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No. 78. 
Eucalyptus Andrewsi, Maiden. 
The Blackbutt or Peppermint (of New England). 
(Natural Order MYRTACE^l.) 
Botanical description. —Genus Eucalyptus. (See p. 33, Part II.) 
Botanical description. —Species, E. Andrewsi, Maiden, in Proc. Linn. 
Soc. N.S.W., 1904, p. 472. 
A tall tree. 
Juvenile leaves. —Rather large and soon becoming alternate, glaucous. The youngest foliage available 
o me is elliptical and about 4 inches long, by half the width, with petioles of | inch. “ Seedlings have 
erect habit, with fairly large leaves ; pale in colour.”—(R. H. Cambage.) 
Mature leaves. —Broadly lanceolate, sometimes falcate, but apparently usually symmetrical. Dull 
on both sides and even glaucous,* but ultimately glabrous and even shining; equally green on both sides, 
venation spreading from the base. Usually under 6 inches long, and about 1 inch wide. Of a distinct 
peppermint odour. 
Buds. —Clavate, the operculum sometimes slightly umbonate. A free flowerer, the anthers reniform. 
Fruits. —Nearly hemispherical, about | inch in diameter; with a flat thick rim, tips of the valves 
flush with the mouth; peduncle thin ; angular, inch long, pedicels about £ inch in length. Fruits 
abundantly produced, usually six to nine in the head. The fruits remind one of those E. haemastoma , var. 
micrantha. 
Bark. —Has “ peppermint ” bark on the trunk and large branches; only the ultimate branches 
smooth. Twigs red (claret-coloured), often glaucous, usually round, apparently rarely angular. 
Timber. —Pale-coloured, comparatively light in weight, and very fissile, containing a few kino veins. 
So similar in appearance to that of E. piperita, Sm., that I am at present unable to indicate any difference. 
This species in habit, bark, and timber seems to come closest to E. piperita. 
Its buds and fruit are, however, very different. It is also allied to E. dives, but it 
lias not the characteristic juvenile foliage of the latter, from which it differs in other 
respects. Its similarity in fruits to E. licemastoma has already been alluded to. 
This species was first prominently brought under my notice by Mr. R. H. 
Cambage, in October, 1903. That gentleman collected it and made extensive notes 
concerning it. 
Botanical Name. — Eucalyptus, see p. 34, Part II ; Andrewsi, named in 
honour of Ernest Clayton Andrews, B.A., Geological Surveyor, Department of 
Mines, New South Wales, who has been giving attention to the flora of New 
England, particularly as regards the vegetation on various geological formations, and 
who has made special inquiries in regard to the tree that is now called by his name. 
* Glaucousness often varies a good deal with the season of the year ; e.y. , specimens received by me in October, 1903, 
were entirely dull or glaucous, others received in June, 1904, are slightly shining. 
