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DESCRIPTION. 



CCXLV. E. similis Maiden. 



Tn Proc. Roy. Soc. .Y..S'.Tr., xlvii, 90, (1913). 



Following i.s the original description : — 



Arbor mediociis. Folia juvena tenua, glabra, .pedunculata, ovato-acuminata. Folia matura 

 angusto-lanceolata, flavo-virentia, concoloria, circiter 12 cm. longa, 2 cm. lata. Venae laterales, piimatae 

 distinctae, vena peripherica distincta et a margine remota. Umbellae confertae, miiltiflorae, plenimque 

 in panicula terniinale corymbosaque. Calycis tubus irregulariter costatus. Operculum hemisphsericum 

 vel umbonatum. Fructus vix 1 cm. longi, truncato-ovoidei, in orificium sensim contract!. 



A tree of medium size ; notes on bark and timber uncertain. 



Juvenile foliage. — Thin, parchment-like, perfectly glabrous, not seen strictly opposite, 

 pedunculate, ovate-acuminate. Size of a specimen, 6 bj' 3 cm. 



Mature foliage. — Narrow-lanceolate^ or slightly falcate, petiolate, the petioles flattened and 

 twisted, length of blade up to 12 cm. and more, with a greatest width of about 2 cm. Equally yellowish- 

 green on both sides, rather shiny, venation distinct, and nearly as prominent on the upper as ou the lower 

 side. Midrib very prominent, lateral veins pinnate and very distinct, the intramargiual vein distinct and 

 removed from the edge. 



Buds and Flowers.— Inflorescence profuse, in a loose imibel, several-flowered, mostly in a 

 terminal corymbose panicle, the peduncles slightly compressed or angular, calyx-tube irregularly ribbed, 

 shiny ; opercida hemispherical or umbonate, shiny. Filaments yellow, anthers with long, narrow adnata 

 cells, with a moderately large gland at the back, and the filament attached half-way up. 



Fruits. — Sharply separated from the short pedicel, on a slightly flattened common peduncle of 

 about 1-5 cm. Truncate-ovoid, gradually constricted towards the orifice, barely 1 cm. long and about 6 mm. 

 at the orifice. Three-valved, the valves blimt, and these capsule teeth not adherent to the calyx-tube. 



(In the above description two errors have crept in. The intramarginal vein 

 is not removed from the edge, or, at most, only occasionally, and then only to a brief 

 distance. The description of the calyx-tiibe as " irregularly ribbed " is a slip of the 

 pen. The words should have been applied to the fruits, ^^ce figure 3f, Plate 182.) 



The seeds are not winged. 



