151 
E. OLIGANTHA TO E. PAPUANA. 
long; adult leaves lanceolate; seed-cups small, 
valves needle-pointed, (5-9 x 6-9 mm.). Drv 
parts of V., S.A., N.S.W., W.A. 
E. oligantha : Schauer. C.R. Pt. 
xiy. 160; Vol. ii. 160. 
A tropical tree, about 40 feet high; bark 
greyish, smooth; leaves broad, glaucous; inflor¬ 
escence paniculate; buds large, ovoid; seed-cups 
campanulate to urceolate. Timber brown, soft 
N.A., W.A. 
E. orbifolia: F. von Mueller. C.R. 
Pt. xvii. 227; Vol. ii. 227. 
A shrub of 5 feet, with broad, orbicular, dark- 
green, shining leaves. An imperfectly known 
species. W.A. 
E. oreades : R. T. Raker. See under 
E. altior. 
E. orgadophila : Maiden & Elakely. 
C.R. Pt. lxx. ; Vol. viii. ; 
Plate 285. 
A medium-sized tree, 30-40 feet high, with 
Box-like bark at base, upper part of trunk and 
branches smooth; juvenile leaves broadly ovate 
to obovate; adult leaves narrow-lanceolate; buds 
usually terminal, clavate; seed-cups somewhat 
pear-shaped, slightly ribbed, including the pedi¬ 
cels, (8-13 mm.). Q. 
E. ovata: Labillardiere. C.R. Pt. 
xxvii. 133; Vol. iii. 133. 
A large tree, bark more or less rough at butt; 
ribbony on branches; juvenile leaves broadly 
ovate; adult leaves broad, undulate; buds acute; 
seed-cups hemispherical to top-shaped, rim 
sharp (8x7 mm.). Timber pale, tough, liable 
to warp. T., V., S.A., N.S.W. (See Group iv. 
54.) 
x E. oviformis: Maiden & Blakely. 
C.R. Pt. Ixxi. ; Vol. viii. . 
A supposed natural hybrid between E. tereti- 
COrnis and E. Maideni. A moderately large 
tree somewhat like E. tereticornis, but the bark 
is lighter and marked with reddish patches and 
dark blotches; adult leaves lanceolate, thick, 
prominently veined; buds smooth, several in a 
cluster, including the pedicels nearly 1 inch 
long; seed-cups ovoid, with a moderately large 
disc and 3-4 short, exsert valves, (12 x 11 mm.). 
V. 
E. ovularis : Maiden & Blakely. C.R. 
Pt. lxix. 421; Vol. vii. 421. 
A small Mallee-like shrub, 6-12 feet high; 
leaves narrow-lanceolate; buds urceolate, (5 mm. 
long); seed-cups ovoid, (4-6 mm. long). W.A. 
E. pachycalyx: Maiden & Blakely. 
C.R. Pt. Ixxi. ; Vol. viii. ; 
Plate 289. 
A small tree with a smooth bark like E. macu- 
lata; adult leaves narrow-lanceolate or falcate- 
lanceolate; buds pedicellate, cylindrical-clavate, 
the lid longer than the smooth, thick calyx. N.Q. 
E. pachyloma: Bentham. C.R. Pt. 
vii. 200; Vol. i. 200; Pt. xxxiii. 84; 
Vol. iv. 84. 
A small, spindly, sand-plain shrub, 5-12 feet 
high, confined to W.A. 
E. pachyphylla: F. von Mueller. C.R. 
Pt. xli. 12; Vol. v. 12. 
A shrubby Mallee, with broad, thick lanceo¬ 
late leaves, and large, deeply corrugated buds 
and seed-cups; cups broad, top-shaped, (17 x 28 
mm.). N.T., Q. 
E. pallidifolia : F. von Mueller. C.R. 
Pt. xxii. 29; Vol. iii. 29. 
A small, more or less crooked tree, bark white 
to the ground and brittle; juvenile leaves orbicu¬ 
lar or nearly so; adult leaves oblong to lanceo¬ 
late; buds egg-like; seed-cups small, oval, 
nearly sessile, (6x5 mm.). Timber reddish, 
hard, and mottled. N.T., N.Q. 
E. paniculata: Smith. C.R. Pt. 
xiii. 104; Vol. ii. 104; Pt. xlviii. 
225; Vol. v. 225. 
“Grey Ironbark.” An erect tree, 40-80 feet 
high; bark dark grey, hard, deeply furrowed; 
juvenile leaves dark green, broad; adult leaves 
lanceolate; buds clavate; pedicels slender; seed- 
cups hemispherical to pyriform, valves some¬ 
times slightly exsert, (5x6 mm.). Timber 
pale pink to brownish, hard, interlocked, one of 
the best. N.S.W., Q. (See Group ii. 19.) 
E. Papuana: F. von Mueller. C.R. 
Pt. xxxvii. 192; Vol. iv. 192. 
A large tree, with a smooth white bark except 
at the base; juvenile leaves broad, ovate to ellip¬ 
tical; adult leaves narrow-lanceolate, undulate; 
buds small, blunt, club-shaped; seed-cups small, 
urn-shaped to bell-shaped, papery, (8-10 x 7-9 
mm.). Timber dark brown, soft. A tropical 
species. Papua, W.A., N.T. 
