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DESCRIPTION. 



CCXLI. E. approximans- Maiden. 



Jn J ourn. Roy. Soc. N.S.W., liii, 65 (1919). 



Following is the original description :^ 



Fnitex Mallee similis 4-10 ft. altus magna multitudine crescens. Foliis teneribiis lincaii-lanccolatig, 

 foliis maturis lineari-lanceolatis rectis vel leniter falcatis, acuminatis 7-5 cm. — 1 dm. longis, 6-7 mm. latis, 

 crassis, nitentibus, costa media sola con.sjjicua, marginibus unifoi miter glandulosis, glandulis oleosis dense 

 punctatis. Pedunculis circiter -5 cm. longis, 4-8 floras breve pedicellatos ferentibus. Alabastris clavatis, 

 operculo hemispherico-conoided calycis tube dimidio aequilongo. Antberis reniformibus. Fructibus 

 cylindroideis circiter 5 mm. diametro, capsula valde emersa. 



" A Mallee-like plant of 4H0 feet growing in masses. Much resembles E. stricia of the Blue 

 Mountains in its mode of growth. Stems dark grey, with patches of lighter bark. Becomes libbony at 

 certain periods. Generally one inch in diameter and never more than two."' (J. L. Boorman.) 



Juvenile leaves (seen almost but not quite opposite) Unear-lanceolate, very similar to the mature 

 leaves, the stems glandular. 



Mature leaves linear-lanceolate, straight, or slightly falcate, acuminate, and often with a hooked 

 point, 7-5 cm. to 1 dm. (say 3 to 4 inches) long, and 6-7 mm. broad, thick and shining, the midrib alone 

 visible, the margins uniformly glandular, giving them almost the appearance of being seriulate. Uniformly 

 and copiously dotted with oil-glands on the upper surface, the more prominent of which become black- 

 points as age proceeds. 



Peduncles about -5 cm. long, .slightly angular or terete, each with 4 to 8 shortly pedicellate flowers. 



Bads clavate, calyx-tubs about 3 mm. in diameter, operculum hemispherical-conoid, about half 

 the length of the calyx-tubo. Stamens inflected in the bud, filaments nearly white, anthers rcnifoim. 



Fruits cylindroidor ovoid-oblong, truncate, not contracted at the oiifice, about 5 nmi. in diameter, 

 the rim narrow and sloping inwards, the capsule decjily sunk. 



RANGE. 



Type from Barren Mountain (Henry Deane), in National Herbarium, Sydney. 



Confined to the north-eastern part of Xew South Wales so far as we know at 

 present. " From the summit of the Barren Mountain, on the range di^^ding the BeUinger 

 and Clarence Rivers, 45 miles from the coast, and 4,500 feet above the sea." (Henry 

 Deane, 1901.) " Grows facing a northerly aspect. This mountain is in the Dorrigo and 

 Guy Fawkes district." (J. L. Boorman, 1913.) 



