| − | Eucalyptus bicolor, A. Cunn. (E. largiflorens, F. v. M.). Black Box. Shrub or small tree, with drooping branches: bark persistent, rough and hard: lvs. lanceolate, 5 in. or less long; lateral veins at an acute angle to midrib: lid double, the inner one hemispheric; stamens 1 or 2 lines long; anthers opening by lateral pores: fr. truncate-ovate, about 2 lines wide, the valves inclosed but not distant from the thin rim. F.v.M. Eucal. 5:7. Maiden, Crit. Rev. Eucal. 49 (figs. 5-13), 51 (figs. 9-19).—Timber hard, tough, and durable, rather easily worked: suitable for ties, piles, shafts, poles, cogs, and the like.
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