JEriostemon.'] 



.XXVIII. RUTACEJ^, 



333 



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deeply depressed in the'centre, the style attaclicd below the middle. Capsule 

 obtuse, 5 -angled, the carpels not rostrate, separating at length to below the 

 middle. Seeds smooth and shining, 



^ N. S- Wales. Forest golliea near Twofold Bay, and about the sources of the Yowaka 

 nver, F, Mueller. 



Victoria. Rocky declinties on Snowy River, near Pinch river, F. Mueller. 



Thi3 species differs from all others in the united carpels of the ovary; but the habit, 

 aestivation of the petals, stamens, and other characters, are those q( EHosfemon ; and even 

 the ovary is different in shape from that of Mterolasla and other genera where the carpels 

 are more or less united. 



Var. (?) Leichhardtii, ToHagc of the typical form. Flowers much larger; filaments 

 Wiuch dilated and shortly ciliatc to the middle, fringed with long hairs in the upper part; 

 anthers larger; lobes of the ovary produced into long appendages, and carpels therefore pro- 

 bably beaked.— " From Urroa" (N. S. Wales?), LeichharclL 



5. E. myoporoides, BQ. Trod, i. 720. A stout, usually tall, glabrous 

 shrub, with the habit of a MyoporuMy the glandular tubercles sometimes veiy 

 prominent, sometimes ahuost inconspicuous. Leaves sessile, from obovate- 

 oblong to lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, obtuse or rarely acute, always mucro- " 

 nate, 1 to 3 or rarely above 4 in. long, rather firm and sometimes coriaceous, 

 Hiit with the midrib prominent underneath. Peduncles shorter than the 

 leaves, usually bearing an umbel of 3 to 9 flowers, very rarely reduced to 1 or 

 2, especially ou the smaller-leaved branches. Flowers white or pink, rather 

 lai'ge, the petals attaining about 4 lines. Filaments flat, more or less ciliate, 

 attenuate at the top. Ovary glabrous. Cocci beaked.— Bot, Mag. t. 3180; 

 Peless. Ic. Sel. iii. t. 47 ; F, Muell. PI. Vict, i, 123 ; E. cnspidatus, A. Cuun. 

 m Field, N. S. Wales, 331 ; E. neriifoUns, Sieb. in Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post, 

 -164 ; B. lancifolim, F. Muell. in Trans. Vict. Inst. i. 32. 



Queensland. Glasshonse :\IountaHJS, F. Mueller. 



M. S. "^Vales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Sleher, n. 30G, A, 

 Cunningham, and others; northTOrd \o New England, Herb, Mueller; in the interior to 

 Lachian river, A. Cunningham. 



Victoria. Upper valleys qI the ]\rftta-Mitta river, mounts Ilotham, Latrobe, Tanibo, 

 and Macfarhme, F. Mueller. 



Var. mhwr. Leaves rarelv much above 1 inch long, peduncles mostly 1- or 2-flo\vercd. — 

 -o. tnlermedius. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4439.— To this form belong the Queensland and Lachian 

 nver specimens. 1 cannot, howxver, see in them any near approach to E. bnrifolivs, 



6. E. hispidulus, Sieb. in Spreng. Spt. Cur. Post. 1G4. Shrubby, with 

 elongated branches, more or less pubescent. Leaves sessile, linear or linear- 

 spathulate, mucronate with a straight or recurved point, J to 1 in. long, the 

 ^argms revolute, usually pubescent especially underneath, rarely glabrous; 

 often tubcrculate with prominent glands. Peduncles axillary, shorter than 

 tlu: leaves, 1- or rarely 2 -flowered, the pedicel thickened under the flower. 

 Petals attaining 3 or 4 lines. Stamens, style, and fruit of R bnxlfoUns. 



"- [S, Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Broicn, Sieher, n. 305, 

 -^'Cunningham, and others, F. Mueller considers this as a variety of E. buxifolius. The 

 *t>bagc appears to me, however, to be constantly distinct. 



^ 7. E. btixifolius, Sm. ; DC. Prod, I 720. Shi-ubby, with riirid pubes- 

 cent brandies. Leaves sessile, small, cordate-ovate or obovate, usually mu- 

 cronate, under ^ in. lontr, thick and usually tubcrculate with prominent 



glands, the margins tliickened or recurved, the midrib prominent underneath. 



