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Stylus vix 1^5 cm. lonj^. Frnctns cin(M'ei, 13 mm. long., 10 mm. diam., 

 loborum 2 persistontam Jipicihus contiguis. 



Affinity clearly witli C. quadrijiihis^ Br., and nearest with the terete forms 

 of that species. It is best distiiiguislied by tlie larger fiowers with the calyx- 

 lobes almost as long as the tube, as also by the much larger fruits having 

 the persistent calyx-lobes bent over so as to meet in the middle line, instead 

 of leaving a gap at the io[) of the fruit. 



Eugenia (§ Sf/zi/[/lum) essingtonia] 



subteretibus cortice brunneo obducti 



Planta glabra; ramidis 



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obovato-oblongis apice hite rotundatis basi in petiolum brovem cuneatim 

 angustatis pergamaceis pag. sup, in sicco griseis p:ig. inf, brunncis; florilms 

 parvis in paniculani peduncidatam laxe trichotomam foliis circiter rcqui- 

 longam dispositis ; pedice/Hs calycem eirca a:qnaiitibus (florum centralium 

 vero brevioribus) ; calijce tnrbinato ore undulato ; petcdis parvis; stamhiihns 

 numerosis fila mentis brevibus 



crassiusculis antheris subglobosis loculii 



parallelis dehiscentibus ; stijlo incltiso, — E. Smithii^ Uentli., ex p:irte^ non 

 roir. 



Port Essington ; Armstrong. 



Folia plerumque (!-[» cm. long., 3'5-5 cm. hit., opaca^ punctis trans- 

 lucentibns baud visis ; costa lateralis marginem api)ropinquans; costic 

 laterales utrinque circa 10, parum prominulrc; petioli crassiuscnli ; fusei, 

 5 mm. long\ Panicnla G-7 X h-ij cm. j Imjus pedunculus 2*5-3 cm. lont>'. 



redicolli 2-3 mm., floi'um centralium 1 mm. long. Ovarium 1 mm, Ion"\ 

 calycis pars libera totidem. Fctulorum c;jlyptra 2 mm. diam, Filamenta 

 circa 1 mm. long., anthcra? "2 mm. Stylus filii'oi-njis, 1 nnn. long, 



Bcntham (FL Austral, iii. 283) referred this to E. Smitlui^ Poir., an East 

 Australian s[)ecies, although it is entirely different in folinge and has not the 



divaricate anthers he notes as peculiar to that species. It is nearer E.minutl- 

 flora, F. Muell., described imfortunately without meiisurt^ments ; the obovato 

 or elli[)tic-cuneate lenves of this are said to be paler btdow than above, the 

 reverse of what is seen in the case of K, essingtomaiia^ where the underside 

 brown contrasts markedly with the pale groy of the ui)])er face. Moreover, 

 the flowers have very short pedicels; wdiile tlie statement '' fruit rather 

 large, depressed globular, "*' idfhough the specimen of E. esswg tout aim is in 

 flower onlvj seems to Indicate a difference in the ovary and the fruit. 



E. sid>orhicidaris^ Benth. This is said by Bentham (/. c. 285j to occur 

 onlv in Qucenslandj andMueller (2nd Oensus) followis hinij although JMueller 

 had previously given North Australian localities ( Frag. ix. 143). Bentham 

 cites A. Cunningham as liaving collected this plant on the '' N.E. Const/' 

 but Cunningham's mat(?rial {3rd voy., No. 68) was obtained on the shores of 



land. The Banks and Sglander specimens Bentham 



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