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field's specimens, the larger-flowered ones may belong to E. rudis, which 

 differs in its large flowers, shorter pedicels, and in the much larger fruit 

 with a flat rim. 



97. E. pellita, F. MuelL Fragm. iv. 159. A tree of 40 to 50 ft., 

 with a rough dark grey bark (Dallachy}. Leaves ovate lanceolate or 

 almost ovate, acuminate, nearly straight, 5 to 6 in. long or more, rigid, 

 with numerous parallel almost transverse veins, the intramarginal one 

 near the edge. Peduncles axillary or lateral, stout and much flattened, 

 often i in. long, each with about 4 to 8 rather large flowers on thick 

 angular pedicels often as long as the calyx-tube. Calyx- tube much 

 broader and shorter than in E. botryoides, 5 to nearly 6 lines diameter 

 and more or less angular. Operculum thick, hemispherical, broader than 

 the calyx-tube, with a short obtuse beak. Stamens about l / 2 in. long, 

 somewhat raised above the calyx-border by the disk, inflected in the bud.; 

 anthers ovate-oblong, with parallel distinct cells. Ovary very conical in 

 the centre. Fruit subglobose-truncate or nearly hemispherical, 6 to 8 

 lines diameter, not contracted at the orifice, the rim raised above the 

 calyx-border, slightly convex and rather broad, the capsule scarcely sunk, 

 the valves much projecting. E. spectabilis, F. MuelL Fragm. v. 45. 



Queensland. Rockhampton, Dallachy. The species, as observed 

 by F. Mueller, resembles E. botryoides, but differs in the larger especially 

 broader flowers, in the conical ovary, and in the shape of the fruit. It is, 

 however, very closely allied to E. saligna and E. resinifera, differing 

 chiefly in the size of its leaves, flowers, and fruit, and should perhaps in- 

 clude the var. grandiflora, which I have referred to the latter. 



102. E. falcata, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1847, i. 163. A shrub of 10 

 to 12 ft. (Maxwell}. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, often falcate, mostly 

 under 4 in. long, thick and smooth, the very fine oblique veins scarcely 

 visible. Peduncles axillary or lateral, terete or slightly angular, each 

 with about 6 to 12 flowers on slender pedicels of 3 to 4 lines. Calyx-tube 

 short, depressed, about 2 lines diameter, thick, and more or less dis- 

 tinctly furrowed, but not so much so as in E. goniantha. Operculum 

 conical, acuminate, fully twice as long as and much narrower than the 

 calyx-tube. Stamens 2 to 3 lines long, or rather more, inflected in the 

 bud; anthers ovate, with parallel distinct cells. Fruit depressed-globu- 

 lar, 3 to 4 lines diameter, much contracted at the orifice, the rim narrow 

 and flat, but the disk within the staminal margin forming a protruding 

 ring over the capsule, which is sunk, but the long points of the valves, 

 formed by the split base of the style, usually protrude. 



W. Australia. Drummond, $rd Coll- n. 70; plains to the north and 

 south of Stirling range, Maxwell. 



107. E. grandifolia, R. Br. Herb. A small tree, with the outer 

 bark brown and deciduous, the inner whitish and very smooth (R, 

 Brown}. Leaves opposite or nearly so, petiolate, from ovate to ovate- 



