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DESCRIPTION. 



CCLXXX K Hillii Maiden. 



In Joum. Roij. Soc. N.S.W., liii, 64 (1919). 

 Following is the original description : — 



Arbor mediocris, cortice tenere squamosa, ramis IsevibuS; ligiio duro rubro-brunneo. Foliis 

 jirimariis longe pctiolatis, magnis, irregulariter orbicularibus, apice rotundato vel obtuso, glabris crassis 

 venis fere pinnatis, margine undulato. Foliis maturis similibus sed minoribus. Inflorescentia racemosa, 

 floribus paucis plerumque 4 in umbella, pedunculis longis, teretibus. Calycis tubo piro simile formate 

 circa -5 cm. diametro in pedicellum 1 cm. angustato. Ojserculo liaemispherico vel conico calycis tuLo 

 ffiquilongo. Antlieris longis longitudinaliter aperientibus. Fructus non vidimus. 



A broad-leaved tree of medium size, the bark somewhat tessellated or soft scaly, the branches smooth. 

 Timber rich reddish-brown, " hard." 



Juvenile leaves with very long petioles, irregularly orbicular, the base flat or slightly tajiering 

 into the petiole, the apex rounded or blunt, the venation pinnately spreading ; glabrous, thick and leathery 

 the margin undulate, large, say 14 cm. broad by 12 long (5| by 4f inches). 



Mature leaves very similar to the juvenile ones, but smaller, with some tendency to becoming 

 broadly-lanceolate, with the secondary veins making a smaller angle with the midrib. 



Buds few in an umbel, usually four, the umbels forming a racemose inflorescence. The long peduncles 

 terete or slightly flattened. The calyx-tube pear-shaped, about -5 cm. in diameter, tapering into a pedicel 

 of 1 cm. The operculum hemispherical with a slight umbo or conical, of about the same length as the 

 calyx-tube. 



Anthers long, opening in parallel slits, gland at top, filament at base, with affinity to the semi- 

 terminal ones. Style conspicuous, the stigma not exceeding it in width. 



Fruit not seen. 



Type from Bathurst Island (Gerald F. Hill, No. 468). 



RANGE. 



I have only received it from Bathurst Island (which is to the immediate west 

 of Melville Island, and with it forms a huge double island off the Northern Territory, 

 north of Darwin). , 



It grows in somewhat heavy soil, in rather flat localities (presumably subject to 

 floods) and associated with E. papuana, E. terminalis and an occasional No. 464. 

 {E. latifolia F.v.M.) (G. F. Hill). 



A photograph of a moderately dense forest, taken by Mr. Hill, shows the distinct 

 outlines of a tree of this species about 40 feet high, with a diameter of about 2 feet. 

 There is, partly in the foreground, a tree of the same species, perhaps 50 feet high. 



