Eucalyptus amygdalina, Labill. Peppermint Gum. Tree, the tallest of the genus (var regnans): bark persistent on trunk and lower branches, fibrous: Lvs. lanceolate, not noticeably oblique at base, 2-4 in. long; veins oblique; oil-dots large, not very numerous: fls. many and crowded in the umbels; buds clavate, often rough; lid hemispherical, very obtuse, shorter than the calyx- tube; stamens under 2 lines long; anthers kidney- shaped, opening by divergent slits: fr. hemispheric or shortly ovate, truncate, about ¼in across; rim flat or slightly concave; valves flat or slightly protruding. F.V.M7Eucal. 5:1. B.M. 3260. B.R. 947 (as E. longifolia). G.C. III. 6:16. R.H. 1902, p. 83.—Timber of inferior durability and strength. Foliage with odor of peppermint; far richer in oil than any other eucalypt.