470 NEW SPECIES OF EL/EOCARPUS FROM NORTHERN N.S.W. 



Drupe ovoid, 3 to 4 lines long, green, the putamen rugose. 



Albumen not ruminate. 



The affinities of this species apparently lie between E. serico- 

 petahis, F.Y.M., and E. immiiiatus, F.v.M. Briefly, its relative 

 position may be shown thus : — 



E. sericojjetalus. — Leaves 2J to 3| inches long, glabrous, not 

 foveolate, slightly crenate. Stamens 40-50; silky petals minutel}^ 

 denticulate. 



E. Baeuerleni, sp.nov. — Leaves 3 to 5 inches long, 1 inch broad, 

 lanceolate, much reticalate, acuminate crenate, occasionally 

 foveolate. Stamens 30; petals lobed, bracts persistent. Fruit 

 o^'oid. 



E. ritviinafuft.—-lje8ives 2 to 4 inches long, 1^ inch broad, 

 shining on both sides, petioles glabrous, shortly acuminate, penni- 

 veined. Stamens 20-25. Fruit globular. 



Rah. — Tengoggin (Chincogan) Mountain, Mullumbimby, Bruns- 

 wick River, N.S.W. 



This species is dedicated in honour of Mr. William Baeuerlen, 

 botanical collector to the Technological Museum, Sydney, who first 

 obtained it. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 



Fig. L — Twig of plant showing foliage. 



Fig. 2. — Flowering twig. 



Fig. 3.— Bad. 



Fig. 4.— Flower. 



Fig. 5. — Section of flower. 



Fig. 6.- -Sepal. 



Fig. 7.-PetaL 



Fig. 8.— Stamen. 



Fig. 9. — Pistil and glandular ring. 



Fig. 10.— Drupe. 



Fig. 11. — Putamen. 



