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DESCRIPTIONS OF FOUR NEW SPECIES OF 

 NEW SOUTH WALES PLANTS. 



Bv J. H. Maiden and E. Betche. 



Eugenia brachyandra, n.sp. 



A tall tree glabrous in all its parts, the young branches quad- 

 rangular, with four raised lines or short wings running down the 

 branches from the petioles. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, the margins slightly recurved, about 4-5 inches long 

 and H inches broad, dark green above but not shining, paler 

 underneath and the midrib on the underside frequently of a 

 pinkish colour, transversely veined, the pinnate veins impressed 

 on the upper side, forming corresponding elevations on the under 

 side; oil-glands quite concealed in the dried leaves but distinctly 

 though faintly visible in fresh specimens, especially on the lower 

 part of the leaves. Petioles usually under | inch long. Flowers 

 sessile on the branches of a compact terminal trichotomous 

 panicle much shorter than the leaves. Calyx broadh' campanulate, 

 about 1^ lines diameter, shortly produced above the ovary, 5- or 

 frequently 6-lobed, the lobes broad and scarcely ^ line long. 

 Petals as many as the calyx-lobes and scarcely exceeding them in 

 length; very deciduous. Stamens not exceeding the petals in 

 length, having small versatile anthers with almost globular cells. 

 Ovarium 2-celled, with two collateral ovules in each cell. Fruit 

 globular, succulent, about f to 1 inch diameter, reddish when 

 ripe, marked round the top with the scar of the calyx-limb. 



Ballina, N.S.W.(W. Baeuerlen, April, 1893); Tintenbar,N.S.W. 

 (W. Baeuerlen, Dec, 1893), extending to Queensland (north coast 

 line). In northern New South Wales known as Red Apple. 



