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ON A NEW SPECIES OF EL^OCARPUS FROM 

 NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES. 



By J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., and R. T. Baker, F.L.S. 



El.eocarpus baeuerlexi, sp.nov. 



(Plate xxxvii.) 



A large tree (height 80-100 feet, and a trunk diameter of 2-3 

 feet as seen), the branchlets silky hairy or hoary pubescent, the 

 young leaves very hairy. 



Leaves or petioles usually 2-2 1 inches long, lanceolate to 

 elliptical-lanceolate, acuminate, rounded at the base, scarcely 

 shining above, up to 6 inches long, 1 inch broad, crenate, reticula- 

 tions distinct on both sides, but more marked on the underside, 

 slightly paler and glabrous underneath, but more or less silky 

 hairy above, the young foliage densely so, occasionally foveolate. 



Petiole silky pubescent, channelled above, slightly thickened 

 at the two extremities. 



Racemes terminal and over 5 inches long in specimens 

 examined, silky pubescent, many-flowered. 



Bracts persistent, silky pubescent, spathe-like, 3 to 4 lines long. 



Pedicels 4-5 lines long. 



Sepals silky pubescent, subtriangular, 2 to 3 lines long, valvate, 

 with a prominent mid-rib on the inner surface. 



Petals with a few scattered hairs or glabrous on the back, ciliate 

 and very silky hairy on the inside" especially towards the base 

 divided into 16-20 acute equal lobes, mostly united into fours. 



Stamens numerous (30), silky pubescent within the glandular 

 disk. 



Anthers linear, tipped with a sul)ulate appendage. Filaments 

 short. 



Ovary glabrous, style sul3ulate, 2-celled, with 2 ovules in each 

 cell. 



