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DESCRIPTION. 



CCLXI. E. Ebbanoensis Maiden n.sp. 



This species may be described as follows : — 



Mallee 9" diametro, fere 30' alta, cortice laeve; foliis maturis obscure viridibus, crassiuscuhs, 

 lanceolatis, ssepe falcatis, venis indistinctis, tenuibus, patentibus, vena peripherica margin! approxi- 

 mata; alabastris 3 in axillis pyriformibus, operculo brevi-hemispherico, ca. 5 mm. diametro; calycis tubo 

 urceolato ad conoideo; staminibus 4 fasciculis dispositis; fructibus fere hcmisphericis, fere 1 cm. diametro, 

 margine latiusculo piano vel rotundato, valvis bene exsertis. 



A tall mallee, usually between 12 and 20 feet high and 6 inches in diameter, but probably attaining 

 a height of about 30 feet; stems near the ground about 9 inches in diameter. Bark smooth. 



Juvenile leaves not seen. 



Mature leaves usually alternate, dull green, the same on both sides, rather thick, with rather 

 long petioles, lanceolate, often falcate, gradually tapering to the apex, not very rounded at the base, 

 profusely dotted, venation indistinct, fine, spreading, the intramarginal vein rather close to the edge. 



Flowers.— Buds in threes in the axils, brown, the peduncles rounded and about 1 cm. long, the 

 pedicels short but distinct. Pear-shaped, the operculum shallow-hemispherical, about 5 mm. in diameter, 

 the calyx-tube urceolate to conoid, and twice the depth of the operculum. Anthers versatile, with cream- 

 coloured filaments, the cells opening in parallel slits with large gland at back ; arranged in four bundles, 

 alternating with the calyx-teeth. 



Fruits hemispherical to truncate-pyriform, nearly 1 cm. in diameter, with a broadish, flat or domed 

 rim, and with the valves (three) well exsert. 



Type from Sandplain, Ebbano, east from Mingenew, Western Australia (Dr. A. Morrison, 28th 

 September, 1904). 



Figured at Figs. 6 and 7, Plate 189. 



RANGE. 



It is confined to Western Australia, so far as we know at present. The type 

 comes from Ebbano (Ebano), about 12-15 miles east of Mingenew, a railway station 

 227 miles north of Perth and about 35 miles east of Dongarra on the sea coast. Comet 

 Vale is on the Laverton line, and is 63 miles north of Kalgoorlic. The two localities 

 are nearly 400 miles apart in a slightly south-easterly direction. 



Following are details of the two specimens seen by me : — 



"Sand Plain, Ebbano, east from Mingenew" (A. Morrison, 28th September, 

 1904). No further particulars. Dr. Morrison spelt the name with two " b's," but on the 

 official map, obligingly forwarded by the Department of Lands and Surveys of Western 

 Australia, the name is spelt with one "b." As Dr. Morrison's original spelling was 

 Ebbano, and in some correspondence concerning this plant that spelling was adopted, 

 I use the name Ebbanoensis, though with some doubt. 



