(R.T.B. & H.G.S., in Euc. and their Ess. Oils, 1st Edit., 1902.) (Syn. E, pulverulenta, var. lanceolata, A.W.H.)

Systematic. - A small tree, 40 to 50 feet high, with a red, stringy bark. Leaves glaucous, opposite, sessile, cordate to ovate, or alternate, ovate-lanceolate, lanceolate, 3 to 4 inches long, 1 to 2 inches wide; venation well marked, lateral veins oblique, spreading, intramarginal vein well removed from the edge in the ovate leaves. Peduncles axillary, terete, 6 lines long, with from five to eight flowers in the umbel. Calyx conical; operculum hemispherical, acuminate.

Fruit. - Sessile, top-shaped; rim thick, convex; valves slightly exserted; 3 lines in diameter.

Habitat. Owns district, Moe, and many other localities in Victoria.

REMARKS. - This tree was first recorded under the above synonym in A.A.A.S., 1898, p. 517, by Dr. A. W. Howitt, to whom we are indebted for the herbarium material. The number of flowers in the umbel and the predominance of lanceolate leaves connect it, in our opinion, more closely with the "Apple," E. Stuartiana, F.v.M., of Victoria, than the "Argyle Apple," E. cinerea, F.v.M., of New South Wales, which has consistently 3-flowered peduncles and only rarely lanceolate leaves. E. pulverulenta is quite a different tree from any of the above. ami has no affinity with Dr. Howitt's variety. Mueller's confounding E. cinerea with E". pulverulenta probably misled Dr. Howitt.

ESSENTIAL OIL. - Leaves and terminal branchlets for distillation of this Victorian tree were received from Dr. A. W. Howitt, F.G.S., in May, 1898. The yield of oil was 1.13 per cent. It scarcely differed in composition from the oil obtained from E. Stuartiana, although the esters were more pronounced; it was a little less rich in cineol than the oil of that species. The specific gravity of the crude oil = 0.934, this high specific gravity being due to an excess of high-boiling constituents. The saponification number for the esters and free acid was 35.2. The oil was soluble in 1 1/2 volumes 70 per cent, alcohol.