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No. 128. 
Eucalyptus Bailey ana, F.v.M. 
Black Stringybark. 
(Family MYRTACE^E.) 
Botanical description. —Genus, Eucalyptus. (See Part II, p. 33.) 
Botanical description. —Species, E. Baileyana, F.v.M., Fragm. xi, 37 (Nov., 1878), 
in Latin, and re-described in English and figured in the “Eucalyptographia.” 
Mueller, however, mixed up two trees under the one name. Eor example, in 
his “ Eucalyptographia” figure, the lower part of the twig, bearing the fruits, is the 
true E. Baileyana ; the rest of the figure, leaves, buds and flowers, and of the 
details (again excluding the fruits and seeds) belong to a Stringybark nearest to E. 
eugenioides, Sieb. The figure, therefore, is a composite one, the twig of E. eugenioides 
having been prolonged, and the fruits of E. Baileyana having been fitted on to it. 
In other words, no such plant exists as is figured. 
I therefore re-describe the species in the following words, and I trust that the 
additional notes, given under the usual headings, may make it quite clear:— 
Bark. —The bark is hard, thick, rather interlocked, and contains much kino. It is not a typical 
Stringybark, that is to say, its bark is not soft and fibrous. 
Timber. —Of a light grey colour when fresh, interlocked in grain, very tough, inferior in quality 
to that of the other Stringybarks (J. L. Boorman). 
Juvenile leaves. —Nearly ovate, not cordate at the base, tapering slightly at the apex to a blunt 
point or rounded. Common dimensions are inches broad and 3 inches long. The margin 
• somewhat undulate, the intramarginal vein a considerable distance from the edge. The 
under surface nearly white, densely besprinkled with stellate hairs, as also the rhachises. 
The upper surface bright green, in prominent contrast to the lower surface. This surface is 
very sparingly besprinkled with stellate hairs, or they may be entirely absent-. 
Mature leaves.— Lanceolate, symmetrical or falcate, gradually tapering to fine, though not rigid 
points. Five inches long, with a width in its broadest part of about f of an inch, are 
common dimensions. The marginal vein close to the margin or forming a thickening of the 
same; the lateral veins numerous and fine, parallel and forming an angle of about 45 
degrees with the midrib. Upper surface shiny, under surface paler and dull. 
Flowers. —Umbels vary in number, but usually 5 to 7, the common flattened peduncle of about 
an inch; the flattened pedicels from f to | an inch. Anthers small, versatile, with parallel 
cells and long narrow openings, with a relatively large gland at the back. 
Buds .—Pear shaped, the calyx irregularly toothed; the operculum nearly hemispherical, or with 
an umbo. 
Fruits. —Rather large, globular-urn-shaped, 3-celled ; margin of the orifice thinly compressed; 
valves deltoid, slightly exserted or hardly extending beyond the orifice; seeds without any 
appendage. ( Mueller.) The largest fruits seen by me are about £ of an inch wide, and 
the same deep. 
