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ceolate, very obtuse and rarely 3 in. long, thick and smooth, the fine par- 

 allel very diverging veins scarcely visible, the intramarginal one close to 

 the edge. Peduncles axillary or lateral, short, nearly terete, with 4 to 6 

 nearly sessile or shortly pedicellate flowers. Calyx-tube short, about 2 

 lines diameter. Operculum hemispherical or obtusely conical, shorter 

 than the calyx-tube. Stamens about 2 lines long, inflected in the bud ; 

 anthers ovate with parallel distinct cells. Ovary flat -topped. Fruit obo- 

 void-globose, 3 to 4 lines diameter, slightly contracted at the orifice, the 

 rim broad, convex, and prominent, the capsule not sunk, the valves pro- 

 truding and sometimes acuminate by the persistent split base of the style. 

 N. Australia. Sandstone table-land on the Upper Victoria river and 

 Sturt's Creek, F. Mueller. As observed by F. Mueller, this resembles in 

 some respects E. oleosa, but the venation of the leaves and the fruit are 

 different. 



79. E. pachyloma, Benth. A shrub of 5 ft. (Maxwell}. Leaves 

 mostly lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, under 3 in. long, thick 

 and rigid, the very oblique veins scarcely conspicuous, the intramarginal 

 one at a distance from the edge. Peduncles axillary or lateral, short and 

 thick, terete or slightly angular, each with 2 to 4 rather large flowers. 

 Calyx-tube broadly turbinate or almost hemispherical, about 4 lines diam- 

 eter, smooth and tapering into the very short thick pedicel. Stamens 

 pale-coloured, >^ in. long or more, slender and inflected in the bud; an- 

 thers ovate with distinct parallel cells. Disk concave. Fruit sessile, de- 

 pressed-globose, 7 to 8 lines diameter, with the very thick broad convex 

 and raised rim of E. Oldfieldii, but without any depressed centre, the 

 capsule not sunk, and the small valves profruding as in E. rostrata. 



W. Australia. Drummond, 4th Coll. n. 64; sand plains, Kalgan 

 river, Oldfield ; valleys of the Stirling range, Maxwell. 



80. E. Drummondii, Benth. Leaves from ovate-oblong to lanceo- 

 late, obtuse or acuminate, under 3 in. long, very thick, with very fine 

 close parallel veins, very diverging or almost tranverse, but scarcely con- 

 spicuous, the intramarginal one close to the edge. Peduncles axillary or 

 lateral /4 to 1)4 in. long, terete or nearly so, each bearing an umble of 3 

 to 6 rather large flowers on terete pedicels often l / 2 in. long. Calyx-tube 

 broadly hemispherical, hard and smooth, 4 to 5 lines diameter. Oper- 

 culum conical, rather broader and considerably longer than the calyx- 

 tube. Stamens about ^ in. long, inflected in the bud; anthers rather 

 small, ovate, with distinct parallel cells. Disk very broad, nearly flat, 

 forming a prominent ring round the ovary, of which the obtusely conical 

 centre protrudes about i or i^ lines above the disk at the time of flow- 

 ering. Fruit unknown. 



W. Australia. Between Swan River and King George's Sound, 

 Drummond ', 2nd Coll. n. 86 ; also $th Coll. 



81. E. orbifolia, F. Muell. Fragm. v. 50. A shrub of 5 ft. (C> 



