Maocarpm.] xxiii. tiliace^. 281 



1, E. holopetalus, F. MuelL Fragm. ii. 143 ; and PL Vict, i. 153. A 

 I tree attaining 8U ft., the young shoots nisty-tomentose or villous. Leaves on 



very short petioles, oblong-lanceolate or slightly obovate, acute or acuminate, 

 2 to 4 in. long, sinuate-serrate, coriaceous, reticulate and glabrous above, 

 loosely tomentose underneath or almost glabrous with age. Kacemes in the 

 upper axils, tomentose-villous. Pedicels rather long. Sepals 2 to 2| lines 

 long. Petals rather longer, entire or slightly crenate. Stamens 15 to 20, 

 within a prominent almost cup-shaped disk ; anthers pubescent, short, obtuse. 

 Ovary 3 -celled. 



Victoria- Eastera Gipps' Land, at au elevatiou of 2000 to 4000 ft., F, Mueller. 



I 2. E. obovatus, G. Don, Gen, S^st, I 559. A tree attaining 60 ft., 



( glabrous in all its parts. Leaves from oval-elliptical to obovate-oblong or 



almost lanceolate, obtuse or obtusely acuminate, 2 to 4 in. long, irregularly 

 sinuate-crenate, narrowed at the base, thinly coriaceous, the smaller veins much 

 less numerous and less conspicuous than in E. ct/anens, Eacemes solitary or 

 clustered, many-flowered, but shorter than the leaves. Plowers small, white. 

 Sepals acute, 1|- lines long. Petals rather longer, divided to about the mid- 

 dle into about 7 linear obtuse lobes. Anthers short, obtuse or scarcely 

 ^ pointed. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled, with 4 ovules in each cell. Drupe glo- 



bular or ovoid, often blue, the putamen rugose or tuberculate. — F. Muell. 



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I'ragm. ii, 80 ; E. parvijlorus, A, _Rich. Sert. AstroL 67, t. 24 ; E, paucijlorus, 

 Walp. Eep. i. 364 (a mistake in the name and a wrong station), 



Queensland. Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, W, Hill; Ipswich, Nernst. 



N, S. "Wales. Port Jaclvsou and lluuter's river, K Brown aud others ; Hastings and 



Clarence rivers. Beckler ; Port Macqnarie, Fraser, 



^^^' (^) foveolahis. Drupe larger, ovoid, very prominently tuberculate. Flowers not 

 seen. 



^^' Australia. Islands of the N. coast, R.Brown; Liverpool river. A, Cunningham; 

 Fitzmaurice river aud Macadam range, JP. Mueller, 



3. E. cyaneus, Ait^'Flpit. Ilort, ^etc, A tree, usually small, but attain- 

 ing sometimes 60 ft. or more, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves elliptical- 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 3 or 4 in. long or more when luxu- 

 riant, more or less serrate, acute at tlie base, coriaceous and very conspicu- 

 ously reticulate. Racemes loose, shorter than the leaves. Sepals acute, 3 to 

 4 lines lonrr, fflabrous. Petals as lona or rather longer, divided into 10 to 12 



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acute lobes, here and there united in pairs. Stamens numerous^ within the 

 undulate glandular disk. Anthers linear, the upper valve with a short point. 

 Ovary glabrous, 2-cellcd, with 8 to 10 ovules in each cell. Drupe usually 

 1 -seeded, globular or ovoid, l)Iue outside, the putamen 4 to 6 lines long, hard 

 and rugose.— DC. Prod. i. 519 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1737, F. Muell. PI. Vict. i. 

 152 ; E. reticulatus, Sni. in Rees* Cycl. xii. ; Bot. Reg. t. 657- 



Queensland, Moreton ]?av, F, Mueller ; Pine river, FUzalan, 



N. S- Wales. Port Jackson, i2. Brown and others; northward to Mouut Lindsay, 

 Macleay and Clarence rivers, Beckler; southward to Twofold Bay, F. Mueller. 



Victoria. Forest gullies of AViUon's Promontory and wooded ranges from the Tamlo 

 nver to the E. boundar}^ F, Mueller. 



Some specimens from the lilawarra, M' Arthur, in fruit only, are remarkable for their 

 thick branches, with leaves of 6 to 8 in. 



4. E, grandis, F, Muell Fragm. n. 81. A tree of moderate size, gla- 



