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DESCRIPTION. 



CCLV. E. odontocarpa F.v.M. 



In Journ. Linn. Soc, iii, 98, (1859). 



Following is a translation of the original : — 



A shrub with angled branchlets; kaves opposite, rather shortly petiolate, linear or narrow-lanoeolate, 

 sub-falcate, acute at the base, shining, covered with bright dots, penniveined and reticulately veined, 

 peripheral vein slightly distant from the margin ; umbels axillary, not exceeding three flowered, shortly 

 pedunculate; the obconical acute quadridentate tube of the shortly pedicellate calyx three times as long 

 as the depressed hemispherical operculum : fruits ovate-obconical indistinctly costate, ' quadridentate, 

 trilocular, valves inserted below the margin. 



In sandy desert near Sturt's Creek, flowering in autumn. 



Shrub of 8-10 feet. Branches rather slender. Leaves 2-5 inches long, 3-0 lines broad. Umbels 

 sometimes two, one of the depauperate. Fruits 3-4 lines long, shining. 



It was next described in English by Bentham, in B.Fl. iii, 260 : — 



A shrub of 8 to 10 feet, with slender branches (F. Muelkr). Leaves opposite or alternate, linear- 

 lanceolate, mostly 3 to 5 inches long, with oblique anastomosing veins, inconspicuous at first, more prominent 

 in the fruiting specimens, the intramarginal one near the edge. Peduncles axillary, short, each with three 

 small flowers on short pedicels, but not seen expanded. Calyx-tube in the bud narrow-turbinate, about 

 2 lines long, with four small, but prominent, spreading teeth. Operculum hemispherical, very obtuse. 

 Stamens apparently not in clusters ; anthers small, with parallel cells. Fruit oblong-cylindrical, 4 to 5 lines 

 long, not contracted at the orifice when fully ripe ; rim narrow, concave, the capsule slightly sunk, three 

 or four celled. 



It was not included in the " Eucalyptographia," but under E. tetrod,onta it is 

 stated that well developed flowers (of E. odontocarpa) are unknown. 



RANGE. 



On a drawing of a portion of the type the words " Sturt's Creek, Desert, 

 February, 1856, Ferd. Mueller." This is in the Northern Territory, in about 18 degrees 

 south latitude. 



It also occurs in north West Australia (West Kimberley), also in desert. 



Northern Territory. 

 " Small tree (Mallee)." Tanami Goldfield. (Dr. H. I. Jensen; C. E. F. Allen's 

 No. 202.) 



See also the Sturt's Creek locality already given for the type. 



