperico vix apiculato cupula obconica triente breviori. Foliorum 
lamina 21-3 pollices longa, 6 lin. circiter lata, pedunculus 3 lin. metiens, operculum 1 lineam altum cupula? 
concolor flavescenti-virens. Flores mel redolentes.—In Novjb Cambrise australis plagis interioribus 
occidentem versus frequens. (Schauer in Walpers’ Reperl, ii, 924.) 
This description was published in 1S13, and Allan Cunningham died in 1839. 
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Following is the description by Bentham, taken from his Flora 
Amtraliensis :— 
A moderate-sized tree of irregular growth, with a smooth bark of a pale lead colour (A. 
Cunningham), scaling off in flakes in the upper part of the tree (C. Moore), furrowed and 
persistent (F. Mueller). 
Leaves .—Lanceolate, usually narrow, acuminate and often falcate, mostly 3 to 4 inches long, 
rather thick, with very fine and rather numerous but oblique veins, the intramarginal one 
at a distance from the edge. 
Peduncles. —Axillary or lateral, somewhat angular but not thick, usually short, each with an 
umbel of 4 to 8 rather small flowers on pedicels of one to two lines. 
Calyx-tube. —Campanulate, about 2 lines long and diameter. 
Operculum. —Hemispherical or shortly conical, with a small point, varying from a little shorter 
to rather longer than the calyx-tube. 
Stamens .—About 2 lines long, the outer ones rather longer and anantherous, anthers of the 
others small, with contiguous cells opening in terminal pores, sometimes at length confluent. 
Ovary .—Short, flat-topped ; stigma dilated. 
Capsul*. —Sub-globose, truncate, not contracted at the orifice, or rarely ovoid and somewhat 
contracted ; the rim rather broad, flat or nearly so, the capsule more or less depressed, but 
the valves somewhat prominent when open. (13. FI. iii, 210.) 
