200 EbCAL YPTUS. 



54. E. conoidea, Benth. Leaves narrow-oblong or lanceolate, 

 mostly obtuse and under 3 in. long, thick and shining, the very oblique 

 veins scarcely conspicuous, the intramarginal one at a distance from the 

 edge. Peduncles axillary or lateral, usually recurved, terete or slightly 

 angular, each with 3 to 5 rather large pedicellate flowers. Calyx-tube 

 obconical, more or less distinctly ribbed, 3 lines long or rather more, 

 tapering into the pedicel. Operculum broad and conical, smooth or 

 -ribbed, not thick, nearly twice as long as the calyx-tube. Stamens 

 nearly y 2 in. long, inflected in the bud, raised by the thick disk ^ to i 

 line above the border of the calyx; anthers oblong, with parallel distinct 

 cells. Fruit turbinate-truncate, 4 to 6 lines long and as much in diame- 

 ter on the top, the rim raised above the calyx-border, broad and flat or 

 concave, the capsule level with it or more or less depressed, the short 

 .broad valves often protruding when open. 



W. Australia, Drummond, sth Coll. n. 37. 



Var. marginata. Border of the calyx expanded into a prominent 

 'horizontal or reflexed ring. Drmnmond, $rd Coll. n. 56. 



65. E. grossa, F. Muell. Herb. A stunted shrub (Maxwell}. 

 Leaves from ovate and obtuse to lanceolate and acute, very thick and 

 shining, under 3 in. long, the veins oblique, rarely conspicuous, the 

 intramarginal one at a distance from the edge. Peduncles axillary or 

 lateral, often recurved, thick and much flattened, with usually 3 large 

 sessile flowers. Calyx-tube turbinate, prominently ribbed, 4 to 5 lines 

 long. Operculum oblong, very obtuse, thin and smooth, as long as or 

 rather shorter, perhaps sometimes longer than the calyx- tube. Stamens 

 about y z in. long, inflected in the bud; anthers ovate-oblong, with par- 

 allel distinct cells. Ovary short, convex in the centre.. Fruit not seen. 

 W. Australia Phillips river and its tributaries, Maxwell. I feel 

 uncertain as to the affinities of this species, the smooth cylindrical obtuse 

 Operculum is like that of some of the Cormilcc, but the stamens are much 

 inflected in the bud, and the flowers are otherwise quite those of the 

 larger forms of E. incrassala. 



% 7i. E. annulata, Benth. A tall shrub with a smooth bark (Max- 

 well}. Leaves narrow-lanceolate, acuminate, mostly under 4 in. long, 

 thick and smooth with oblique veins usually very indistinct, the intra- 

 marginal one near the edge. Peduncles axillary or lateral, short, thick, 

 flat, and almost as broad as long, each with about 6 to 12 sessile flowers. 

 Calyx-tube turbinate- campanulate, about 3 lines diameter. Operculum 6 

 to 8 lines long, usually incurved and very obtuse or almost clavate at the 

 end. Stamens straight as in E. cornuta, but apparently of a yellowish- 

 white colour as in E. macrandra, the margin of the disk that bears them 

 forming a raised in flexed ring about # line broad; anthers oblong with 

 parallel cells. Ovary conical at the top, tapering into the style. Fruit 

 depressed-globose, 4 to 5 lines diameter, the convex rim protruding into 



